fun weekend home & jack's new buddy!

so we headed to saratoga this weekend for uncle timmy's first hockey games of the season...another first for jack! hopefully he'll be on skates in a year or two--i think he's very advanced for his age and will pick it up in no time;)

the great thing about staying at grandma's is that i get to catch up on sleep, and who other than grandma wants to change dirty diapers and give jack a bath--two things he hates! here are a couple post bath pics, the bath obviously tired him out!



today we went to macklin boyd's baptism. macklin is the son of our good friends dan and meg. he was born a week after jack. it was so nice to see everyone and it was too cute to see macklin and jack next to one another...hopefully they'll become good buddies!

growing and changing

it amazes me how much jack has changed in a matter of weeks...he is no longer awake to just eat. we now spend our awake time occupied by a myriad of baby gear! of course he has really taken to the swing, but he now focuses on everything around him...he is mesmerized by the smiley star that plays music and lights up on his playmat. i would say that tummy time is his least favorite, and more often than not he ends up sucking on the boppy or his hand, but he'll tolerate it! i think the best part is that he found his voice--he is making the cutest cooing noises and seems content just to hang out and look around. i'm trying to catch it on camera, but have yet to do so, but he's also discovered his tongue!? it's quite hilarious...he'll just sit there and stick it in and out like a lizard. all of these "new" developments really make us excited to watch him grow with each new day.

we're boycotting the crib...

or at least jack is apparently!? since friday he will not go to sleep unless he's lying on mike or my chest or in his swing. which would be fine except for the fact that we end up with no sleep!?



on a more fun note we got to spend the day in the city visting with ed and tippi...jack experienced many new things; one of which being his first visit to a bar?! mike and ed were alone with jack for 10 minutes and they managed to find the closest bar! the funny thing about the whole scenario was that all the ladies swooned--too bad everyone thought mike and ed were a couple b/c jack sure is a chick magnet;)

today we decided to lay low...for one thing mike and i are working on about 3 hours of sleep and i think jack was overstimulated yesterday and that was what led to a horrible night's sleep--at least that's what i'm hoping:)

here are a couple of pics from our walk...we started out in the stroller, but jack decided he didn't like it, so into the bjorn he went--long gone are the days when we can just get up and go, we travel with a ridiculous amount of gear these days!?



and my favorite, which is reminiscent of "a christmas story"... "i can't put my arms down!"

ugh for whatever reason i can't get the picture to change orientation!?

thanks uncle tommy:)

so the ups man and i have become fast friends...he knows i'm home with a new baby so when he can't get into the building he rings me! well much to my surprise when he rang yesterday the package was in fact for us--well actually jack, but you get the point. i'm not sure who will get more enjoyment out of this super fun and adorable gift-as you can see from below, but on behalf of the taylor's...thanks tommy!!

fussy baby:(

jack has been sleeping for longer stretches at night, but when he wakes up in the morning he tends to be really fussy for most of the morning. as you can see from the pictures below:) i wish i knew how to remedy it...on a brighter note he is sleeping so peacefully in his swing right now that i was actually able to eat breakfast/lunch at noon! depending on his demeaner when he wakes up i think we'll take a walk. i would imagine he is as sick of the apartment as i am!