Still not rolling

We still aren't rolling over.  I keep hearing "he'll roll over when he really wants something".  Apparently Jack doesn't really want anything... or if he does he just screams until I finally give in and hand it to him.  We do tummy time, and I lay on the ground with him, and try to move so that he has to roll to see me.  I place toys around him, and get on my stomach and pound the ground cheering him on to roll, but he still doesn't.  I just end up with a dog in my face.

Seriously, this kid is going to be 27 and not be able to roll over.  He's to the point where he gets all the way over, like to the point where I think it takes more effort to NOT roll over then to just let gravity take over and roll.  He'll look at me, snag whatever toy was just out of reach, smile and flop back on his back.  He's gotten very good at "scooting" himself around in a circle if he wants a different view.

 This is how close he is...

 Just playing with my dog

 Loves to bite the dog's nose... and anyone's nose for that matter

Skype-ing with Grandpa & Grandma

Sleep Regression/Teething/Growth Spurt?

After we returned from the Boston/Maine trip, I expected Jack to be a little out of sorts, and to possibly be a little difficult for a few days until we got back into our "routine".  Not that we have much of a routine, we pretty much go by Jack's mood.  I had also decided we were going to establish more of a routine.  Boy was I wrong...

Jack has slept through the night since 6 weeks.  I know, I'm lucky.  But, I got used to that.  Suddenly he is waking up in the middle of the night.  Absolutely hysterical.  I tried letting him cry it out the first night, it was heart breaking and I went in after 5 minutes, because he really wasn't calming down at all.  For the past week he has been waking up at various times during the night.  Not at a specific time, so I know he hasn't developed a new schedule.  He's been very difficult during the day.  Crying/clingy.  It's just not normal for him.

So I Googled it.  I came to the conclusion he had reached the "5 month wakeful period", don't ask me what it is.  I can't explain it, all I really gathered is that for no reason whatsoever babies go through a period of time around 5 months where they go through a sleep regression.  There are all kinds of things to try to sleep train, and various methods.  I decided to just hope he grew out of it sooner rather than later.

Or perhaps he is teething?

I was exhausted last night, so I made up a bottle and handed Jack and the bottle to Craig.  Jack ate all 8 oz. And it dawns on me, the kid is going through a growth spurt.  It only took me a week to realize it.  That he is in fact STARVING, mother of the year award here I come.

I did get Jack's 3 month pictures professionally taken... Yea, yea, I'm just now getting around to getting them ordered.  Here are some of my favorites.

5 Months

Has it really been 5 months?!?

Stats:
Height: 27"
Weight: 16lbs 3oz
Head: I didn't measure, he's getting increasingly squirmy by the day and this one was too difficult to get alone.

I thought the middle picture was very professional looking, so I entered it in the Gerber Photo Search contest, Jack will be looking for votes September 4 to be the next Gerber baby!

Attempting Oatmeal

We started Jack on oatmeal today.  He wasn't thrilled about it to say the least... I think the pictures tell the story.

Maine and Boston Trip

It's been awhile since I've updated, because we went on Jack's first vacation.  We flew into Boston and drove up to Rockland, Maine with another family and their 10 month old son, Liam.  Jack had a lot of firsts on this trip.

He went on his first plane ride, and was nothing short of AWESOME on the plane.  He pretty much slept the whole time, and when he wasn't asleep, he was his usual charming self, smiling for people.

Our first night in Maine was rainy and cool, a nice break from the heat wave we've had all summer.  Pictures of us at dinner, after traveling all day.

After our first meal of FRESH seafood and a good nights sleep, Jack was all smiles.

Until we got out the cameras, tried to pose the boys in their coordinating "lobster" outfits, and Liam stole Jack's shoe.  (He thought it was pretty tasty).  

A few shots of Jack's first view of the ocean.  It was pretty foggy.

We went to Lobster Fest, I unfortunately don't have pictures from this (yet) since I didn't think to charge the camera battery.  I'll post pictures our friend's took for us that day in a later blog after I get them.  We then took off for Portland, Maine.  After we got settled in the hotel, we took off to wander Portland.

 I couldn't resist the mustache photo op, and made everyone get their pictures taken, including Jack

While in Portland, we drove around and visited various lighthouses.  Jack traveled well for the majority of the drives, sleeping most of the time.

Jack got to dip his toes in the ocean for the first time.

 Jack and I found a crab claw in the rocks

Craig imparting bits of wisdom to Jack 

 Family Picture... sort of

 The boys were a little worn out

We stayed on Portland for 2 days, and then drove back down to Boston.  We made a detour through Salem, Massachusetts so Jack could do some witch hunting on the way.  In Boston we toured the Sam Adams Brewery.

 The boys polished their samples off

We did a lot of walking, let me rephrase we did A LOT of walking in Boston.  We did the Freedom Trail, which takes you through the city past all the historic places, like Paul Revere's house, the sight of the Boston Massacre, the Old North Church (where they hung the lantern to signal the British were coming), cemeteries were people such as Paul Revere, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams are buried.  And various other spots, such as photo ops with giant bear statues outside a children's hospital.

We drove up to Cape Cod one day to tour the Cape Code Chip factory and go to the beach.

 Jack got his own baby bag of Cape Cod chips, he wasn't sharing

 Jack was not a fan of the ocean, it was FREEZING

 Craig may have gotten a little wet when this wave came in

 While not much of an ocean fan, Jack did love the sand

We took a ferry ride across the harbor in Boston, and toured the USS Constitution and another war ship.

 Jack fired off a few rounds

Daddy and Jack people watching

We had a great time, and got to see so much.  (And eat way too much)  It was definitely more difficult to travel with a child, especially two children, who weren't really on the same schedule.  But we made it work and came back with 500+ pictures.