He is growing so quickly!!

H has made so many great strides these past few weeks! I am really enjoying recording it all in his Baby Calendar.

Here are just a few great pictures of him lately.

Sitting up

Winking

Loves his daddy

Great laugh...laughing at the hair ruining the picture

A self snapshot of mommy and H

Sunday weekly nap time

He finds his hands fascinating

Gangsta

Playing the "sit up and fall back game"

Strong legs

Another self snapshot...he's used to it. :)

Adorable in the borrowed purple Bumbo.

Black Friday...$$$

For the first time ever, I didn't have but a couple items to get on Black Friday. However, I still had MANY stores picked out to hit on my annual day of shopping. I didn't plan on waking up until 7:00 or so, but H decided I needed an early start and woke me up at 5:20. After feeding him, I figured I might as well head out. I put him back in bed and left my two boys fast asleep as I went out to battle the crazies. They were just waking up when I returned 6 stores later. Target was a mad house, but I was in and out in 20 my first visit of the day. Here are a few pics of H on his first Black Friday.
Here is H chilling in his first of MANY Christmas shirts.

We were setting out to pick up the 50" and camcorder...and H wasn't tired of shopping yet.

And then it was time for bed...and he was over it all.

Thankful for so many things

This past weekend was H's first Thanksgiving! He even sat in a Bumbo seat at the table with everyone. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of that part. First we headed to J's aunt's house for lunch. We had fun visiting with family briefly and then headed home to cook dinner. We had a great dinner and I finally got to check out the ads after dinner! Between J and Whit, we made 4 "doorbuster" purchases online of Thursday and were able to pick them up in the stores on Friday. No camping for us...but we still have the 50". After dinner, J built us a fire. Yes, even though it was 60 something degrees outside.


Here are a few snapshots from the day...because let's be honest, that is why you have pulled up the blog! :)


H loved his Santa hat. He didn't even care that it was Thanksgiving.

A family shot by J's fire.

H showing off his standing up skills.Good thing he likes Christmas musical thingies. I have plenty!

This how H felt of me picking out all the stores to hit the next day.
And he was spent from such a long day with all the excitement!
Uncle Mark likes to imitate H's funny poses.

A Weekend Filled With Sports

The Jarrett family had a very busy spectating weekend! Friday night, we headed to the Atlantic Shores football game with GiGi and Grandchop. It wasn't too chilly and we enjoyed socializing. We cheered Shores to a victory, which was exciting. H, however, was not so into the game. He slept through most of it...not that we expected any different.

Here H is clapping after spelling his name. We were practicing clapping and cheering "YAY." He likes it best when it follows his name.

Here is how interested he was in the game. Snuggled up in his monkey winter coat (which is very big on him since it is 3-6 months) all warm and cozy leads to sleep.

On Saturday night we headed to the ODU basketball game. It was the first of many, since we have season tickets each year. Once again H wasn't all that entertained. He was fussy though! After a shopping trip to the mall in the morning (which he slept through), we went to my friend and co worker's baby shower. H was the perfect baby, happy and smiling the entire time. He was awake from 12:00-7:45...which led to quite a fussy and cranky 1st half.

Here is a family shot.

Here is H at the end of the game.

School with Mom

Monday and Tuesday this past week were teacher work days at school. On Tuesday, I decided to give Whit a chance to sleep in and go and stand in line (for two hours) to vote by taking H to work with me. Haylea, one of my students and my good friend Karen's daughter, came to school with her mom to help me out. She had such a blast taking care of H and using his carrier, stroller and swing for her baby doll too. Here are a few pictures of H's first full day at school. Haylea was such a help!

Catching Smiles

So even though H has been smiling TONS, we hardly get any on camera. Now I have evidence of why. The other night while H and I were singing and talking, H was smiling nonstop. J started taking pictures from a distance to catch the breath-taking smiles. (Here is what he caught.)

When he showed me these photos, I wanted to get a better angle. So I took the camera. For sure I could get great shot since he was in my lap! WRONG! Here is what he did as soon as I had the camera.

So I held the camera away and took many "blind" pictures. After several shots of just his forehead, or his feet, or of everyhing in the room but him...I got a couple more.

He is such a HAPPY baby!

Halloween

On Sunday our church had Hallelujah Harvest. We dressed H up to go and watch J play guitar and sing. He was a ROCKSTAR and adorable. He was wearing a rockstar one piece. He had socks with guitars and slip-on shoes. I gelled his hair into a Mohawk. He had a guitar shaped candy bucket, even though he didn't collect and candy. No picture that I took did it justice; but here are a few.

I say that this is his KISS face.

I was not dressed up...or feeling well.

Here he is, chilling in the stroller.