Sadly, Jack came down with a cold the day before his birthday, while we were on vacation at Torch Lake (thanks for the cottage, Uncle Bob & Aunt Janie!). I had a feeling he had a sore throat and, after 24 hours of not being able to bring his low-grade fever down, I decided to get him in to see a doctor. What would have been a beautiful drive along Lake Michigan to Petoskey was instead a bit somber as I felt so awful to see my little guy in pain. He had a strep test done (negative) and his ears looked as if they were on their way to infection. So, we started him on some antibiotics and 24 hours later (the day after his bday) he started showing major signs of improvement.
We made some adjustments to our schedule (gifts the day after his birthday, cake two days after his birthday... on cousin Deagan's first!) and ended up having a really lovely time on vacation. Jack was able to spend the week with my entire family, including his two cousins, Marcus and Deagan, and his Grannie from England!
Jack took his first two steps four days before he turned one and, though he's capable of four steps or so without falling down, he seems to have decided crawling is the way to go for now (despite some horrid looking bruises all over his legs).
I have a bunch of fantastic photos of our vacation and will work to upload those this week. For now, Jack's birthday as a pictorial story.
In lieu of birthday cake, Jack received a popsicle to ease his sore throat on his birthday...
Which created brain freeze:
One day post birthday, we opened presents & Jack received the boy baby doll I had made it my mission to find:
He also received Elmo Live! which he thinks is a hoot.
Two days post birthday, Jack was well enough for his cake:
Deagan had cake too as it was his first birthday!
Jack started slowly at first...
And then he really dug in!
Until he was about to blow.
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