Married Love

Imagine my surprise when I went to open a brand-new jar

of my favorite peanut butter the other day...
(if you remember, this has not been on the shelves of
our local grocers for a while because of that contamination
stuff at the production plant in Georgia several months ago)

And instead of seeing the sweet rhapsody
of untouched honey-roasted goodness waiting for me, I saw this!

Argggh!!!!!


Then Leslie said, "I love you baby" with a
devious little laugh and that was that.
My sandwich was still just as good.

Jack likes to eat...

He's not fat, but it's definitely his one true passion right now.
I submit the following as evidence:

He likes to eat Barbecue at Sticky Fingers,

he likes to eat cole slaw at his Pa's birthday party,

he likes to eat sitting in a chair at daycare,

he likes to eat mashed potatoes with a spoon at Applebees,

he likes to eat mashed potatoes with his hands at Applebees,

he likes to eat in the highchair at Wednesday night church dinner,

and he likes to eat in his high chair at home!

I know you'll think this is corny but... I've said a mouthful!

Merry-Go-Round

When's the last time you took a ride on a Merry-Go-Round? If you haven't lately you should!

A typical night at the Turners

Here you see June playing peek-a-boo with Beaver, while Ward films the action...

Jack is trying to drive us insane.

Leslie tells me that Albert Einstein says that insanity is when you do the same thing over and over and expect a different result. So, either Jack is channeling Albert Einstein or he's trying to make me insane with this toy.

The First "Real" Haircut

If you search for the word, "haircut" in our blog in the top left corner, you'll come upon a picture of me and Jack at the barbershop for a trim around the ears and the back hairline a couple of months ago. Jack went with his Mom to the salon for an all over cut last Saturday, and he had a good time! Thanks again to Grammie who was on-hand to whisk the boy away so that he wouldn't get too bored watching Mom get a trim. If you see Leslie or me around, ask about the haircut story, it's a good one.

WALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well world, Jack has finally taken more than
two steps without doing a face-plant,

and here's the video evidence:

With any really cool movie,
there are always out-takes that
are pretty funny and here is one of ours...

In this video, you can hear the commentary from the
adults, the yelling from Jack, and the thump when
he hits the floor!

Jack is so funny!

Tonight as I was getting Jack ready for his bath,
I laid him down on the changing table to take his clothes off.
When I laid him down, I noticed he had a big booger in his nose.
Well, being the good Daddy that I am, I picked it for him.
Then I held it up in front of his face so he could see it while I said,
"That's grody Jack!"
and you know what he did?

He opened his mouth as if I were going to feed it to him!!!!!!!!!!

By the way, he's close to walking, but he's still content to cruise and crawl.

Jack's First Birthday Party...the pictures say it all

It is hard to believe our little guy is a year old, but we celebrated in style on Saturday the 26th at Grammy and Grandpa's. It was a great party!

Everyone swam and had a good time in the pool before burgers, cake, and ice cream.

It didn't take long for Jack to dive into his cake.

Dad thought it would be funny to wear Jack's birthday hat...notice the cool t-shirt that he got for Father's Day...

It was a great day and one we will cherish forever. Enjoy the videos we compiled below of Jack's first year. We intended to show these at his party, but we had technical difficulties, so we thought we would share them this way.

Rest at ease with only the Bear Necessities!

A friend told us about this idea and so we've diligently taken
photos of Jack with the same teddy bear every month. It allows
you to see how he's grown over his first year.
Enjoy-we have!