Heirloom Bassinet

The first few months of Jacks life, he slept in this bassinet. It was my great grandparents Irene and Stephen L. Richards bassinet. So sweet that we were able to use it.

Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving with the Berretts = Costumes, fireworks, almost lighting the rug on fire, May Flower, the list goes on and on.

And of course Dan had to go play football in the morning. Little did we know, it was with the ward we moved into a few months later. 

P.s. this was the first Thanksgiving I contributed without my mom helping me out. Boo ya!

Sweet potatoes!

Over Thanksgiving of 2012 Jack ate "real" food for the first time. Sweet potatoes galore! Pretty sure he loved it. Food is the definition of a happy boy!

Lake Texoma

In November of 2012 we had a little weekend getaway with the Berretts. It was incredible. We went to a cabin on Lake Texoma and relaxed, relaxed, relaxed.

December 2012 Family Pictures

My cute talented sister in law, April, took some family pictures for us in December while we were in Utah packing up to move back to Texas. I honestly don’t think it is possible to take TOO many pictures of little Jack. He is a male model and makes us parents look good. 

Jack Turned 1. Say What!?

This perfect little boy turned one on June 27^th! It is amazing to see how much he learns and grows every single day! It is unreal how much Dan and I love him.

We love sneaking into his room while he is asleep and seeing how cute he is. Usually if only one of us goes in, we have to go get the other because it is too cute to not look.

Dan and I look like absolute fools when we try to show each other the face Jack made that the other person missed.

We forget what life was like before him.

It is so fun seeing his little personality come out the older he gets. He cracks us up every day! He clearly has bad days as well, but the good days are just too good that we forget about those bad ones.  

At age 1 he:

-   Walks

-   Loves to laugh

-   Makes dinosaur noises

-   Still working on growing his hair

-   Knows baby sign language (more, all done, please, thank you)

-   LOVES sitting on our laps reading books. Dan and I quote a line from one of his books and he will go find the book that we are quoting.

-   Loves eating. A lot. Especially eggs!

-   Loves his milk

-   Is obsessed with his blankie and teddy bear

-   Loves to Face time family and friends

-   Loves holding up a phone to his ear and pretending like he is talking

-   Loves playing with his blocks

-   Loves going to the splash pad

-   Loves swimming and just being in water!

-   Didn’t love the birthday cake that I so lovingly made

We also got a nice camera before Jack was born (it actually came in the mail while I was in labor, so of course Dan had to run home and grab it) this past year we always just used it on “auto”, but I decided that I wanted to learn how to use manual. I took his “1 year” pictures. We even used a tripod and took our own family pictures. Hilarious. I have A LOT to work on, but it is a fun hobby to mess around with!