A Day in the Life...

Here's a sneak peek at what Jack did today:

Ate breakfast...
my amusing husband just remarked that the look on Jack's face is reminiscent of my face in the morning.

Met his new cousin for the first time. How precious!

Held his cousin's dress...soooo cute! (Hey Amy- recognize his shirt?)

So, this "game" initially started with Daddy chasing down Jack as he attempted to crawl away to safety. Well, it didn't take long for Jack to take control and become the "chaser". Here he is chasing down Daddy and laughing uncontrollably when caught. Note that towards the end, it seems Jack is down for the count, until he springs back into action! What a boy.

What a fun and eventful day. I wonder what tomorrow will bring?

Gettin' in Shape

Ah, you gotta love getting back in shape. Okay, truthfully it kind of sucks. Especially if you haven't worked out in you can't remember how long. That's pretty bad. Nonetheless, Jon and I both started working out this week. It's amazing how much better you feel about yourself after breaking a sweat! One night we played some one-on-one on the complex's bball court while Jack watched from his stroller. It was a lot of fun, and I really loved sharing sports with Jack. He probably had no idea what was going on, but it'll be so much fun when he starts walking and we can play sports together. We've got big plans this summer for swimming and basketball. He practiced his swimming in the bathtub earlier tonight. He layed down on his tummy while playing with his toys, not caring at all if the water got in his face. I CAN'T wait for pool time! I love the pool, and a bonus is that it's sure to tire Jack out to get some good sleep afterwards!

Oh, and a shout out to my husband!, who gave me an iPod nano for my birthday, to aid me in my fitness quest.

Hallelujah!

It's time to celebrate! It's official, it's a miracle: we have tv and internet! Jon and I spent a glorious 4 hours of catching up on 24 Monday night- the perfect night for them to feature a 2 hour episode. (Not that a group of 12 men with guns could take hostage the entire White House- really??) But nonetheless, it was quite enjoyable to use our DVR and fast forward and ignore all the annoying commercials. How did I ever make it this long without a DVR? Oh, how I love you. Life is good here, surprisingly hot actually. It's in the 80's here, but this is Texas so that means it could be in the 40's tomorrow. I wish it would make up its mind: hot or cold? My thermostat is severely confused: A/C or heat? I'm all for the A/C...

So I promised pictures...

Master Bath shower head (notice extreme height, totally feels like a waterfall)

Jack's room- note him eating his crib- we're so proud!

The hallway leading to Jack's room/bathroom (note it leads AWAY from my room!)

The glorious kitchen, with an easy-to-clean cook top

View from living room to dining room, with lots of windows for lighting.

P.S. So I'm trying to make friends in our new ward, which is hard because I've missed Relief Society a lot in the last month, read: (Jack, Jack, Stake Conference, and allergy attack). But I think I finally succeeded yesterday because I met a few younger women my age. My conversation opener?-- "Hi, my name's Erin and I'm new here. Do you know any good OB's in the area?"-- Okay, to be honest, I actually opened with the pediatrician, and then smoothly moved on to the woman doctor.

P.P.S. So why did I choose to share the above information? Because the referral to a pediatrician came in handy today since Jack came down with a cold/cough. We went to the doctor's office first thing this morning and after about 30 minutes of paper work, we got right in and waited (get this) less than 5 minutes to see the doctor! Wow, yes, I'm going back. It was the first doctors experience in a long time when I didn't leave feeling completely frustrated and irritated for waiting FOREVER to spend 5 minutes with a doctor who is just trying to get out the door as fast as possible, and if he/she has time give me some medical advice. This doctor actually interacted with Jack and made multiple references to becoming better friends in the future, what?! I'm in pediatrician heaven.

I'm alive! For all of you many, many people out there reading my blog, no more worries, I'm back! Well temporarily back at least. To make a long story short, ATT is ruining my life and refuses to give me cable/internet service for at least another week. Stupid ATT people, who by the way have a monopoly in this city! Yep, apparently no other cable company is willing to offer services out here. Oh there's dish network, but seriously, dish? Am I gonna trust satellite? So my quick update is that we're moved into our new place and it's wonderful and beautiful and perfect (minus the stupid ATT people ruining my life). When I'm able to, I'll attach pics of the new place, and there's a whole funny story about me slapping Jon in my sleep that I was gonna write about weeks ago, but the forces at ATT converged to ruin my life and the story has gone unwritten. And it was really funny too. SO there ya go, my apartment is awesome and ATT sucks. Hope to be back online before my next birthday!

Icy cold

Winter has officially arrived here. Snow and ice blanket the ground outside our house, creating a beautiful backdrop. However, I don't have to go out in it, so I suppose it's more beautiful to me. Poor Jon though has to commute to Fort Worth and back. Luckily, when at its worst yesterday, his work allowed him to stay home, safe and warm. Luckily for me too, since I got to sleep in! It should ice more often!

Well our moving date is rapidly (and slowly) approaching...1 week from Saturday and then we'll be at our own place. Jon and I are both really excited and are counting down. I've been busy acquiring new furniture for the place, since Jack's arrival has us needing more storage. One of our new acquires includes a gift from Grandma Nelson: baby gates that interlock into a play yard, making a hexagon. It's so funny, when I put it up, both Jon and I said it looked like an Ultimate Fighting ring for babies! But what do you think?

(Jack's waiting for the next contender to challenge him! )

*Warning* This is really random: The other night while finishing up laundry, Jack helped me carry it back to our bedroom. See what a cute little helper he is!

An extremely interesting post:

So I feel like I have nothing really interesting nor funny to write about. I've been reading up on all my friends' blogs today and EVERYone has an attention-grabbing antecdote that's either hilarious or touching. Examples of such touching and hilarious antecdotes include babies being born and toddlers throwing basketballs in toilets. Want to hear my attention-grabber? I bought a recliner this week. Ooooo!!!! No really, it's exciting. It's brown and leather. No really, stay with me here. It has a red undertone! Okay, okay, but I bet you really want to hear that it'll really complement our couches, right? For those of you still reading, thank-you! And you are invited to visit whenever you feel like dropping by, and to take a load off in our new, comfy, brown (red undertoned) leather recliner! You may want to wait until February 18th though, since it will not be delivered until then. Now that's exciting!

Family Photos

About a month ago we decided to have professional pictures taken of our family, especially since Jack is just too cute to not document. As a surprise to family, we sent photos as Christmas presents, which was not only fun, but surprisingly stressful. Who knew it could be so difficult to choose which pictures to buy and which to leave by the way side. Below are some of my absolute favorite shots.He looks like he's trying to make an escape, I call it "Jack on the run!"

He smiles so easily, the whole photo shoot took less than 15 minutes.


I love this one because it captures his personality... spunk mixed in with a bit of mischief (notice he is pulling my hair)