Jack and I weeded the side garden this afternoon. In only 20 minutes I managed to acquire 25+ mosquito bites. I didn't put any bug cream on Jack before we went out, so I am hoping they were biting me instead of him. (Although, I did have to shoo at least 4 of them off of him.) What is it with the mosquitos around here??? Every year it is wicked bad at our house.
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My project for yesterday, a giant monkey for birthday games. Pin the banana on the monkey! I think he is rather cute.
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My $8 highchair gets a $3 make-over. The pad was getting so incredibly gross I couldn't stand it anymore. Fruit flies were starting to congregrate in the cracks in the vinyl that I could not get clean for the life of me. I tried taping the cracks closed, and Jack ate the tape! So, one Target vinyl halloween tablecloth and about an hour later, we have a new (halloween!) highchair. I happen to think it is way cool now, but maybe I am biased.
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Jack sports another of his punk rock hairdos in his new cowboy jammies. Thank you friends of gymboree coupons and the clearance rack!
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Jack is 11 months old today. I actually shed a little tear this morning, as this is the last monthly birthday before he is ONE YEAR old. I have no idea how my little baby got so close to one year old already. To get him to sit still long enough to take this photo, I had to bribe him with the playstation controller.
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Jack is really starting to enjoy the rocking horse. He used to act like he was going to fall off and be crushed, but now that he has much better balance, he thinks the thing is real kick!
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And, the sweeter side of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde. I cannot believe what a big boy he is!
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Jack has really become proficient at standing up. Here, he stands up to chew on the edge of the playpen. (Still no more teeth yet!) I can't decide between this photo and a sweeter one. So, I will post both!
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The monkeys in our house. From Left to right: My first traditional sock monkey, a bit on the too skinny side; a too cute argyle monkey, made with socks from Old Navy, still in need of a face; a smaller striped monkey, also from Old Navy socks and also in need of his face; and a flea market find vintage sock monkey, he only has one eyebrow left and is filled with REAL cotton stuffing, too cool. Because of the spandex in the Old Navy socks, those monkeys are infinitely easier to sew, more fun for Jack and hold up much better.
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Even though Jack was awake from 12:30 to 2:30 am, he still has the energy this morning to be curious about the computer. Really he just wants to eat the wires, do not be fooled by his sweet half grin!
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Jack masters waving bye-bye! However, I STILL cannot get him to do the headstand long enough for me to take a photo.
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Having a little pre-Halloween fun with our Jack-o-lantern.
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Jack used to be such a willing participant in Mom's photo taking madness. These days, he is like a crazed celebrity, "Gimme that camera! Gimme that camera!" We also have lots of drool and old man lip sucking going on. Perhaps we are on the way to upper teeth??
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Jack is crazy about that laughing baby on the Teletubbies.
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