Song for the Ducks

Jack's Birthday Month

Jack has had a very full birthday month.

He's had a few parties,

taken some trips,


been to the pumpkin patch (more than once),


carved a pumpkin,



used the potty,

and even spent the night in the hospital!



Jack had to get a 24 hour EEG evaluation, but it went fine and he handled it much better than any of us expected.

This last weekend, we spent a few days at Great Wolf Lodge with a few friends. We had a great time, but are a little too exhausted to go Trick-or-Treating again tonight (we had a mini version at the lodge). Jack had SO much fun staying at home and seeing all the kids come to the house. Mostly because he doesn't know better.

He was a little confused as to why we were giving out all the good food and why Santa showed up...

All the rest of the pictures are here!

Playing at the Park

Not much has been going on lately. Jack has started a new year at school with new teachers. He is really enjoying all the new toys and activities in his new class. I'll try to keep up with posting the journals. Here is a quick video I took at the part last weekend.

Jack at the Zoo

We got a zoo pass this summer, so Jack has been spending lots of time there. He loves the animals, but his most favorite thing is the train..of course.

Artistic Side

Jack had a great time at school this week.  Since we finally have nice weather, he has been spending a lot of time outside.  His favorites are still bikes and wagons, but its nice to see him staying interested in some art projects at least long enough for his teachers to get some pictures;)

Jack Tries Some Painting

I got an email today from Jack's teacher about how much he was "into" painting today. This is one of the many reasons why I'm so glad he gets to try new stuff like this out at school!

Field Trip to OMSI

Betsy took Jack and his friend Addisyn to OMSI today.  They had a great time and got to play in some water, have a puppet show, and they placed second in the Texas Hold'em tournament.

Check out the rest of the pictures here.

Spring Pictures

I finally had a chance to go through a bunch of pictures we've taken this spring. Jack is doing great. His favorite thing to do right now is riding bikes so we get outside anytime it's not raining. Or we just ride inside...

Happy St. Patrick's Day

We took Jack to Kell's on Sunday morning for St. Patrick's Day.  As you can see from the videos - he really, really enjoyed the music.

Jack Loves the Drums

New Videos

I still haven't gone through the Christmas pictures, but here are a few videos. The first two are from our "ski trip" to Bend for New Year's. We actually did only a little skiing, but Jack seemed to tolerate it pretty well, even though he didn't know quite what to think at first. He went from "DOWN, DOWN!" when I put his skiis on to managing to get along a little by himself. The barking in the first video is from a few teams of sled dogs about to take off for the day. Jack was more interested in all the "Oscars" than skiing. (Double click on the videos to see a larger version)






This is one I took of Jack tonight with his "'tar". Its one of his favorite toys. Tonight, he was walking around with it and managing to sing, dance and still hit a few chords.