Jack on holiday - and flying on a plane

We've just been on our first holiday with Jack (hence the lack of recent posts) to the south of France where Charlie's mum and dad have a lovely place. We stayed with them, which was great as it gave us both a bit of a break as well.
We were a bit concerned about Jack flying but he was fine as long as we kept him sucking on his dummy while we took off and landed so his ear's popped with the change of pressure. From this pic he looked as though he was loving it!

One of our favourite baby Jack pics

As Jack gets older - he's now six-and-a-half months old - he's definitely developing more of a character. He now goes ever so slightly crazy when he doesn't get what he wants and his vocal range has certainly developed to include a wide range of noises from frustrated grunts to high-pitched squeals of excitement. For these pics he was happy to pose in his new favourite position - sitting up!

Jack's starting to sit - well with some help

Last weekend while the weather was dreadful and we had to spend most of the long Bank Holiday weekend locked up in our homes as the rain fell outside, we noticed that Jack was starting to sit up and stay sitting up with a little help from his hands by leaning forward.

This seems to be quite normal timing for babies and within the next month he should start to sit unaided allowing him to explore with his hands.

It's time for us to watch out and to start thinking about baby proofing our home! He's already started throwing his toys on the floor to get us to return them to him!

Jack's six month anniversary

Yesterday Jack was exactly six months old - where does the time go? It's weird because on one level it does seem a long time ago that he arrived with us, such a long while that I can hardly remember exactly how he looked, and yet on another level the time seems to have flown by.

All I can say is that so far (and I'm touching every bit of wood I can find) he has been a dream. We have hardly had a sleepless night and he seems a contented little baby. We haven't really followed the Gina Ford approach as such (we have never bought her book) but we have followed a pretty strict routine and it seems, in his case , to have worked.

Now he's feeding on solids really well, we're about to cut out his lunchtime bottle. So you see you just go from one stage to another, and perhaps this is why the time flies by and yet it's hard to remember the details and I guess that's why I write this blog!

Jack's christening party

We recently had Jack's christening party at the local church from my mum and dad's home in Tittleshall, Norfolk. It was a great day shared with lots of family and friends, some of whom travelled a fair distance to share it with us. After the service we had a lovely meal back at the Great Barn at Godwick on my mum and dad's farm. We didn't manage to get many photos in the church of Jack being christened, and this is probably the best we have got so far.