The Baccus Family

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Summer Swimming Fun

This summer we took several trips to our neighborhood pool. It was a wonderful way to cool off a bit in the sweltering Houston heat. Mommy also loved to feel a little weightless for a while with her growing belly. Jack loved every aspect of it. We played in the big pool and the kiddie pool. And Jack loved all of the helicopters and airplanes that would fly overhead from nearby Ellington Field.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

September 17th - Everything is a hat

September 16th - Helping Daddy

September 15th - Naptime

We don't often get a glimpse of Jack sleeping. He was sent home with a fever yesterday, but otherwise he seems perfectly fine. I did have to wake him up from his nap to go see the doctor, so I thought I would take advantage of this moment to take a picture of my sweet boy. Jack checked out alright. This was Jack's last nap in the nursery. It is time for his new room.

September 9th - Free parking

Today was the STS-115 launch. Jack was playing with his little space shuttle and decided to park it next to his other vehicles at the front door. It was very cute.

September 3rd - Dress up

Jack loves trying on our shoes and shuffling around in them. He also loves his safari hat, which he got a Tess' birthday party this past spring.

September 2nd - Baby brother

August 20th - New room

Ronny finished painting Jack's new room and he set up a crib for Jack there as well.

August 13th - Sand and water

We got a new sand and water table. Jack didn't exactly play with it as we expected, although we should have expected it. He loved to scoop the water out and scoop sand into the water side of the table. He wanted to take all of the parts from the water side and put them in the sandy side. He even tried a taste of sand and then came to Mommy to fix it. There wasn't much I could do about that!

July 30th - Feeding the baby

Grandma sent Jack a little baby to help him get used to the idea of having a baby around. Here he is feeding the baby some corn.

July 30th - Daisy's Birthday Party

Today we went to Daisy's first birthday party at Moody Gardens. We got a behind the scenes look at this great penguin named Biggio. We had lots of fun!

July 23rd - Visiting Great Grandpa

Today we went to visit Jack's Great Grandpa across town. Jack read some books with Nana, played on the chairs with Papa, and shook hands with Great Grandpa.

July 22nd - Outside playtime

We are working on our collection of backyard toys and Jack loves being outside. Here he is in his kiddie pool playing with a set of measuring cups. The other pictures are of a slide that Daddy put together today.

July 11th - The Children's Museum

We went to the Children's Museum with Grandma today and had a great time. In the tot spot, Jack played with puzzles and lots of other fun stuff. There was a room with a great little car in it. It also had the cute little blond girl who played with Jack a little bit.

July 10th - Got Milk?

Jack's first taste of a milkshake.

July 4th - Visit with Emma

Jenny, Emma, and Daisy stopped by today to drop off Nissan, their cat, for us to petsit for a couple of weeks while they go to England. Emma was very entertained by Jack and he was entertained by her as well.

June 30th - Daddy hugs

June 29th - On the cell

I found my old cell phone and Jack loves talking on it.

June 28th - Window view

Jack likes to watch the lawnmowers in the yard. He loved even more that I let him stand up in the dining room window sill.

June 18th - Father's Day Visit

Nana and Papa came over for a visit on Father's Day. Here is a nice picture of Jack and Nana.

Friday, June 23, 2006

June 22nd - Ultrasound

We had our big 20-week ultrasound yesterday and the baby looks as healthy as can be. I was 20 weeks + 1 day along, but the baby was measuring right at 21 weeks. Jack always measured a bit big too. Below is a profile shot starting at the belly on the left, with the chin in the middle and the top of the head on the right.

Below is a head-on shot where the baby looks like an alien. A friendly alien, though, he is waving at the camera.

And here is what you've all been waiting for... Yes, it is a boy! The Baccus house is due for another little troublemaker.

Sunday, June 11, 2006

June 9th - Anxious for Daddy to come home

June 4th - Jack, where's your bellybutton?

May 29th - Messy

After being outside for a while in the hot sun, we were all starving for dinner, so we gave Jack a bit more to feed himself than we normally do. Eventually he gave up with the spoon and started using his fingers to feed himself applesauce and whatever else he was getting for dinner.

May 29th - Pool time

We bought a pack of swim diapers and a floatie swim suit for Jack because it is starting to get unbearably hot here. I also bought an inflatable pool, but that ended up being a huge hassle and has since been sent away with the garbage. Since then we have been to our neighborhood pool a couple of times. At first Jack was really apprehensive, but now he seems to really like it.

May 27th - Gymnastics

Jack started a gymnastics class this weekend. There are only a few other kids in the class, which is nice. They spend 15 minutes in a big room upstairs with lots of mats, balance beams, bars and rings to swing on, and things they can bounce on. There is also a ladder on the wall to climb. Jack climbed the ladder and sounded the horn. Then he looked down and saw that he was about 8 feet off the ground and promptly freaked out. When we are worn out from the upstairs, we go down a big swirley slide to the downstairs and play in a foam pit. There is a platform that Jack's coach, Travis, sits on and the kids can jump down to their parents. Jack liked that a lot. Then we get to go on the big trampoline. When we've all had our fill downstairs and the kids start getting antsy, we head back up stairs to run around some more. Then Travis gives the kids animal stamps on their hands and legs.