Jack's Name Ends in an 'S'

This came as a big surprise to Terra. We forget his Christian name is James, we just like to call him Jack.

The four month well-baby appointment went very well. Jack is a big boy, like what we hoped. He's 95th percentile in weight, at a strapping 19 lbs and 9.5 ounces. The big Jack's height is between the 90th and 100th percentile although with 26.5 inches. He's so much bigger than when we first brought him home.

Misty's harassing the Gap people right now for the details regarding the specific delivery of Jack's new bedding for his new crib in his very blue room. "One of the items isn't available . . . " Jack is sleeping comfortably in hew new bed, last night he slept well for a full seven hours. Jack is infatuated with the turtle Aunt Lauren and Uncle Bill sent. The turtle will light up with three different colors: blue, green, and amber. He will just stare and stare at it.

Jack has taken to squeaking, too. When he wakes up (seven hours of sleep is great, but seven hours is really seven hours from 8:00PM, so he still wakes up really, really early) he squawks playfully, and even at 3:00AM, it's cute. It's not so cute when I get him, but it is cute when Misty gets him. She is the best.

The girls are playing, "check." This is a version of poker. Actually, it's poker, I just would rather the girls answer the following question: "what'd you do last night?" with, "I played check," than, "I played poker." Madeline is really aggressive, and I think Terra's taken too much out of Rob's book, she likes to bluff. They both want to play with real money, but real money for these girls is Dad's money.

Ice Reduces Friction

Stepping outside to open my car this Saturday so I could get my gloves I quickly fell on the driveway. It was so slick. The ice was everywhere. The girls were outside playing, I bundled up to see what we could do outside in the blustery weather.

We took a piece of compressed particle board from the garage, split it in half and tried to "sled" down the driveway. This wasn't steep enough, we weren't getting anywhere enough speed. I had an old hose in the back yard that I needed to throw away. Instead we used this hose for leverage. The girls held on to the hose, sat on the old particle board, and I pulled them fast down the sidewalk. This was so much fun, we all had a great time and it got us out of the house. I could see the smiles on everyone driving by the house, looking at the fun we were having.