Hugs and Sticks

Today was a good day, despite the fact that Jack had yet another blow-out last night and woke up a handful of times. I was expecting him to be extremely moody, but to my surprise he was actually quite pleasant. I made an interesting discovery today. Jack only has 16 teeth. 8 on the top and 8 on the bottom. This came as a shock to me, since for several months now, I had been convinced that he had all his teeth and was even told by his pediatrician that they were all there. Today was one of the rare days where he actually let me get a good, hard look into his mouth and I think I may have noticed one of the bottom 2 year molars peeking out. This is very good information to have, since Jack has never been what you would call a "good teether." It also explains a lot about some of the things that have been going on around here, including the diarrhea and the recurrent night waking, which have both been factors in previous teething experiences. 

Something sweet happened in the grocery store today that I can't seem to get out of my head. We were in the frozen food section at Stop and Shop and I was trying to find organic sweet corn and out of the blue Jack decided to give me a hug. I completely stopped everything I was doing to savor the moment and to let him know how much it meant to me. Twenty months ago, I would have never thought that such a simple gesture would make such a big imprint on my heart.

Here are some snapshots from our day. They aren't in any particular order. Enjoy.

One of Jack's current obsessions is taking caps on and off of things.

"Helping" me in the kitchen, while I prepare dinner.

Caught him sorting the dry noodles into an ice tray.

He insisted on wearing his headphones around the house today and kept asking me to help him put them on.

We can never get past the produce department without Jack requesting an "pople."

My nap time snack. Plain Greek yogurt, honey, frozen-thawed blueberries, granola and ground flax seed. YUM!

I thoroughly enjoyed watching him try to figure out why he couldn't back up any further.

Boys and their sticks...

Studying the snow on his mittens.

Taking a break from a hard days work.

Lunch Time! The menu for today was a Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, frozen blueberries, carrots and dip, and goldfish, which are one of his current favorites.

He Fell asleep while I was folding laundry. BONUS!

He's almost 2 years old and I still can't believe he's mine.

Jack and daddy's artwork on the chalkboard, which is CRAZY considering that Matt despises chalk.

Jack's new thing is to bring his snacks to his play kitchen. It's pretty adorable.

Here he is putting his shredded wheat in the oven.

THE END.