jack: eighteen weeks old

More catching up on Jack’s growth and goings on!

Here is Jack Lawrence at 18 weeks old…
(May 31st, 2012)

18 weeks!

Look at that expression! We think Jack looks like he’s mad dogging someone in that photo and we think it’s hilarious because it couldn’t be farther from showing his true personality. There were some other cute photos from this week’s shoot, though, which show how much Jack is wiggling, playing and trying his very best to roll…

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This week, Jack got a sweet new ride. His big boy stroller rocks all of our worlds…

chillin' in his new ride

And we get to fully enjoy beautiful LA days…

LA day: on a stroll with jack

Jack is a very curious and social boy. He loves to go places and look at people. He remains such a patient little sweetheart as we spend a lot of time driving around the LA area looking at houses. We try our best to stop at interesting places, like a restaurant, so he can practice his people-watching…

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Even though Jack’s sleep continues to be a challenge, with this face…

the sweetest face

…we forgive him!
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jack: seventeen weeks old

Finally, I’m catching up on the Jack updates!

Here is Jack at 17 weeks old, where we didn’t get the fancy photo done…
(May 24th, 2012)

17 weeks!

As you can see, Jack is enjoying tummy time slightly more these days, especially when leaning on my stomach.

We’re really enjoying having Jack’s company when we do fun things around town. Here we are enjoying lunch on the patio of a Mexican restaurant on the weekend…

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Jack continues to be a challenge in the sleep department. We make some progress and then we regress. Look how cute this picture of my two guys napping…

napping with dad

Jack usually still needs to be swaddled in order to help him fall asleep, even at Starbucks…

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Marceau the cat still tolerates Jack, runs for the hills when he cries and sometimes…

the face off

They have a face-off for who is cuter.
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my annual 29th

Over Memorial Day weekend I celebrated my annual 29th birthday! {wink}

It was a great birthday, which began with breakfast in bed served by my favorite guy…

birthday breakfast in bed

How cute is that?

Later in the day we went to an early dinner at one of our favorite restaurants called Osteria la Buca. R introduced me to this restaurant on my birthday last year so we thought it was a good choice. We brought Jack with us, which was fun…

me and my son my two guys: the loves of my life

Did you notice that Jack and his Dad are making the same face? I love that picture!

We enjoyed some yummy cocktails, spicy pizza, crispy brussel sprouts and, of course, delicious dessert…

birthday pizza & brussel sprouts birthday dessert

For my birthday, my two guys gave me this pink present…

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And inside was a charm necklace by Helen Ficalora that I have been wishing for…

J for Jack, Love for Love

One ‘J’ charm for Jack and one ‘Love’ charm for the three of us…

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The next day, we celebrated some more…

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Can you see Jack giving my hair a little love-yank?

jack grabs my hair

It feels good to be 29!
{again}
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where we’ve been

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Clearly I am behind on my updates about Jack and our weekly happenings…

We’ve been house hunting for a little over a month, which, in LA, is a very time consuming, exhausting and often frustrating and disheartening endeavor, especially with a price range like ours.

I plan to blog about our house hunt until we find ‘Jack’s House’ as we’re calling it.

Tonight, after our boy goes to bed, I plan to write several updates about the past few weeks in our world.
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dear jack: four months

Dear Jack,

Hallelujah, my sweet son!

On Tuesday night you slept for 5 hours and 45 minutes straight, followed by 2 wakings. The 4 straight hours of sleep that I got at the same time was freaking awesome!

Then, last night you slept 6 1/2 hours straight, followed by just one easy-going waking for only 30 minutes to nurse. You then slept for another 3 hours and 45 minutes.

Kid, I love the way this is headed and I love you…

Mom
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