It has been awhile since have updated our family blog. Jack is almost 21 months old now. Crazy how quickly time goes by. Both Colin and I had a very busy spring/summer at work. Some updates from the summer:
- Colin was involved in the Champaign Freedom Festival (4th of July).
- For Father's Day we went to the Zoo and had a picnic.
- I hosted a conference on the ILLINOIS campus of 1800 people from around the country and world. Our biggest in the past few years was 600 people.
- We took Jack swimming for the first time - he LOVED it! He loves splashing in the water.
- For my birthday we took a trip to St. Louis to go to the zoo. Jack got to spend his first night in a hotel and had a blast!
- We planted a garden and got lots of tomatoes and cucumbers from it. Sadly the broccoli and peas did not work out. When we go outside, Jack always runs to the garden, it is really cute. He enjoys holding the watering can and picking unripened cherry tomatoes.
- In August, we adopted a 3 month old kitten. Her name is Bailey and she has tiger markings. She is a bit wild, but likes to cuddle... and randomly bite. We are working with her. She might end up an outdoor kitty.
Jack is doing awesome. He is talking up a storm and can repeat most words. He can repeat the alphabet letters after we say them and he is understanding patterns to counting. He knows to say "1,2,3, ,6,7,8,9,10" (we are working on 4 and 5). He finally started getting more teeth. Woot! His favorite foods are fruits and vegetables (green beans and broccoli). Meat can be a challenge depending on how it is prepared. Colin and I are sticking to giving him all different types of foods to continue making him open to more natural and healthy foods (that helps Mom and Dad too!). He follows instructions so he helps with the clean up of his toys. He has starting pushing boundaries, so he now knows what time out is. He loves to go outside. As soon as we get home, he goes right to the back door and grabs on the door knob and says 'outside?' We recently got him an orange trick or treat bucket for Halloween and we are teaching him to say "trick or treat!" Jack loves music and dancing. We try to sing and dance with him a lot - that's pretty easy for us as we both love music too!
Dancing
Jack loves to call both Colin and I, Mommy. He says Daddy too.
Feeding the goats at Curtis Orchard.
Repeating the alphabet.
