Come Home to This.

This is the shiny happy miniature person I came home to today. This shot looks mischevious, but he's grinning like a Cheshire when I come home. He now has enough hair to manipulate. It goes well with the giant bruise on his forehead. This is a 4 day old bruise. Too bad its not lent, it was actually cross shaped when he got it. Courtesy of a little thump on the corner of the wall. Jack's focus is on staying upright, avoiding obstacles is too much to do at the same time.

By the way, see his striped shirt? A little shout out to my baby bro, who wore nothing but stripes for 3 years or so.

See how skinny he's gotten? No extra chins and a visible neck! That's the hallmark of a babe who is on the move.

Shoes

We really haven't bothered much with shoes for Jackson. We put on socks, which he usually immediately removes. A couple of months ago, I bought him a pair of Robeez knock-offs. But he wasn't very fond of them, and Jason doesn't like them. So, he's been going barefoot all this time. For Nicole's wedding, I brought along shoes. We had a trial run a week before to make sure they were the right size, and Jackson threw a fit!! I guess Jason struggled to get the shoes on for the wedding, but he wore them fine. Now that we're back, he is fascinated with shoes. Well, he has always liked them, but mostly as a snack. He spent the whole week trying on any pair of shoes that was close enough to grab. Over the weekend, I put his shoes on for a test. He was thrilled. He's been wearing the shoes nonstop for 4 days. Yesterday, I came home from work, and he was busy crawling around with his shoes on his feet and one of mine on his arm. He spent the whole afternoon and much of today playing this game.