Miner Moments.: Here comes the sun

Finally, it seems as though spring is on the way! The past few days we've been able to have our windows and doors open, allowing us some fresh air (which seems to help Jack sleep a bit longer at nap time, allowing me to get stuff done around here!). It's been too windy to go for walks, I'm sure we'd be fine, but of course when I see these wind advisories, my mind immediately goes to a terrible situation like I'm walking Jack and I lose control of the stroller, or a giant tree branch falls or some random debris hits him in the face haha. I'm terrible about that kind of stuff now, don't get me started on my fear of someone breaking into our house and taking my baby! We did go grocery shopping today, Jack was an angel, smiling and flirting with the ladies as per usual. Luckily we had so much stuff in our cart that it didn't blow away and hit something while I was getting everything unloaded!

I know it's been forEVER since I've blogged, I never seem to remember to do it. Well, I guess that's not entirely true....I never take the time to do it! Jack naps for an hour at a time, usually no more, no less, so that's when I take my "me time", either watching one of my shows, reading, taking a shower, doing laundry, or just relaxing with the windows open, listening to the breeze blowing through the house and the birds chirping (which is what I did today!).

There's not TOO much new to report since my last post. The holidays came and went in a whirlwind, we were super busy and got to see much of our families, which was great, since next year I plan on sticking around home a bit more. You wouldn't think it, but just going to Indiana is a tiring trip, even on non holiday weekends. Christmas Eve eve was spent with my mom's family in Indy, Christmas Eve was with my parents at their house with my brother and his wife and their 2 girls, and then my dad's family that night. We had to drive back to Illinois after that, because I wanted to be home as a family on our first Christmas, even if Jack didn't care or wouldn't remember. We have to start having our own traditions :-) While "home" in West Lafayette, I did get to see one of my best and oldest friends. She and her hubby had a baby boy in December, so I was reminded of how tiny and cuddly newborns are! After Christmas morning in our home, we ventured up north to Lake Zurich to be with Matt's family for the night. Right about this time Jack really started to learn to sit on his own, mastering it by mid January, which was right about the same time we saw his first tooth pop through, followed closely by the second a week or so later. Here's Jack and his cousin Bella on Christmas Eve

Every day he gets closer and closer to crawling, which I'm not sure if I'm ready for! He's growing so fast, but I must say, he is getting cooler and cooler each day. He cracks us up all the time, I think we're going to have a little comedian on our hands here shortly! (hmmm, wonder where he get's that from! *cough cough, daddy, cough cough*). So, I said he always sleeps an hour, and as I sit here, we're hitting the 2 hour mark for his afternoon nap. I could tell he was tired, he fell asleep in my arms as I read him a book before nap (he never does that!). Plus, I think he's teething again. He's been fighting bottles, chewing on everything including his hands, and being fussier than normal. And, he's definitely getting attached to mom and dad, sometimes fussing when he sees us leave the room. I'm so thankful I don't have to leave him with someone while I work, because seeing him cry like that would break my heart, even though I've seen many babies do this, and they all survived! It's definitely different when it's your baby! Jack says "mama", "dada", "nana" and "baba" many times a day now, and is always looking for Oscar, checking on his brother. I think they're going to be quite the team in a few short months! That's about all I've got for today, aside from a few pictures.

Here's Jack at 6months, with Oscar: