Snapshot of the day

He's trying hard to figure out those chopsticks while eating my leftover pad thai for lunch...

Jack's bubble machine!

As promised, once Jack woke up from his nap after the potty excitement, we headed right to the store to pick up his new toy. He was so happy and couldn't wait to get home to play with it. It was raining that day, so the inaugural bubble making event was inside. He seriously loves his bubble maker...we all had so much fun that afternoon.

Enjoy this little video!

P.S.  There have been two more successes on the potty since the first! YAY!

Father's Day

The weather for Father's Day weekend could not have been more perfect...On Saturday, we decided to take a drive and stopped for lunch at Evelyn's, which is right on the water. We had awesome lobster rolls...They were done so simply... just big chunks of lobster, in a warm, buttered hot dog bun with a side of mayo. YUM.

Jack wasn't very interested in trying the lobster...

But he did help us eat our fries.

  Next stop was Gray's ice cream, where for the first time, Jack inhaled his dish of chocolate and then he finished off Rob's maple walnut in a cone...

 He couldn't get enough of it...he's finally an ice cream fan! 

He used to turn it away saying, it's too cold. Mommy. Can you warm it up? Ha!

Summer!

This is how Jack and I brought in the first day of summer...

Eating popsicles...

And watermelon...

(Yes, Jack ate those three pieces himself)

Potty talk

Jack's been more and more interested in sitting on the potty lately. Though, that might have something to do with the animal crackers or chocolate chips that he gets if he at least takes off his diaper and sits down on it...Well anyway, a friend of mine bribed her son with a little $2 bubble machine that she bought for him once he pooped in the potty. We were at their house on Monday, and Jack LOVED this bubble machine...I told him that when he goes on the potty that I would get him one...he talked about it all day long...and would even look at me with side eyes and whisper, bubble machine, to me. I just kept telling him what he had to do to get one. Well it only took one day of waiting because last night after his bath and before I could even dry him off he went right for the potty and peed! And wait there's more! Today before his nap he asked to sit on the potty again...He sat for a few minutes and by then I just thought he was stalling to avoid his nap. He asked for a book and so we read. Midway through the third read of the same book, he started making the poop face...and he pooped in the potty!!!! He was so proud of himself and was grinning ear to ear. So after his nap, we are going straight to store to get him that bubble machine.   

29 Weeks

Finally got Rob to take a picture of me instead of my cheesy self-portraits in the bathroom mirror!

It's hard to believe that I am in my third trimester already! Crazy how the time is flying. My OB visits are now only two weeks apart and soon I'll be going every week.  I had a visit yesterday...we listened to the heartbeat (which was strong in the 140s). Jack even helped the doctor put the gel on my belly so we could listen with the doppler. Whenever we go he always talks about hearing the ba-boom, ba-booms. The doctor said I was measuring right on schedule...so far I've gained about 12 pounds. With Jack I gained 27 in total, so I've got a ways to go. I've been feeling really good, except for some back pain which I had with Jack too. Apparently my iron level was low, so I've started taking an iron supplement and I do feel like I have more energy since starting those. The baby moves around all the time...I swear, sometimes it feels like he's doing jumping jacks in there. 

The countdown is on...only eleven weeks to go!

Snapshot of the day

Keeping Jack entertained while shopping has been getting harder and harder. I always have a snack for him and I try to hold off giving it to him until he is extra antsy...It always goes quickly though and yesterday I was nowhere near done once he finished his cheerios, so I gave him a little notebook and pen to scribble with while he sat in the cart. He did great and kept telling me that he was making a list (or wist, as he says).

He did so well with it, that I thought it was a brilliant idea to let him keep scribbling while we drove home...