Teeth, Travel & Tickles!

Jack's First Tooth!! Ok, so this isn't the best picture in the world but if you look closely you can see his lower left front tooth. It was impossible to get a good picture because all Jack wanted to do it eat my thumb.

As you may have guessed by the title that Jack has his first tooth in! The tooth has been teasing us for a while and just seemed to pop up yesterday. Now we have to be more careful about keeping our fingers near his mouth because that sucker really hurts when he bites. But it's just so adorable. It's funny how a single tooth can create such an excitement in the house. But with every milestone we feel our buddy turning into his own little person and we know that each new experience leads to the next....that one little tooth will help him chew the cheerios he will get to eat soon and one day he'll put that tooth under his pillow for the tooth fairy. I just find it all so precious. And I know it's just his body's natural progression, but I am still so proud of my kid!

I had my first business trip since having Jack. I had to fly to be in Dallas from Sunday to Tuesday and I was really dreading it. But I have to say it wasn't as bad as I thought. I had images of Jack crying as I left the house and then me driving to the airport, barely able to see through all the tears. Not so much. When I left he was eating and could hardly pull himself away from the bottle for two seconds to give me a hug. And I left him in the most loving hands of his daddy so there was no need to worry. The trip went great and I actually had that feeling that I was back to my old self again - it felt good. But by Tuesday morning I was DYING to get home. Jack didn't even notice I was gone but I was so happy to get my hands on him and give him a squeeze. We're headed to Cancun this weekend so we are leaving Jack with Gigi. Now that I have one trip under my belt I feel like I can handle this one. We'll miss him terribly, but I know Gigi will take great care of him.

You know, it's so true what they say....your child's laugh is the best sound in the world. I just can't get enough of it. Jack has this deep, infectious little belly laugh and once we get him going it just gets better. So I thought I'd send you off with a video of mommy making baby Jack crack up. I love how he goes from Captain Serious to laughing then right back to Captain Serious. He's a funny kid. We like to call this one Tickle Monster...

I love that when he's done, he's really done!