Little Kong: long over due update

Oh Jack why are you so cranky! Just kidding, he's just been a pill this morning but seems to have changed his tune. He's 11.5 weeks old and has decided that he only likes to be held by me at night time and and on top of that he prefers me over the bottle (SHOCKER)!! Only problem with that is he gives others a hard time when they try to feed him now. So we are working on that and trying to give him a breast milk filled bottle or two a day- hoping this gets him more used to it. He used to take one no problem, but since he's started developing his own personality he has become very particular.

We've been doing lots of projects around the house, trying to make it our own, update it and make it more our taste. The past two weeks we've been painting non stop......dining room and entry way into house. I decided on this grey/brown color (sticks and stones -Sherwin Williams) for the entry way, my friend Monica has it in her house and its so pretty. It looks great in the daylight and against the white trim, but then we painting all of the way up the stairway (VERY tall walls) and it all of a sudden looks really dark. So I'm not sure if I love it anymore! Not that it makes a difference, there is no way Johnny is going to repaint those tall walls again. I'm hoping once we have the trim and everything done it will look better. On another note I have all of these empty frames that need to be filled, and I bet you can guess who's picture is probably going in every single one of them!!! So the other night I was going through the hundreds (literally) that I've taken of Jack since he was born, TRYING to decide which ones to order online - little did I know that with my indecisiveness this would take me HOURS!! Ultimately exhaustion got the best of me and I just picked a bunch. They should arrive any day now, finally I won't be staring at the strange faces of other people's kids in my frames :) (you know, the ones that come in the frame from the store)

I was at Marshall's over the weekend and saw the cutest little tiger Halloween costume for 3-6 months, only $11.99 so of coursed I convinced myself I had to have it. I told myself I wasn't going to buy anything like that since he really isn't going to use it, we aren't going trick-or-treating or anything. I mean he can't even sit up on his own yet! BUT it was the only one left, in his size, and super cheap, soooo it came home with me :)
The least I can do is have a Halloween photo shoot with my adorable little tiger cub. I will def post pics once that happens.

So as I mentioned earlier Jack has become very clingy at night and only likes me to hold him. This is fine, I LOVE snuggling with him, but it can become cumbersome when he doesn't want to go to sleep and is wide awake and extremely cranky. I can't get a single thing done. What bothers me even more is that Johnny thinks the kid hates him since all he does is cry when he tries to hold or take care of him. I feel so bad and try to help but he's just cranky and super particular on what he wants at night time. The pediatrician said this should stop after 3 months, I guess a lot of babies are like this.
SO today I decided that I would purchase that I originally didn't think I would use.......I went out and bought the BabyBjorn. Yep I broke down and did it, and I have to say I think its going to work out well for us. Both Johnny and I can use it, Jack seems to like it so far, and I can use both of my hands with him strapped to me!
I was on a roll this morning when out and about (making use of Jack deciding to nap for 3 hours!) I bought a play yard I'd been looking at. Again I didn't think I wanted or would even use this either BUT here I am with one sitting in the family room! I originally didn't want one because they all seemed so big and bulky, come with so many various attachments, all look very "baby" -which I don't like, and just take up a lot of room. Then I got to thinking about what we were going to do for sleeping arrangements for Thanksgiving when we go to Ohio to visit family. Then I saw this one, the Aprica play yard! It is so not "baby looking", and it has a bassinet level for Jack to spread out on. Since he's gotten so big and long, he loves to stretch out and sleep spread eagle. I thought this might work. All of the reviews were really good so I thought I'd give it a try. Best part about it, I found it on sale at Babies R Us and then I had a store credit to put towards it. So SCORE, I got it for under $100!

So far so good, very easy to assemble, and super sturdy! That is one thing I did notice about others....not as sturdy.

Now back to Jack......he's ADORABLE and I can't get enough of my Jack kisses every day! He has discovered hands, I'd say, within the past two weeks. Its so cute to watch him try to shove his entire fist in his mouth and just suck on it. I think from here on out everything is going to start going in his mouth. Also he's drooling a LOT more, I never go a day without a sopping wet shoulder...haha.....always catching him sticking his tongue out trying to taste whatever is near his mouth. His smiles are SO big and mornings are our favorite in our house. He has the best smile and he is all about laughing and playing in the morning.....Johnny likes to get him out of bed in the morning since he's in such a good mood as apposed to night when he gets so cranky. This is a good thing and shows him his son DOESN'T hate him :)
Here are a few pics of my little Jack monster: