flotsam and jacksam

the blog was designed to keep foj (friends of jack) up to date on him. but it has the added side benefit of being a great way to capture the ephemeral details of who jack is as he grows and changes.

however ... sometimes in trying to match posts to pictures and tell a real story, these very details get squeezed out. the stuff we call "color" in the biz.

so mommy's decided that once in a while the daily post is gonna be bare bones and probably pictureless. it won't have cute turns of phrase, puns, or even a coherent thread. it will be more of a joycean stream of consciousness (after all, mommy and daddy were married on bloomsday!). so here goes:

jack cracks up when people blow their noses

jack often says "doo-WAY" -- we don't know what it mean, but it's something good

jack is starting to bang the floor in frustration, particulary when he falls down

jack loves to hug the vacuum

jack loves to push his own stroller

jack can crawl up *and* down the stairs

jack closes the baby gate behind him when he goes upstairs

jack can crawl up the stairs, through the tunnel and down the slide at the park

jack says "hi" and "bye" with regularity

jack responds to spanish and english commands

jack only runs, never walks, when pushing his push car through the house

jack often rubs his own head when drinking milk

jack throws everything out of his crib when he wakes up in the morning

jack cracks up when he hears exaggerated gulping/swallowing sounds

jack loves to be an "upside down baby"

jack thinks hiccups are hillarious

jack prefers large pieces of food to small ones -- he's figuring out how to chew

and ... of course ...

jack loves to throw things into the subwoofer