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18 weeks

I don't know what it is about this picture, but I'm really liking it. (Too bad for the shadow at the bottom!) Jack now realizes (or at least we think) that there is a baby in Mommy's belly. Here he is affectionately getting ready to pat his brother/sister. Or maybe he's just preparing them for the real world once they arrive!

Boo at the Zoo and Knoxville trip

If I would post more often, then these posts wouldn't be so long! Anyways, last weekend we were in Knoxville visiting with Grammy and Grandpa. We also got to see Uncle Mark and Gigi (great-grandma). We had a great visit. My Dad and Tommy took Jack for his first fishing trip. I tagged along for photographs and Jack ended up hanging out with me more than fishing. I think 2 might be a bit young for fishing. He did have fun with the worms though!

Jack watching Daddy fish.

Trying to help Grandpa bait his hook.

Worms!

Gigi tried to teach Jack to say "Go Vols!"

Once back home, we settled back in for the week. Tommy is home with Jack these days and are having lots of fun. Here was snack one day this week. Want some peanut butter from our house?

Yum! Pretzel rods and peanut butter!

This weekend we were home and decided to head to the zoo for Boo at the Zoo. We dressed Jack up in his Ninja outfit from Aunt Elaine and Uncle Pat from Japan and the headband Grammy and Grandpa brought back from their visit. Jack had a good time!

Ninja!

Mommy and Jack with the polar bear.

Pumpkin patch at the zoo

The pumpkin didn't get far away from Jack. He cried when he couldn't sleep with it!

Busy Bees

We have been very busy since the last post. Most importantly, Jack turned 2 on September 23rd. Here are some pictures from his party. We had a great time with the friends and family that came out for it!

4 generations of Bowman men!

Grammy and Grandpa Willoughby

Uncle Mark

Jack and David

Abby enjoying Jack's truck...I think she needs one!

Jack enjoying his whiffle ball set.

Who is enjoying the nerf gun more?

Jack didn't quite figure out the blowing out his candles.

Yum...basketball cupcakes!

Obviously enjoying the cupcakes!

Part of the crowd. We had a nice day!

And Jack's A...

Big Brother!

That's right. In case you didn't know, we are expecting a baby March 29th. So far Jack's response to the new baby is "no." We'll see how things change over time. Everything is going well so far. I had an ultrasound around 8 weeks for some spotting and all was fine. We are working on getting those pictures scanned to share. We'll be having a fetal echo done in November to get a good look at the baby's heart. That should be pretty neat. Although, the congential heart defects that Jack had would not show up until after birth anyways. And again, we don't plan to find out the gender. I guess we'll see in about 29 weeks if we are having a boy or a girl!

The first of the baby bump- 10 weeks.

So lots of new things around here. I went back to work with the start of the new school year about 3 weeks ago. All is going well there so far. Jack's back at daycare and has already had a couple of stomach bugs and one ear infection. Let's just hope the ear infections stay to a minimum this year! So besides being completely exhausted, we are doing great. Here's a few pictures of Jack from recently.

Arts and crafts with Mommy. Cheerio necklaces!

Trying to pull rather than crunch on the cheerios.

$5 of Fun

Here's a new toy we couldn't pass up. Jack is obsessed with any kind of ball, but especially baseball these days. So here he is with his new bat and ball. He was actually pretty good at it. The funniest part of all was when Tommy rigged the ball up from the basketball goal so it was like a pinata. We had to take it down since Jack kept going round in cirlces and we were afraid he would get dizzy and fall.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the evening. Jack is really proving to be true lefty. We figured he was, but now we are pretty certain.

So this last set of pictures was fun to put as a slide show. Jack started to get tired as it was getting late. Whenever he didn't hit the ball, he would plop on the ground and get mad. He would cry and say "no." Here is the sequence of Jack getting mad and Tommy getting him tickled. Amazing how fast he goes from one extreme to the other!

While the cat's away...

Here's what my boys did while I was in Japan. It was so good to be back with them. I can't describe how much I had missed them. Jack and Tommy are really enjoying the snacks and toys I brought back for them. Tommy took off work for the week and headed to middle TN to visit friends and family. Here are some favorite pictures of the time I missed.

First stop, Dinosaur World! I love the scale of this. Jack is so little!

Like "where's Waldo" but "where's Jack." You can click on it to be larger image.

I imagine Jack wanted to make sure Tommy didn't miss seeing the dinosaur.

So apparently Jack liked the little kitten that was smaller than him. He thought he needed to carry it all the time.

Which lead to this...

Here Jack is playing with a tractor Tommy played with as a boy.

Visiting the Nashville Zoo.

And here at the petting zoo. If you know anything about me and germs, I guess it's good Tommy took him to the petting zoo!

Jack got to play with Grant and Dick. (Hope it's okay I put your pictures on here!)

I guess the kitchen lights were just too bright! Atleast he looks good.

That poor cat. He just can't seem to get a break!

Enjoying harrassing the cat. Atleast he's having fun.

Sorry so many pictures. Just too many good ones not to share. And big news, Jack is now sleeping in a toddler bed. I came home and Tommy had taken the crib apart and changed it so that it is a toddler bed. Jack seems to really like it. We just have to watch him b/c he likes to try to jump on his bed with shoes on! He's done really well except last night was a bit rough. He's learned that he can get out and come in our room. Needless to say, we're all a little tired today! I'm sure it is just a phase....