Jack's 2 year portraits

Let's just say that Jack wasn't too thrilled with getting his portraits done. He has become VERY attached to his binky lately and when I wouldn't let him take it into the mall he became quite upset... lots of tears and screaming.

But the people at the portrait place did a fantastic job considering what they had to work with. Jack wouldn't let go of Eric until the girl got him playing with the baseball and I think in the end we got some great pictures!

Jack's First Haircut

And boy did he need it!



We all loved his curls but it was just getting too long and too unruly and his hair just couldn't be managed anymore. So we broke down and got his hair cut. We had been putting it off for so long because we've heard nightmare stories of kids crying and screaming through getting their hair cut and we just didn't know how Jack would do.

But guess what... he did GREAT!!! We let him keep his binky because we figured it would keep him calm and we had him sit on daddy's lap for security. He never whimpered, cried, moaned, nothing! The only time he flinched a little was when she bent down his ear to cut the hair behind.


And for being such a good boy we decided to reward him and got him to aquarium cars to go with his Thomas trains.

Celebrating Eric's New Job

Cheers!


Any new job deserves a small celebration! So we went to Nana and Grandpa's house, to relax, drink and have dinner. What could be better?

March 1.. 2.. 3

Eric seems to have taught Jack a new little trick. He likes to march outside! But you had better be marching with him or he'll tell you to lift those knees! Oh, and make sure you're chanting "bum bum bum bum" as you do it!

PopPop's Birthday

PopPop (Eric's dad) turned 70! But you wouldn't have known it the way Jack had him playing. We all walked down to the playground (quite a parade) and Jack had himself (with Daddy pushing), Mommy, PopPop and MomMom all lined up on the swings! Great-Grams was allowed to sit on the bench. I was so disappointed that I didn't think to bring my camera. Then it was off to the see-saw and the jungle-gym.

Back at the house he was all about PopPop and followed him everywhere. He even let me take a couple cute pictures!

Fall Fest

What could be better in the fall? Cool weather, hay rides, corn maze, and pumpkins!!!

The little farmers market buy us has a free fall fest every year. We only had to pay for the hay ride, which might I add was Jack's FAVORITE part.

When he saw the tractor that pulled the hay ride he got very excited and made each of us take turns posing in front of it to have our picture taken (silly boy!).



He was so perfectly content to ride next to daddy on the hay ride. It was like he was really in his element. We tried to get him to sit with Nana and myself to get a picture but that lasted for about 30 seconds. He's definitely a daddy's boy.



When the hay ride was finished it led us into a corn maze. Jack led us through it, with a few wrong turns of course. :-)



It emptied us out into the pumpkin patch where a little grasshopper hitched a ride on Jack's sleeve. He didn't see it or he would have been very excited to see the "bug".



This is where my camera battery started to run out!!! Why does this happen at all the places that I want to take a lot of pictures! I need to look into getting a backup battery. I was able to get only a few pictures of Jack with pumpkins and such.



They had one of those big bouncy thingys for the kids and Jack was interested, even wanted us to take his shoes off but once it was time to get it he was too scared. I think if one of us had been able to get in too he would have enjoyed it but he didn't want to do it on his own.

Overall I think that Jack really enjoyed himself, with just a few tantrums here and there because there was so much going on. And boy was he angry when it was time to go home!

Happy Dance

He's only done it for a few people so far, so here it is caught on film.... Jack's Happy Dance!!!



I was also "allowed" to take some pictures of him this past weekend. He's been getting into the habit of tell me "no" and "camera away-way" when I get it out! *gasp* What will I do! But I was able to show him that I was taking his picture by showing him the viewer on the back and that was all it took. He'll still decide when he's done and tell me to put it away but I least I can take some without him crying and running at me!

In this one I swear he looks like a 4 year old instead of an almost 2 year old. He just loves that World War I book of Eric's for some reason ...

And a few more for fun...

Wedding Anniversary - 6 years!

Well, I guess the title says it all. Eric and I shared our 6 year wedding anniversary on October 6. It was a nice relaxing day. Jack spent the night with Nana and Eric and I were able to go have a very lovely dinner at Mendenhall Inn... where we were married 6 years ago.

The meal was wonderful, the drinks were well made and the champagne toast over dessert was perfect. Afterwards we walked down to the ballroom where we had our reception and peeked in on the wedding that was there. Very nostalgic night.

Our poor poor cats

Jack has always loved our cats, ever since he's learned that they were soft. And he's been trying to chase them for a long time. Well, it finally happened... they started letting him catch them. It's obvious that Mels (the white one) just loves him but is slightly terrified as well. Danny (the orange one) tolerates him but doesn't run from him either. Then there's Phoebe (the black one) that you will never see a picture of with Jack... she does NOT tolerate him.



I think when Jack is a little older and knows better how to handle them that he and Mels are going to be best friends. I would bet that she ends up sleeping with him too.

Thomas the Train

Jack got to meet Thomas the Train!!

He just loves his little train (a.k.a. Woo Woo Toot Toot) at home so I thought it would be nice to take him to a local train that was hosting A Day out with Thomas. He loved it! As soon as he got there he was pointing and calling out "Woo Woo Toot Toot!"

I tell you this kid has no fear when it comes to crowds and he was just charging ahead trying to see everything. He kept getting angry at us when we would try to have him hold our hand or if we wanted to hold him to keep him contained. But once he saw Thomas pulling up he was all smiles and kept calling out "Thomas!"


We were able to get our picture while Thomas was at the station and then we went to stand in line for our turn. Let me just say, standing in line is not one of Jack's strong points. We became quite cranky, wanted to run around, and I think he was a little warm too because we were standing in the sun. He would only let Eric hold him and was crying and screaming until we broke down and gave him the silly binky. I really didn't want to give it to him but I didn't like disturbing everyone in the line with his crying either. When we got on the train he was quite content to sit with Eric and look out the window. Pointing out the cows and corn.



We went home right after the train ride and Jack passed out in the car pretty quickly. It was a really nice trip.

And it begins...

Welcome to the Adventures of the Redcay family. I'm new to blogging, so have patience with me.

I started a baby website when Jack was born but he is quickly outgrowing being a baby so I thought it was time to move on. I'll copy over what I have there as a start.

Many of you know that I love to share pictures of Jack, he's our pride and joy and pain in our butt and we love more each day.

Such a Clean Boy!

Well, I've known for quite some time that Jack likes things tidy and clean. He loves washing his hands, if something spills he'll run for a paper towel to wipe it up, loves putting his toys away, etc. But we seem to have moved on to the next level. He saw me using a swifer duster, lifting things up and dusting underneath and must have thought this was the BEST! He asked for one and immediately started dusting all of his toys. Not just the top of his toys but going as far as to lift things up and dust underneath. Nothing is quite so precious as seeing your little boy lift up his toy car and dust the garage! It was all so adorable until he dusted off his bowl of grapes. But I guess that was my fault for having them on the coffee table.

And don't get me started on the vacuum! He's always loved watching us vacuum (as long as he can sit on me or sit on my hip), but has just now taken to trying it himself!