Christmas with Jack

We are really excited about Christmas this year. All 7 Christmas trees are up and decorated. (We decided to give one of them away because we felt 8 trees would just be tacky!) This year we did a Dr. Seuss tree to match Jack's room. I know, I can't help myself. Jack really seems to like the lights.

I really can't think of a thing I want for Christmas. Jack is our best gift this year. And having the girls here for Christmas with us will just be everything we want.

3 Months Old!

I started back to work after 12 weeks at home (wow! the time just flies by!) So, I've been a bit busy and haven't had a chance to post anything new lately. However, I just had to put up our newest picture! Baby Jack turned 3 months old on Thanksgiving. We dressed him up and did our own photo shoot at home. Look at our handsome man...wearing his cute little nerdy outfit from his aunt Charlotte!

Family Photo Shoot

We recently had a photographer come to the house to take some family pictures. She did an amazing job with a challenging group. First, Jack threw up all over me, minutes before we started. Jack also missed his afternoon nap and was more than a little fussy. The few times he looked at the camera, Stuart was making a face (he hates to take pictures of himself.) Then, the sprinklers went off twice while we were in the grass. Whew! And to think, we get to try this again while the girls are down at Christmas. Anyway, this link will take you to a slide show the photographer put together for us.
http://www.jenniferweems.com/slideshows/Allen_Family.html

Halloween Fun

Jack just celebrated his first Halloween. We have some visitors to help us celebrate. Stuart's sister, Alicia, along with Frank, Marge, and Ken are down for a visit. This is the first time anyone from Stuart's family has gotten to see the baby, so it has been loads of fun. We just love Halloween and normally throw a party to celebrate, but with the addition of Jack, we decided to keep it low key this year. We did, however, scare up some costumes for our visitors to get into the spirit of things...

Jack seemed to enjoy his first Halloween. He even had his own Jack-O-Lantern (created by Dad.)


Isn't he the cutest bear? He helped us pass out candy. One of our trick-or-treaters insisted on giving her candy to Jack when she saw him. We couldn't convince her otherwise.

Eventually, he grew tired of all the pictures.