Baby Burrito

This evening while Jack was playing on the floor he managed to do this:

Jack's Morning

Jack had a great morning today.

First he talked with mommy for a while.

Then he ate a bug!

After that, he watched the fishies while mommy made his oatmeal.

Finally, it was time to chow down.

All in all, it was a great morning.

Sesame Street

Today while we were watching Sesame Street, I had the idea to look for the Elmo's world song on the Internet. Jack loves Elmo and recently has become infatuated with all the muppets. I think it's their big, googly eyes. I came across this awesome website with a ton of Sesame Street songs (new and old) available to download as MP3's. Just right click on the song and choose "Save target as..". My personal favorites are "Furry Happy Monsters" and "I don't want to live on the moon". I chose a mere 38 of my favorites and made them into a CD for Jack. I've included the link below. I know Will's mommy and daddy are going to LOVE this.

Sesame Street Sounds Archive

You'll never believe this...

On the way home from my mother's tonight, Jack was overtired and throwing a fit. I tried some formula; he sucked it down. This is the only way I have to get him to sleep in the car. So now I'm stuck with a mad baby with a full belly, and I can't give him more formula or he'll be sick. We then move on to toys. His squishy fishy and smiley pepperoni pizza teether only worked for a bit. When Henry the Hippo failed, I knew we were doomed. Out of desperation I took out an old pacifier, blew off the dust, and popped it in his mouth. He just started sucking away like he'd been doing this all his life. Jack never takes a pacifier, and I realistically didn't expect him to start getting the hang of it at five and a half months. What baby does that? I used to drown the thing in Karo syrup to tempt him and it never worked. Now, all of a sudden, he's going to town. This could just be a fluke, but the way he was working the paci makes me think it won't be. The hubby and I decided it could be a special thing for car rides when rocking him and/or breastfeeding aren't an option. This whole situation is so bizarre; I'm still in shock.

Jack's First Tooth

Hooray! Jack's first tooth appeared last week. My sister actually noticed it first. He has had a rough ridge on his bottom front gums for a while now. Finally, a little tooth started to poke through. It still isn't completely out, but it's SHARP! I can tell it's still sore because he doesn't want us touching it. Things are starting to progress so quickly for Jack.

We also bought Jack a space saver high chair. He loves it. He's become obsessed with watching the hubby do things around the house, and the high chair gives him a great vantage point. Jack just stares at him all the time. Watching his daddy change the light bulbs was quite an adventure the other day. In fact, if the hubby turns his back to Jack, he'll start fussing. He's even semi reaching for him, but not for mommy. :( That's okay. I'm old hat-always around making him do stuff he doesn't want to like take naps, get dressed, put powder under his third chin. He probably doesn't want to go to me because he knows he's in for a good scrubbin'. Back to the high chair (jeez I'm random!). I'm excited about it because I can finally cook dinner and keep Jack happy at the same time. I really should have gotten the thing sooner.

One more thing, please think happy thoughts for Jack's best bud Will who's feeling under the weather today.

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