Our Active 6 Month Old

I have realized lately that I have been publishing a lot of info about what Jesse has been doing as far as trips and activities go, and not much about his physical growth...which is progressing by leaps and bounds. So....Jesse is now almost 6 months old (on the 20th), and this is what he can do now. He scooted on his belly for about two weeks, and now he CRAWLS EVERY
WHERE!!! And he is not content with that! He pulls himself up on everything he can reach... and, of course, he falls often.
I began feeding him solid food in August, and he loves it. He feeds himself crackers, and loves anything else I will give him.
He loves to explores everything, and be involved in every thing I am doing... from "helping" me put away groceries,
to doing dishes with me, to even... yes, even laundry. =)

He also recently dis-covered the excite-ment of a swim-ming pool, and now every time he is submerged in water, he laughs and splashes, and thinks it's just the best thing ever. Thank you Aunt Angela for playing with him in the pool near your house.


And, probably my favorite thing is that he finds everything funny! He laughs all the time, at the silliest things. The world is fun, exciting, and new, and he loves it. He is soooo CUTE!!!!

Chicago!

This month, Stephen had a work related trip not far from Chicago, so Jesse and I came along to visit with Stephen's sister, Anna Jo, who lives very close to Chicago. We took a red eye flight on Friday night, and stayed a whole week. Stephen only had to work 2 of those days, so it was a nice little vacation for us. Jesse met his Aunt A.J. for the first time, and loved her four dogs. We also went on a little sight seeing in downtown Chicago, which was lots of fun. Jesse went on all common means of transportation during the trip. He flew to Chicago, drove to his aunt's house, took the train into down town Chicago,

and road a "water taxi" down the Chicago River. He even got to ride a carrossell on the Navy Pier in Chicago. I have to say, Jesse is a very good traveler. He slept on the plane, in the car, and on the train. The boat ride was a bit too short for sleeping. =) Thank you A.J and Steve for letting us visit with you. We had so much fun!!!