Happy 2 Month Birthday!

Two months ago today at 9:03 am, I changed my mommy and daddy’s life forever (they say for the better) by entering the world. Since I was born, I have also successfully put the Brewers back in first place :) I had a little trouble gaining weight in the early weeks of life, but I have had no problem gaining weight recently. I'm making up for lost time. Lately everyone that sees me says I look so different from the last time they saw me. I guess I’m getting cuter with every pound I put on. Daddy said he told mommy before I was born that I had way too many clothes and it turns out he was correct since I have several pieces of clothing that I have only wore once and now I’m too big!

Last weekend I made my first venture across the state to Manitowoc, and boy it was a long ride! I was able to bring my jungle gym with me so I could show the family how much I smile and talk now. I met my uncle Chris for the first time, who I think was a little scared of me; I was a little scared of him too with all that hair on his face. We went to visit Great Grandma Vogel at her house, and I think she was pretty excited to meet her great grandson. I also got to meet many of daddy’s uncles, aunts & cousins for the first time. They were all really nice; however, the Anderson bunch (Grandma Mott’s family) is a bit wild, especially Uncle Alvin; he is a funny guy and made daddy laugh lots. I guess there is a video that might show up at Christmas time. I wish we were closer to Manitowoc so I could see everyone more often, but I guess we will have to make as many trips as possible and hopefully people can come and visit me here in La Crosse too!

We took another road trip last week to Clayton in northern Wisconsin, where my Daddy has another bank. They just underwent a renovation there and my mommy needed to put the final decorating touches on it & I got to meet everyone from Clayton. I knew it was a really small town, but I had no idea how small it was and threw up on daddy within the first minute of being there due to the culture shock. However, they were all very nice people and daddy is lucky to have such good employees. After our visit in Clayton, me and mommy & Grandma Churness went to St. Paul to visit Auntie Corinne for a few days and see her new apartment. We had fun strolling around on Grand Ave, but I must admit by Saturday I had enough of being with all women and needed to see my daddy. I was very excited to see him and hang out with him for the rest of the weekend.

This coming weekend we are headed to Wisconsin Dells to camp with some friends. Daddy is a little nervous about taking me camping, but I told him I would be on my best behavior. I will be sure to let everyone know how it goes next week. Until then have a wonderful week and cherish every day as I do with my mommy and daddy.

Love, Jack

Two Months Old!

Photo Shoot

Jack had his first professional photo shoot done. It was done at 6 weeks. Here's the link if you'd like to check it out: www.brookedoval.com
Click on enter site, then click on clients on bottom right of page, the password is vogel.
It is a nice slideshow set to music, so make sure to turn your volume on. There are tons of pics.
Enjoy!

My Sixth Week

Smiling & Talking

Hi Everyone! I have been learning some new tricks in the past week and a half! I am working hard on mastering the art of smiling and babble talking, and I am also getting really good at playing in my jungle gym. I usually greet my mommy and daddy with a couple smiles a day now :) They seem really excited whenever I decide to smile at them, so I am going to try and do it more. I’m not quite ready to smile for the camera yet though, I need to perfect my smile before I decide to debut it for the camera.

I finally got to meet my Great Grandma Churness last week. Grandpa & Grandma Churness came to visit me for a couple days and we had lot’s of fun hanging out going for walks and out to lunch, and going to visit Great Grandma Churness in Viroqua. She was very excited to finally meet me & we all had a fun day together.

I had two play dates this week, whew, do I have a busy social life or what! I had another fun play date with Cullen; I shared my jungle gym with him and we had so much fun kicking around to the lights and music together. My mommy & I also traveled to Tomah to visit Lynn and baby Avary. It was so fun to finally meet little Avary!

I’ve also just been hanging out spending lot’s of quality time at home with my mommy & daddy. Mommy & I have been enjoying our days together, and I love when daddy gets home from work to play with me. Last night Daddy got into my jungle gym with me to play – it was soooo much fun. Just in case you haven’t noticed, playing in my jungle gym is my favorite these days!

Well hopefully by next time I will have perfected my smile to be camera ready & I can show you all my pearly pink gums :)

Until next time…………..Baby Jack

I'm Getting SOOOO BIG!

I'm Getting SOOOO BIG!

Hello everyone! Sorry it has been nearly two weeks since my last blog, but we have been very busy as we approach me being 6 weeks old. I have grown a lot over the last two weeks, and I’m now tipping the scales at over 11 lbs! I love to eat:) I have become quite the social butterfly, attending many events and parties over the last two weeks. My parent’s good friends, Brian & Andrea, had their annual Fukuda Freedom Festival two weekends ago, so we got an early start on our 4th of July celebrating. I got my first experience socializing & mingling with a crowd and trying to find dad some business. Although I didn’t get daddy any new business, he said it was good that I made some new contacts. I met my new buddy Maxx, hopefully he will be a fellow trouble maker with me down the road:) Everyone at the party was very nice and it is true what mommy & daddy say, they have great friends. The only bummer about the night was that mom & dad gave me an early curfew, so I couldn’t stay at the party as long as I would’ve liked. Luckily cousin Jenny was here visiting from the Twin Cities, so she took me home in time for my curfew, and was my first official babysitter. I figured it was time mommy and daddy had a night out on their own. I guess mommy was really looking forward to having a night out (don’t know what that really means) since it had been over 10 months. They had fun, but they missed me, and I missed them too. The next day Jenny’s husband, Chris, came to visit us too & I got to ride on my first motorcycle! It was fancy, but mommy said it might be the first and last time since she worries so much about me. All in all it was a great weekend, thank you Jenny for taking such good care of me as my first babysitter!

Last week, I also got to meet my auntie Penni and cousin Nicky. They stayed with us on their way to Mayo Clinic in Rochester. It was nice to finally meet them. (We are praying for Penni each day and hope she continues to get better.) They were my second babysitters, allowing mommy and daddy the opportunity to go on a date, which I guess they are going to do once a week, so if you are interested in babysitting me let my mommy and daddy know. Just remember my daddy is cheap, so don’t expect to get paid much, but I will give you a smile :)

Last week ended with me going to my first softball game to watch my daddy, who temporarily came out of retirement to help the Monkey’s. There was a foul ball that was hit close to me and I would have caught it but my mommy forgot my glove :( After watching daddy play (who somehow managed to find his way on base several times) I now know why mommy wasn’t very happy to hear he wanted to play again; he could barely move during and after the game due to his sore back. I just hope he doesn’t play anymore and get more seriously hurt, since I really want him to play ball with me when I get bigger.

For my first 4th of July, we went to our parents other good friends, Randy & Kelly’s downtown roof top to watch the fireworks. It was pretty neat, and got to meet Heavy D (Drew), who is a year and a half older than me, and could be another fellow trouble maker down the road :) In my short lifetime I have seen fireworks three times now, and they don’t scare me a bit. Also to celebrate the 4th, we went to Riverfest & I helped daddy sell raffle tickets for the Children’s Museum. People had a hard time saying no to me; in fact I was so good they put me the TV-19 news that night. Mommy is now a little concerned about the paparazzi following me, but I told her not to worry since I won’t let the fame change me.

The last thing I should fill you in on, to get everyone up to speed, is that I had tears when I cried for the first time yesterday. Mommy got sad, but I told her it is a sign that I’m getting bigger. For some reason my mommy wants me to stay a little baby forever but daddy has other plans?? He thinks I’m going to be playing for the Brewers by the time I’m 13! He may be bit of a dreamer, but we love watching the Brewer games together and we hope that they can keep their momentum going. I am also happy to report that I heard mommy say the other day that she feels like she's back to her normal self again. She went throught a lot to bring me into this world and I appreciate everything she's done for me! Well, it is time for me to start the cycle over: eat, poop, sleep, pee, play for a bit, repeat, so I better get going for now!

Love, Baby Jack

P.S. I’m working on thank you's for all the nice gifts I have received so they should be done soon….I guess I may have some of my mom’s slow genes

Happy 1 Month Birthday Little Jack!

Peaceful little sleepyhead!

Happy baby boy!

Pose for the camera!


Little Jack is so busy growing big and strong that he has turned the blogging over to mom this time (so prepare yourself for some cheesiness), but don't worry fans, he'll be back again :) We can hardly believe that our little buddy is one month old today! In some ways it seems like just yesterday we were in the hospital, but in others it's hard to remember life before Jack. It's hard to fully understand parenthood until you actually become one yourself. You have a preconceived notion of what it will be like, but once you have a child you realize that you were actually pretty clueless as to what it's all about. And believe me, there are still things we are pretty clueless about! Despite being sleep deprived for a while and all of a sudden having this tiny person that requires your care 24/7, it's still been the most amazing experience of our life. We are so lucky to have a happy healthy little boy in our life. Little Jack has been a good little sleeper and usually only fusses when mom is running a few minutes late (imagine that!) for a feeding. He now weighs in at a healthy 9lbs 10oz, which is great, because as some of you know it was a little slow going with the weight gain at first. We count our blessings every day to have such a wonderful new addition to our little family.