Running with Dad

A couple of quick pictures from when you came running with dad.  Loved you trying to give a thumbs up my little man.

Let Me out

For Emily's birthday we went to Leap, a trampoline centre. Jack absolutely loved it. He was jumping all over the place and loved to be thrown onto the big air bag. The funniest thing that he did was steal the lollies off Emily's cake.

Her cake had hundreds of little marshmallows. Jack would carefully take one off and run away to eat it. He had managed to sneak 10 before we even noticed what he was doing. A sneaky little guy. Maybe you better get used to being behind bars Jack

8months done

8 months today! You are a happy boy mostly! You live food and have just cut tooth number 6- em was about 1 when she did that. Your also crawling chasing climbing to stand and walking along things- yes you are hard work!! 

Mum still enjoys dressing you up! Rrrrwwr  is lion for I love you!!

Emily has been replaced as favourite in Da's eyes. She was most upset when they brought you a Thomas table and she got nothing!!

You two are very close but also are both nuts!!

You love to stand and bounce. Mum got out the trolley and you enjoyed the freedom although because your such a heffa it did roll too fast. 

We went with Sandy and playgroup to leap. You were mildly impressed.  Em on the other hand has frog blood. 

We love you little brother/jackie punny baby. 4more months and you turn 1!!

Munching on my rusks

You now have 4 teeth- 2 top and 2 bottom. It is perfect for munching on rusks. Your obsessed with them!

I want to be just like Emily

What a happy boy you are when playing with Emily! 

 

So pretty!!

Bathing

3 days old and you were starting to smell so we had to give you a bath.  This was an exciting time for me as I enjoyed bathing your sister and watching her kick around.  

You really didn't like getting undressed and you hate it when your mother or I wipe your bottom so I wasn't to sure how you were going to handle a clean and then being dried.


You got into the bath pretty easily and seemed to really enjoy relaxing on your back. Of course your sister had to come in and watch and she was very interested in how little you were and your little penis.  She kept looking at it and saying "Jack Pe-nus".

After about 3min you started getting grumpy so we pulled you out. As expected you hated being dried but one you were back in your clothes you were very happy and relaxed.

Your second bath was a lot better and you stayed in kicking around for about 5 minutes.  Getting dresses was a lot quicker and you didn't seem to cry as much.

You have a Name

It took a just a couple of days to finally lock in a name for you.  Your mother and I both felt it was a bit harder to decided this time. Not sure why.

Once we got to see you we realised that you were a big strong boy and needed a name that would reflect that.  I went through all of the All Black front row names to see if any of them were a good fit.  We though about calling you John and Thomas but neither of them really fit well.

Finally we decided on Jack.  You are going to be named Jack and be our little pirate.

Meaning & History

Derived from Jackin (earlier Jankin), a medieval diminutive of JOHN. It is often regarded as an independent name. During the Middle Ages it was very common, and it became a slang word meaning "man". It was frequently used in fairy tales and nursery rhymes, such as 'Jack and the Beanstalk', 'Little Jack Horner', and 'Jack Sprat'.

Gender: M Meaning of Jack: "God is gracious" Origin of Jack: English, diminutive of JohnJack's Popularity in 2014: #2

Your first Day

Today you had lots of visitors and lots of action.

You had your granparents visit early in the morning and meet your sister for the first time.  We then discovered you were having a little trouble breathing so sent you back to hospital for observations.  At 4pm they said you were all ok and yet us head back to Waterford Birthing Centre.  That night Uncle Chris and Aunty Chontel popped in for a quick visit and a little hold.

Your first day has certainly been a busy one