We have a tooth!

It's official...Jack has a tooth. He is almost 5 months old and already has his first tooth popping through his gums on the bottom. He is such a great baby and I love every day with him. He is rolling over, starting to scoot while on his tummy and laughing. His laugh is so sweet and he gets so excited about many different things. He loves interacting with people and is honestly a very happy baby. He has started eating cereal from a spoon and is really good at it. We do a small bowl of baby oatmeal and a 4 oz. bottle 2 feedings a day and just 7 oz. bottle for the other 2 feedings. He gets so excited when we put him in his high chair. I look forward to seeing his face when it is time to put a bib on, that is his signal that the food is on it's way.

We thought we had found our dream home, but it turns out that our dream home was full of black mold. Therefore, the house hunting continues. We are going to look at a few homes tonight and it seems that the location and price range still cover a very wide range. We are trying our best to narrow down all of our wants/needs, but it is so hard. We are both so grateful to my parents for letting us stay in their home. I'm pretty sure that we are all ready to have our own space again. However, I'm pretty sure Jack LOVES waking up and seeing all of us every day. Hopefully we find ourselves in a new home soon.

Overall we are all doing really well. Jack is growing and developing at a perfect rate and we are positive that being back in Missouri was the perfect step for our family. I look forward to seeing Jack grow alongside his family.

Lots of Love,
R

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It's been too long...so sorry!

Hello All!

It has been WAY too long since my last post and for that I am truly sorry. Jack is keeping me very busy. He is smiling, giggling, growing and teething. He is an absolute angel. John and I tell him that he is our angel baby multiple times every day. He goes everywhere with us and just enjoys everything. He is holding his head up VERY well and has recently discovered that he has built in toys...HIS TOES and feet. He loves grabbing them and playing with them. If you put jammies on him that have characters on the toes he gets really excited (tonight he has on giraffes). He is very reactive to smiles and faces. He falls asleep in the car and does well when we go out. I can't believe how much he has grown. When John comes home from work he always asks..."did you get bigger today?" When I was pregnant he would ask me that now it is nice for him to be able to ask that to someone else. I'd like for him to be able to ask me..."did you get smaller today?"...hopefully that day will come.
We have found a new house in Greenwood and have a contract on it. As long as all of the final construction items go as planned we will be closing on July 6th and moving in sometime that week. I have to admit that I have really enjoyed living with my parents and having them around to help. As much as I am looking forward to having our own space and time to ourselves I will really miss having the extra hands and advice. At least now they are only 30 minutes away instead of 8 hours. Enough talk...I'll post some pics tonight.

Just an update...

It has been a very busy time for us. Jack is getting so big and is cuter every day. He is so alert and the smiles and giggles flow out of him all the time. He has started getting a little bit of baby oatmeal cereal in his night time bottles and it has really made a difference in his sleeping. He has started sleeping about 6 hours a night which has been great for all of us. We are really starting to develop a routine during the days and nights which has all of us feeling better.

We have been house shopping a lot online and have found a few worth looking at. We have taken a look at a few and have finally found what we believe to be our long term dream home (at least one that is in our price range). We currently have a contract on it and are hoping that the inspection comes back with no problems. It is a new construction home that is finished and we are very excited about it. I'll get some more pics uploaded soon of Jack, until then. Take care!

Back in KC

We are officially back in Kansas City! We sold our home in Texas and are currently staying with my parents. We packed and moved all of our stuff in to a storage facility. My brother came down and he drove a Uhaul and John drove the other one. We found out that we had a lot more stuff than we realized. It is now in a storage facility until we find a new home. We are currently searching for a new house and are very excited to be back around all of our family and friends. Jack is growing so fast and is very interactive. He weighs about 14 lbs. and is about 23" long. He is so good at following people and looking for you when he hears a voice. John and I are enjoying every minute of being parents and can't stop smiling at our sweet little angel baby. We take him every where we go and so far he has been great when we are out. I'll post a more recent picture of him soon. Hope you are all doing well!

Life is BUSY!

I know it has been quite a while since my last post...but it is not because there was nothing to tell. We have been so busy. As you can see from below, Jack and I flew to KC and he did great. He was asleep most of the time. We spent Easter in KC with all of our family and Jack got to meet a lot of people.

We took Jack to have his pictures taken on Sunday, he was 2 months old. He was the perfect subject. He was smiling and laughing. He far exceeded my expectations of just wanting him to be awake. I think they gave us a disk of the pictures, I'll see if I can get a couple posted.

Our house in Texas has a contract on it that is closing on April 30th and we have found a home in Independence that we have put a contract on. We are looking forward to closing on that in the first part of May. The new house is going to get a little makeover once we own it. We will be tearing out all of the flooring and replacing, painting and giving it a good cleaning. There is quite a bit of old landscaping in the backyard that we will be tearing out and getting some new bushes and flowers planted in the front yard. It is a beautiful home and we got a great deal. It is right at the lower end of our price range which will continue to allow me to stay home with Jack. I feel lucky and blessed every day, thanks to John's hard work away from the home. All is really starting to fall in to place and we are thrilled to be moving back. Everyone should get their work clothes ready and be on call to help us with the new house...we'd love the help.

Stay tuned for more house updates and Jack updates too!

Happy Easter!