Jack Update

I just realized that I've been rather neglecting updates on my little boy. So, here goes:
We went to the doctor a month ago (at 7 months) for a well-baby visit. At the time, he weighed 23 lbs. and was 33 inches long--in the 100th percentile for both height and weight. I'm not surprised. This kid is huge.
He's already wearing 18-month clothing (now that he's 8 months old), and carrying him anywhere in his carseat is a crazy workout!
He is insanely curious (he's too big for his bumbo now--this picture was taken two months ago, but I liked how it showed his exploration for every and anything), and he especially loves to get into things that he can tell aren't allowed. Power cords are a big favorite.

This kid has no fear--Steve tries to startle him and surprise him in so many ways, and sometimes he'll jump a little, but immediately he'll start giggling. He loves people and will go to just about anyone, but he does like to keep me in sight...he gets nervous if I leave the room for too long.

He started crawling a month and a half ago--he had been warming up for it for a couple of months already, and we were beginning to think he would go straight to walking, because he kept trying to stand up before he would try to crawl, but then one day he just took off! Ironically, that was the same day he pulled himself up to stand on the furniture. I was nervous that he would really rather walk, but it's been a month and a half and he still likes crawling (although he LOVES to be standing up). He's quite quick, in fact--as I can attest by the many plates of food he's dumped in my lap when I thought they were far enough out of his reach.

He's also started the phase where whatever I'm eating is far more interesting than the boring baby food we're trying to give him, so it's been fun to see him experimenting with different tastes.

I sure love this boy, and I'm enjoying having such an adventerous, mischevious, curious little boy to chase around. This time is sure flying!!

Family Pictures 2009

So, these pictures were actually taken about a month ago, but I thought I'd share. We haven't had any family pictures taken yet, and I'd been wanting to have my incredibly talented aunt (I won't say who, because she told me not to tell anyone who she was, but she lives in Snowflake and her name starts with a "J") take our pictures for a few months, but something came up every time.

Finally, one Thursay, Steve had the day off, we'd been working on our yard all day (planting a lawn!! Eek!!), and we figured we'd just take some time and see what kind of pictures we got. Good thing you can't smell us--we're sweaty and manure-y. But we look good! Here are some of the results:

Jack and his daddy--he wouldn't get his hand out of his mouth, (Jack, not Steve) but I thought it was actually pretty cute
I like Jack's face on this one. It's kind of a patient surrender.

I love the colors of the leaves in the background on this one!

Isn't he just beautiful?

This one we blew up and have on our wall. I liked it as a familiy photo.

So, there you go. That's the Busch Family as of October, 2009.

Oh, The Irony

The other day, I was with a good friend of mine, and we were sharing stories, and she told one about how her son had pooped in the bathtub, which had resulted in her having to bleach down the bathtub and all the toys involved, etc., etc. (One thing I found interesting about the story was that her son pooping in the tub wasn't the climax--it was just a minor supportive detail).

I thought, "Wow. I'm really lucky Jack has never pooped in the bathtub before."

I didn't even have to say it out loud, apparently, for the irony fairy to hear me. I kid you not, that night, as I was bathing him, he was playing his favorite game--escape from the bathtub--and he did it.

He pooped in the tub.

Once again, it's a good thing he's cute.

*No, I wasn't going to post a picture of the poop. How gross do you think I am?

Guess Who:

Two members of our family have been sick this past week. I'll give you three guesses as to which two of us I'm talking about:

The good thing about the flu is that it doesn't last forever. Right?

*and yes, I realize that by posting this picture of me, i will probably have several internet stalkers trying to find me. But one must occasionally take risks like that.

Soooo Famous!

Well, Steve finally has been rewarded for his Halloween obsession (there's just no other word for it, honey!). He was interviewed on my amazing author friend's website!! Go check it out!!

Yep. It's Legit.

Do any of you remember these? My grandma had a few, and I thought they were amazing.

Little did I know how amazing they could be--the other night, Steve and I were watching late-night television, and a commercial came on selling these:
Wow. What do you think?

Disney Recap

Warning:
Once again, I'm going to give you a picture overload. I'll try to make comments in between so they're not totally overwhelming, but I can't promise anything. We left for Disneyland on Monday, stayed the night at Mom and Dad Busch's house that night, then met up with Shauna and drove to California on Tuesday. To tell you the truth, I was actually terrified about this trip. I've never been to a theme park with a baby before, and I know how Jack gets when he's in a car for too long, when he doesn't get a nap, etc. Plus, Steve and Shauna are both huge Disney afficionados, so I was worried that it would be a stressful trip. But I prayed really hard, took a breath, and dove in. Jack even helped me pack:

And surprisingly enough, he slept almost the entire way there!
When we got there, it was surprisingly busy--especially for an October. If there were one thing I would change about the trip, I would have remembered that we were going on Columbus Day weekend and changed the day.

But Steve and Jack were thrilled to be in the Haunted Mansion--Jack actually did surprisingly well on the rides!

He also enjoyed meeting some of the characters--Cinderella is Steve's favorite. (We went to Mickey's Trick-or-treat party on Thursday night, hence the costumes. Steve's Prince Charming, Jack is Squirt...I couldn't find a Cinderella dress, so I'm Cinderella on her wedding day, and Shauna is Ugly Better)

Steve as Prince Charming

Like I said, Jack LOVED the characters. He just started giggling and laughing every time he met one

The whole group. I love Jack's face in this picture

And his face right here made the entire trip worth it... the stress, the money...everything. It was totally worth it. :)