Family Home in the Evening

We try to take advantage of time in the evenings and on weekends at home to enjoy one another's company. With exception of several months during my first year in graduate school, this is the most that I have been away from home on a consistent basis.

Savannah sure loves her brother! But he is getting big.




PEACE!!

Besides nursing, this is Jack's favorite position in the whole wide world. He loves to be perched on moms arm. He has one of his arms up around mom's neck and the other grasping her arm. And then he just swivels like a sprinkler head, back and forth checking out what's going on around him.

Look how broad chested this kid is; Just like dad (or maybe his clothes are too small)

Jack does not take kindly to "tummy time" although he does a good job keeping his head up. Savannah for some reason loves it when Jack is doing "tummy time" and constantly rolls him from his back to his stomach and in her best mommy voice says, "Jack you haven't done your tummy time yet today." Here you can see the chunkiness of our little Jack. Quite the opposite from Savannah.

OK, I'll admit it I am just like Savannah in the fact that I like to mess with Jack, but tell me those shorts don't look cute on his head. There is no give, like they are pure starch or something.
And yes that is Jack and I participating in a Tea Party (Hot Cocoa for your better parents out there). The attendees are from the left: Savannah, "Baby", "Hippo", "Doggy" and Jack and I. "Dolly" couldn't make it to this one.

Here is a little video of the little guy talking.

Sunny Days!

You would think that in Florida the sun is always shining. That hasn't been the case for a lot of the summer. We had a stretch of weeks where it rained at least once a day and then when Hurricane Faye came through it rained even harder, and the wind blew a little too. Funny thing is that Hannah and Ike, which both passed us by, brought great weather to the state of Florida- well, Jacksonville at least. And so we have been out taking in the sun.

Savannah, an amphibian of sorts, keeps us at the pool whenever possible. She is catching on to the whole swimming thing as you can see here, her swimming all by herself (We'll have to zoom in a little closer next time):

You can't tell by his face, but Jack sort of likes to swim too.

Especially when Savannah helps him stay afloat.

Brittany found out about a Reading Day for kids or some thing at the downtown library. They had all kinds of activities and food and SWAG- the best thing for me was that it was -Free.

They also had face-painting which Savannah really liked. She told the lady that she wanted to be a tiger. She had a blast scaring dad when she got home (dad wasn't able to be there).

And speaking of tigers, well actually a lion. The reason dad was not at the thing at the library is because on some Saturdays he volunteers at a Wildlife Preserve where they have several, very large cats- tigers, lions, cougars, jaguars, and a lynx. I pick up poop, shovel dirt, and clean water tubs. Pretty much my childhood dream. Here I am holding their newest arrival Sarabi. And yes, that is sweat.