Do you have anything besides Mexican food?

So, Jack has reached two big steps this week: he slept all the way through the night, AND he began eating real food! On Wednesday we had him try rice cereal with a little milk mixed in, and after about three bites he totally had it. As you'll see in the video below, he turns into a lizard at meal time now; with all that tongue-flicking, I wouldn't be surprised if his pediatrician found a Jacobsen's organ in his head somewhere.

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Jack in June & July!

The slide show below includes some pictures from the past 2 months. It includes many "first times" and his love of taste testing items. Jack experienced a pool, fireworks and a park walk in the baby carrier in these 2 months. He was unsure about the pool, dazzled by the fireworks and loved the park walk. The trees were his favorite it seemed as he did not stop looking at them the whole time we were wandering. This little guy also has figured out rolling over, if you have not viewed the video just look down the blog. Now every time it is floor time he goes for a record of how many times he can do this new trick. The only problem is he cannot get back over but I do not think it will be too much longer until he gets that too. We will be moving in 2 weeks so I will post some new nursery pictures as soon as it is set up. Jack will be getting his own whole room, no more splitting it with mom!

Like...well, like a rolling stone.

So, through some serendipitous happenstance of circumstantiality, I was actually present, aware, and with my camera-phone the very first time Jack ever rolled over all by himself. Mommy was at work, I was doing dishes and watching Futurama, and Jack was amusing himself on his butterfly mat. He'd been working himself into a sweat for days trying to do it, and I looked over and just somehow knew this was the time. I hit "Record," and sure enough there he went. Enjoy.

This is the first draft of his speech.

So Jack is absolutely determined to make himself understood. He is such a verbal baby, and some days are just crazy as he talks to get attention, makes noises to let us know if he's happy or need something, or just engages in conversation with his doting parents. On the 5th of July we went over to Aunt Lynn's and Uncle Paul's house for a party, and I've never heard Jack talking so much. It continued later that day, as we went home and he blabbed at Mom for half an hour. Below is the video we nabbed.