14 months

Jack turns 14 months old tomorrow. We have done a poor job updating the blog since his first birthday, but as I listen to the hopefully playoff bound Royals on the radio on the computer this evening, I will try to summarize what has gone on in the last 60 days.

Jack went to his 16th state when we went to Colorado to visit family and friends in August. The first few days were rough - he was teething, didn't seem to adjust to the altitude very well, and had a virus and had to go to the hospital - but the second half of the trip was great. My family got to spend a lot of time with him and he even got to pet one of Iman's chickens.

Later in August and early September Jack has back-to-back visits from his grandparents. Lelaine's mom came out first and spent a week with him. He warmed up to her very quickly and they had a lot of quality time at the park that is two blocks from us, which is Jack's new favorite place to go. He likes climbing up the little swing set and going down the slides. My mom came next and continued the visits to the park.

He had a tough time going back to daycare after being out of it for two weeks, and we had some pretty horrible drop offs. But he is finally doing much better. He walks well enough now that when we arrive at day care, he walks into the room on his own. He is also napping very well - sometimes three hours a day - both at home and at day care.

Other highlights include him falling into a trance when he hears Al Sharpton's voice, learning to run/trot around the house, outgrowing his first car seat, going through a phase in which he is a somewhat picky eater (he loves fruit and a lot of vegetables, but doesn't like much else these days), several late summer trips to the pool, liking to walk so much that he often protests when I try to put him in the stroller to walk to the metro in the morning (if I let him walk the whole way, it would take five hours each way - he gets distracted very easily), helping me pull weeds but then trying to eat whatever he pulls, and still not talking much other than saying "mama" about 1500 times a day.