Weekend with Momma

Terry went on a golf trip with his dad, brother, uncles and cousins (Thurs-Sun).  Therefore Jack and I were left to fend for ourselves and boy did we have fun!  For some reason Jack was not sleeping through the night last week (he kept waking up at midnight to eat - after going to bed at 9?).  The pediatrician thought he was going through another growth spurt...  So going into the weekend I was a little apprehensive but my angel of a son decided to give his momma some much needed rest and started sleeping through the night again all 3 nights Terry was away.  We had lots of fun reading books, taking baths (sometimes twice a day - he loves them!), and rolling around on the floor.  Jack can now roll from his front to his back therefore there is no stopping him.  He'll roll halfway across the room, look back at me and just laugh!  He got caught on Saturday between the chair and ottoman and did not find it very amusing.  I on the other hand thought it was hilarious.  Sunday morning we slept in and skipped church - probably not the best idea since Jack is being baptized in a month but I thought it might be too hard without Terry there to pass him back and forth.  


Jack turns 5 months on Wednesday therefore we're going to start rice cereal next weekend.  Our pediatrician would prefer that we wait until 6 months since he's doing so well on breast milk alone.  However Terry and I are leaving for California that week and we'd prefer to be there when he experiences the first few weeks of solid food.  You never know how babies will react.  Yes you read that correctly Terry and I are taking a trip ALONE when Jack turns 6 months.  I'm sure some of you are gasping while others are saying "good for you".  This is a trip we've always wanted to go on and even though he'll be mad when we're gone he doesn't have any concept of time therefore he'll soon forget when we get back.  My parents and grandparents will be showering him with love and attention in Kirksville.  They are really looking forward to it!  Although my mom and dad joke that they'll need to bring a moving van down to STL to pick up all of his stuff for an entire week: pack-in-play, swing, jumperoo, floor mat & toys, clothes, bottles, 2 coolers full of breast milk - WOW that is a lot of stuff!


I don't have any pictures of this weekend because I took mostly videos (and I still don't know how to load them on here) but I will leave you with 2 pictures that his daycare sent me a few weeks ago: