The Krus Family: May 2012

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Jack's 1st Easter

Jack had a great first Easter. We have known since before Jack was born that he would have a big loving family... with great holiday traditions, and wonderful grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins to share these holidays with. Obviously Jack doesn't know exactly what all of this means just yet.. but Easter seemed to be the first holiday that he was at least able to enjoy playing with cousins, etc. Because he's walking.. he "participated" in easter egg hunts, swung the bat at the pinata (with grandma's help), enjoyed easter sweets, and had a fun day. You can tell he loves being around people because he laughs and gets really excited when he's around new people, especially other kids. We started the Easter celebrations at our house Saturday when we celebrated with the Krus family. The Easter bunny had stopped at Aunt Ginny's and G&G Krus' house and Jack enjoyed his baskets. Sunday we went to the Shrine for Mass - which was outside this year because it was a gorgeous day. Then we headed to brunch with the Sullivan family and back to Great Grandma and Grandpa Sullivan's house for an easter egg hunt, a scavenger hunt and the annual pinata.. so much fun! In the afternoon Mimi and Grandpa Bill hosted the Schaefer family for dinner and an adult and kid easter egg hunt. We had such a fun day celebrating Jack's first Easter.

yummy easter treats.. from Clayton Bakery and Sam's

the easter bunny dropped a basket at aunt ginny's for jack

great aunt ginny and jack

hunting for his easter basket with grandpa krus

jack with grandpa and grandma krus- and the basket the bunny left at their house

courtney, jack, shannon and aunt ginny

grandpa and grandma krus, jack and aunt ginny

courtney bought jack his own "bunny cake".. don't worry we didn't let him eat all of

that sugar.. just a few bites.. of course he loved it

mimi and jack at the shrine

outdoor mass at the shrine.. jack napped in the stroller during church:)

jack and great grandma sullivan

jack and livia at brunch

making a wish in the fountain

schaefer family on easter.. mimi, grandpa, jack, shannon, courtney, kelly ann, kelly and shawn

aunt kelly helped jack on the easter egg hunt

finding an egg in great grandma sullivan's gas tank:)

uncle shawn, jack, aunt kelly ann, and aunt kelly

courtney, jack and shannon

love this!

aunt kelly and jack finding an egg

livia and jack take a hit at the pinata with the help of their grandmas

hmm.. whats this

evan helped him with the bat

courtney, jack, kelly and mackenzie

jack and cousin riley

andrew and jack.. andrew loved jack's white shoes:)

he did wear his fedora for a few pics:)

cracking up!

jack with great grandma and grandpa schaefer

in his new swing at mimi and grandpa's

kyle kept the swing going for jack which he loved

jack was entertaining this group:)

prayer before dinner

opening his easter basket from the bunny at mimi and grandpa's

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Jack turns 9 months

Jack turned 9 months on April 12th.. and I'm late getting this updated! He changes so fast and his development is incredible. He is all over the place. He took his first steps at 8 1/2 months and hasn't stopped moving since. We quickly learned that he's not too into his toys anymore... he'd much rather check out a bathtub, cabinet, toilet, paper, closet door.. anything new he can explore.. so we quickly figured out that we needed to babyproof/jackproof all of the things that could be dangerous.. If he's ever upset or bored:) his favorite thing is for us to open the refrigerator or dishwasher and then he proceeds to pull things off the shelves in the door, and pull things out of the dishwasher (don't worry- he can't reach the knives). He has figured out peek a boo, is a little bit ticklish and has an adorable laugh. He got a singing chicken/duck (i'm not sure which one it is:) for Easter from G&G Krus and tries to dance like it.. check out the video below). He had his 9 month check up and weighed 22 1/2 lbs (75th percentile), was 29 inches long (80th percentile) and I can't remember his head measurement but it was in the 40th percentile.. Poor guy has had recurrent ear infections and in the past 4 months has been on 7 different antibiotics. He was referred to a pediatric ENT- but they can't get him in until May 30th (I wish I had pull in pediatrics!!). So I'm sure he will be getting tubes placed shortly after that appointment. Somehow he's still a super happy little guy during the day.. it mainly bothers him at night when he's sleeping/laying down.

and check out the video at the very bottom.. jack's first attempt at dancing.. to whitney houston while it was on Glee

Hunt for a Cure with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We went with the Flath's

in the pic: elyse, anna and jack

Sean Wuller came in for a visit and Jack was able to meet him for the first time

Aunt KK had a few days off for Spring Break and spent a day with Jack. She took him

to the zoo, then they picked me up for lunch, and spent the afternoon at her apartment in Brentwood. He

loved the day and attention from her!

lunch on a workday.. fun surprise

i know he's constantly smiling.. but on a rare occasion when we don't let him into a cabinet or he can't do something he wants to do.. he has learned the "fake cry".. here's a pic:)