proud mommy moment...

jack went pee pee on the potty tonight...we were having "naked" time because his tushy has been sore (i think there have been one too many peppers and tomatoes from apa's garden!?) and mike comes barging into the bathroom, sits jack on the potty and low and behold...he went! now i know it is probably just a fluke, but you should have seen his face when he saw mike and i cheering him on...he was so proud of himself!

sidenote: about 4 minutes later jack went on to pee on the kitchen floor... baby steps, baby steps;)

fun at the race track

we headed to the race track for breakfast this morning, primarily to take jack on the backstretch tour. he loves "horseys" as he calls them and was even more excited when he saw that there was a tram involved! its rather hard to wrangle him these days, and considering there was a 20 minute wait for the tram proceeded by a 30 minute guided tour, he did quite well. he kept asking to pet the horseys and give them hugs and kisses--which he loves to do these days:)

we were waiting in line when jack spotted the fountain and "jockeys"

jack waits patiently for mike to come and help him

i just love this pic because jack is giving mike a hug:)

on another note, while we've been staying here in saratoga, jack has become quite fond of apa's (my dad) garden. he's been caught stealing tomatoes and then eating them before you can get to him numerous times!! just about everyday he asks to go and pick "amatoes" as he calls them. the hard part has been trying to get him to comprehend that the green ones are not ripe:/ we also picked and cooked zucchini the other night and he loved it! hearing him say zucchini was too cute!

with all the talk of vegetables, the below pics wouldn't be nearly as funny if i didn't tell the back story...he and greg were shucking the corn tonight and while greg wasn't looking jack decided the corn looked good enough to eat. needless to say there were numerous bites out of just about every ear of corn at dinner! he likes corn, but for whatever reason he's never eaten it off of the cob so below are some ics of his first corn on the cob:)

jack just wanted to let you know...

that his mom finally got around to creating his new sibling's blog! please see link in the top left corner!

i have to run as jack and i are on our way to the zoo, but i will for sure post a jack update later:)

fun at the zoo

we headed to the bronx zoo today since we haven't been in a while. thankfully the rain held out, and despite the humidity we had a fun time!

jack was excited to see the animals, but equally excited to push his stroller, so i guess it was a win-win for everyone!?

brotherly love?

um nope, these gorillas were all-out fighting with each other!? i'm not sure, it may have been playful, but i didn't have the chance to ask them;)

ok, break it up guys...

what is up with the monkeys today?? i think these guys were kissing and not fighting...apparently emotions were at an all time high at the zoo today!

five little turtles sitting on a log...

jack and i had a lot of fun on the bug carousel, so much fun we had to do it twice!

a quick aside...jack is currently obsessed with balloons. he can spot them from a mile a way, and says balloon so cutely. however, we have been to 2 stores recently where he caused such a fuss over them that the lady behind the counter gave him one! if you could've seen the joy that it brought him, it would make you smile:) if only balloons made all of us equally as happy....

happy 22 months:)

to say that these past 2 years have flown by would be an understatement. every once in a while i glance at you and realize the little baby that i still think of you as, has quickly become a little boy. it is so bittersweet and amazing at the same time. as a parent i'm beginning to understand that one of the hardest parts is going to be letting you go and watching you grow.

i love you so much...happy 22 months jack!

his favorite past time; trains and cars!

we went to a mets game over the weekend, despite almost a 3 hour rain delay, we had a lot of fun! here are some pics:

posing in front of the old apple...i think all mets fans would agree the new one has nothing on the original!

this is the best one of these two goofballs!?

the new stadium is awesome!

jack spent all of 10 minutes at our seats. he was much more content to push his stroller around!

again, again...

since i can't find the firewire for the video camera, i.e. i lost it, jack showcasing his vocab will have to wait. instead, i have a video from this morning that is quite hilarious in my opinion!

i'm dubbing this "mom, i'm stuck!"

i pulled out my point and shoot hoping jack would cooperate with some quick video, but he thought it was more fun to be a ham;)