See Ya Later Alligator

It's been a little while since my last post, so I thought it is about time for an update :). Jack is majorly on the move these days, and I'm pretty sure crawling will be skipped. We know that he can crawl, because he crawls in the grass occasionally while at our Stroller Strides class, and he will crawl short distances when he's naked to avoid dragging his bottom half on the tile. He really just prefers to commando crawl...faster mode of transportation I guess. He's also obsessed with being in the vertical now. He cruises alongside all of our furniture, the stroller, kitchen cabinets, the baby gate, etc. Here he coasted alongside the chair and overtook Izzy's bed to explore the gas fireplace.
A few months ago Jonathan, Jack, and I were at a toy store in Newport Beach that has really neat toys that we loved. We decided the other day to go back and look around, and we came home with this fun little item...

It's a little hard to see, but it is a wood walker that has 3 alligators, and their mouths open and close as the walker rolls. There are also some wooden blocks on the back that spin. We tested it out in the store and Jack took about 5-6 steps holding onto it, so we just had to get it. Right now he'll use it to walk over (still slowly) and play with the trash can or reach something he can't normally get to via furniture. Soon he'll be leaving us in his dust and terrorizing Izzy with it.

One of Jack's other new toy interests is a little wooden tractor that Jonathan's grandmother made for him when he was 2. It's fun to have a toy that can be passed down to another generation.

We have also created a monster...a FroYo (Frozen Yogurt) monster. One of our favorite pasttimes is getting frozen yogurt, and Jack is joining us in the fun. He grunts and lunges at it now that he knows just how amazing it is. We're naughty parents that give in for a cute picture and gummy smile.

And how could I not include this picture?! Jack is in his Sunday's best at brunch over the weekend. This shirt makes us laugh, because it is just too adorable!

Today has not been such a good day for Jack. Jonathan left for the week on a business trip to Canada, and he had to pick-up his passport from FedEx this morning before his flight. On the way to FedEx Jack was crying, and I couldn't figure out what was wrong (I was in the back seat with him). All of a sudden he had 4 rapid projectile vomit episodes while in his carseat. He's had a very low grade fever all day. When I put him to bed it was at 100.8, so he got some Tylenol, and he didn't eat quite as much as normal before passing out from the day. I'm assuming he caught a little bug from one of the other kids at our Stroller Strides class. Last week a few people didn't show up, because their kids were sick.

Jack's 9 month birthday was this past Sunday (8/14/11), so we'll be headed to the doctor soon for his well-child check-up. I'll post updates on weight and height...I'm definitely interested to find out.