Jack's 1st Birthday Party!!!!

My little baby has finally turned one!! It was very bittersweet...I'm so happy to have seen him grow up over the past year but at the same time my little baby is becoming less of a baby and more of a little boy.

On Saturday April 4th, we had Jack's 1st birthday party!! We had about 25 people over to our house to celebrate with lots of food, presents, and of course, cake!! Jack got very spoiled with lots of new toys. He was a wild man with his cake...it took a minute or two for him to get the idea of what to do with his "smash" cake but once he did, oh my!!! Here are two videos of Jack with his cake. The first one is pretty long but captures almost the whole thing. The second we took just after we took Jack's cake away from him and he was hamming it up for all his guests :) Needless to say, we took him straight to the tub after this!!

Jack's First Steps!!!

Well, we're approaching the 1 year mark, and little Jack is trying so hard to walk. He can walk very well holding on to something or using his push toys. He's just started taking one or two steps on his own. The most he has taken by himself so far is 4. Something tells me it won't be long now until our little man is running wild!

Our Trip To The Park

We finally had a nice day last weekend, so we took Jack to Madarach Park in Limerick. It was very crowded and Jack loved watching all the other kids running around and playing. He's still pretty little to play on most of the equipment, especially since he can't walk yet. He loved the swings though and some of the smaller things he could sit on.

Superman!! (in honor of Uncle Chris!!)

Jack is following in Uncle Chris's footsteps! He now has his first pair of Superman pajamas...complete with a cape! Check him out...we'll have to get Uncle Chris a matching pair (ha, ha!)

Jack's 1 Year Proffesional Pictures!

We took Jack yesterday to Sears to get his 1 year pictures taken. I know it's a few weeks before his actual first birthday but I wanted them to be ready before April
1st. They did a great job and I love how they turned out. We did a few family shots too. We ordered a bunch of sheets and we purchased the CD so we can print them ourselves too. Here's a slideshow I made of all the pictures!

Jack's First Haircut!

Well, it was finally time for little Jack's first haircut even though it made Mommy want to cry. We went today on Jack's 11 month birthday to a place called "SnipIts". They specialize in kids haircuts and we really liked the place. They had all sorts of toys and things to distract him from being scared. They even had little tv's at each chair so the kids could watch that. Every kid also gets a prize when they're done getting their haircut...Jack got a little rubber ducky. He also got a certificate for being so brave during his first haircut and Mommy got to take home his little locks of hair as a keepsake. Here is a slideshow of pictures from the first haircut.

Jack's New Tricks

Our little man has learned some new tricks. He can now snort (we don't know where this came from...he just started doing it one day and now does it randomly or if we do it, he'll do it back!), give kisses, and wave. I managed to get a video last night of him doing all three!