Good times at Graduation

Bo's brother, Drew, graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary this past weekend in South Hamilton, MA, so the three of us, along with Kato & Gee Paw and Grandpa & Nannie went to help celebrate :) We rented a house in Gloucester, MA (that was amazing) and spent the weekend enjoying some good ol' Thompson family fun. As Grandpa pointed out on more than one occasion, Jack was definitely not lacking for attention over the weekend! He did really well in the car both ways and definitely, definitely enjoyed all of the attention, people to play with, and goofy faces (you should have heard everyone trying to get Jack to smile in the pictures...it's too bad I didn't have our video camera out then ;))!

Four generations of John F Thompsons

Jack loves Nannie & Grandpa
Beach time!

Unfortunately, we missed when the announcer called Drew's name (technical difficulties), here's what we did get...

Gee Paw's so funny!!

Kato comes to town!

Bo's mom came to town last week, and Jack had such a blast with her! By about mid-week, he knew who she was and would smile as soon as he saw her. She taught him things that only grandparents are allowed to teach, like how to stick out his tongue, and they bonded in the 8 hour car ride to MA. Unfortunately, I wasn't very diligent about taking pictures while she was in town, but I do have a few to post.
We started brushing Jack's teeth (all two of them). While he doesn't seem to mind, he is about as helpful as Gus & Cassie were when we tried to brush their teeth! His personailty is starting to show more and more, and he definitely lets Bo & I know that HE is in charge! He loves being the center of attention and loves to laugh. I think I've even gotten him to gaffaw (I think I would gaffaw, too, if I saw me doing the hokey pokey)!!

Kato, we miss you bunches!!

Brusha, brusha, brusha!

So helpful!

Just an update...

Here are some pictures of Jack and Bo over the last few weeks. Jack is not only getting bigger, but his face is even looking more mature! While we're excited to watch him grow and learn, it is so sad that pretty soon he won't be our little baby anymore!
Jack's started to teethe -- his bottom two teeth are coming in! I don't mean to brag or anything (oh yes, I do -- who am I kidding?!), but he hasn't been fussy due to his new teeth, at least not yet anyway! He does like to drool a lot, though :) He hasn't started to crawl/scoot or to sit up on his own yet, although I'm sure those milestones aren't far behind his little teeth...which means that we better start baby-proofing!

First solid food

This is his "Who, me??" look -- I have a feeling we'll be seeing that a lot as he gets older...

Getting ready to help Bo grill

Nonnie & Papa come to visit

Last month, Bo & I were able to enjoy a weekend away at a Scottsdale, AZ resort, and since we decided not to bring Jack, my parents came up for the weekend to take care of him. I think all three of them wished the weekend had lasted longer (Nonnie & Papa have already scheduled a return visit in May!) Since Bo travels for work, he has been away from Jack before, but I haven't...it was both harder and easier than I thought it would be, if that makes any sense. It was hard to be away, knowing that he could change while we were gone or that we could miss a milestone (he did grow more hair!), but I only made several calls home a day, and I think that's pretty good!
Here are some pics from their visit...

Have any of you seen the Looney Toons cartoon from the 50s or 60s about the frog who sings but only in front of his owner ("One Froggy Evening")? Jack totally reminds me of this cartoon pretty much every time we try to take a picture of him doing something cute or funny -- he will be so animated and so smiley, but as soon as we break out the camera, he goes straight-faced...I wasn't there when my parents tooks the picture below, but I imagine he was doing something picture-worthy until the camera was pointed at him because this is the face he has in SO many of our own pictures!

Radford or bust!

This weekend we went to Radford, VA to visit Katie & Bret (Bo's sister and brother-in-law for those of you who don't know). We had an awesome time, and Jack got to meet his cousins, Jade (~2) & Tristan (~4 months). Jack has started to lift his head up more steadily and has also started to try to roll over. He's not there quite yet, but we think it could happen any day! We went to the doctor yesterday for his 4 month check-up, and the little chunk weighs 16 lb 4 oz! Watching him start to interact with us more and more is pretty amazing - we can't wait to see what he learns next!





Katie, Tristan, Bo & Jack





Smiley Tristan





Jade playing with the boys





Bo, Katie, and Matt (their cousin)





Why, hello there, little Jack!

Johnny V's blog is alive!

At the prompting of many of our friends, I decided to start a blog for Jack so that all of you can check in whenever you want to see how he's growing and what he's up to. He's already so big, I can hardly believe it -- people aren't lying when they say that time flies when kids are this age! Bo and I are so grateful that he is just as perfect as can be, and we're enjoying each day with him as he grows and learns more! Here are some of the latest pics we have.

Trying to keep Jack busy, Bo decided to let him try out his Bumbo even though he can't sit up by himself yet...He liked it as long as he could stay propped up against the couch.

Getting ready to watch the Gator basketball game...

His new "gym". At first he didn't know what to think of it, but now he loves it!

Jack's first snow (and our biggest one yet!)

He's a little too young to play in the snow, but we at least got him outside to take a pic

He's learned how to do raspberries (I think one of our babysitters taught him), and I think I got him to imitate me...