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.

Roadtrip!

Well everyone, I’ve made it another week. That makes four big ones! It was a milestone week for me -mommy and daddy took me on my first road trip - yeah! We traveled to Durand to stay with Grandma & Grandpa Churness. Mommy had a fun time showing me where she grew up, as she calls it “the big bubbling metropolis of Durand”. My mommy can be pretty goofy sometimes. I was able to spend lots of quality time with Grandpa & Grandma, and Uncle Loren & Auntie Corinne. We had fun taking walks and playing in their big yard, and us men hung out and watched the Brewers of course. We also traveled to Menomonie so my Great Grandma Ruth could meet me. I think she enjoyed holding me quite a bit!

I had so many new faces to look at this week, my Great Uncles & Great Aunties, and my mommy’s cousins came to meet me. Then when we got home, my Great Grandma & Grandpa Anderson also came to meet me! Whew, it was a whirlwind weekend with so many new faces for me to stare at.

Thanks to Grandma Mott & Auntie Corinne for taking care of me at night so mommy and daddy could get two full night’s sleep!!! They’ve been taking such good care of me; they got some much deserved rest. Thanks to everyone for all the nice gifts that have been rolling in – mommy & daddy say I’m one spoiled little boy! I’m glad I got to meet more of my family this week – it was nice to meet you everyone - aren’t I a polite little boy already :)

Until next time, Baby Jack

My Fourth Week

My Third Week

A Week of Firsts

Well everyone, it’s been another successful week for me, mommy & daddy, and for those of you counting that makes me three weeks old today! It's been a fun week filled of many firsts for me. I attended my first wedding, which I was a good little boy for. I slept through most of it, but I do remember being very popular since I was the youngest guest in attendance. Unfortunately for me there weren’t any women there my age to hit on, but at least I still got a lot of attention from other wedding guests. I really am a little charmer, just like daddy says!

I also attended my first baseball game this week. Again, I slept through most of this, but I did catch some key plays in the seventh inning. Daddy wanted to give me my first brat & beer at the game, but mommy put her foot down and said we’ll have to wait until next summer for that. I guess I had enough firsts for one week anyway.

The most important first I had this week, however, was celebrating my daddy’s first Father’s Day! We had a nice relaxing day at home, watched lot's of sports, took a walk together and I gave daddy his first ever Father’s day gift. I am sooooooooooo lucky to have the best daddy in the whole wide world. He is always telling me how much he loves me and how much he misses me while he’s at work. He's constantly worrying about mommy & me, so I know how much he cares about us. Everyone says my daddy is one proud papa, and I can tell he is too. Mommy & I are so lucky to have him!

Happy father’s day to you Grandpa Churness, Grandpa Vogel & Grandpa Mott. I love you and miss you!

Until next week………
Baby Jack :)

My Second Week

Two Weeks Down in the Records

Hello everyone, I have successfully made it two weeks (so have mommy and daddy) and I’m doing great! The weather hasn’t been the greatest (my little heart goes out to all the people affected by the flooding down south) last week so mommy and I haven’t been able to take as many walks as I would have liked, but it has allowed me to follow the Brewers play by play with daddy. Boy, the Brewers are a frustrating team to watch! Daddy and I believe Ned Yost is the worse manager in baseball and could cost them a pennant. Mommy gets mad at us when we start yelling at the TV, so for everyone’s sake I hope they fire Yost soon and get more consistent.

My big excitement for the week was that I had my first play date with my buddy Cullen. We didn’t do a whole lot except for a lot of farting and burping, but we have started to discuss the future trouble we are going to get into. Mommy and Lisa thought we were just lying down and napping, but we are one step ahead of our mommy’s!

My Grandma and Grandpa Vogel and Auntie Heather came here to visit me and it was nice to finally meet them. Grandpa was a little rusty at holding a little person like me so I cried when he initially held me but he eventually got better over the weekend and I was able to sleep in his arms. We weren’t able to do much due to the rain, however, Daddy and Grandpa went golfing on Saturday morning and they wanted to take me, but Mommy wouldn’t let me so I was a little bummed. It started pouring rain on hole number 6 though, so it was good I wasn’t with them. I guess Mommy knows best. Mommy says she is just looking out for me and I know she loves me a lot since when I lost my umbilical cord this week she got very emotional and was equally sad when she left me for the first time to run to the store. She is a great Mommy and is doing a wonderful job taking care of me!

Since my Mommy and Daddy have been so good to me, I decided to start sleeping at 6+ hours at a time at night. This has made them very happy, especially Daddy, since he gets a little cranky if he has to go to work tired. He is happy to no longer have to sleep on the bathroom floor (bath tub running) with me. Despite me being such an Angel, my Grandma Churness has come and stayed with us all week to help around the house. Daddy is trying to get her to quit her teaching job to be our Nanny but Daddy is unwilling to pay her enough. My Daddy can be a little tight with money, so I don’t know if they will come to terms :(

It has been a great two weeks, and thanks again for all the gifts and the being such great friends to me and my Mommy and Daddy. I’m pretty excited about this weekend since I will be going to my first Loggers game and my first Wedding. I think I’m going to be pretty exhausted by Sunday! I will report next week on how it goes and if I will be allowed to go to other events like this in the future :)

Love, Baby Jack

My First Week