Gran and Pa's visit

A few weekens ago we had a great visit from Jack's Gran and Pa! We were supposed to go to the Applefest in Lincoln Square but it got rained out, boo and hiss! That was a very rainy weekend (I think aftermath from the hurricanes) so we did a lot of indoor stuff and had a great time! Here are some pictures from the visit...

Jack is a pulling up champ!

So, Jack can pull himself up anywhere and everywhere and likes to try that out. We had our first mommy and me class today at the Park District and Jack was the oldest in the group and the most mobile. Therefore, he crawled over everyone and took the other kids' toys- nice! Jack loves pulling himself up and has also learned how to "fall" down so he doesn't get stuck standing up. This is fantastic and hopefully he will not get stuck standing in his crib when he is tired, which he sometimes does. Here is a funny video of one of his "falls". Enjoy!

Jack can pull himself up in his crib...

This is Jack's new favorite thing to do! He is really proud of himself and super happy when you go in to get him. Today he was really excited when I opened his door and he was standing up looking at me. Auntie Joanna got to witness how cute he was too, I can barely stand it. We will be lowering the crib ASAP. He can't climb or fall over but better safe than sorry for sure!

Jack Clapping

I was working on getting some good crawling footage and ended up with this. Jack clapped! Twice! We keep trying to get him to do it again to no avail...but it is too cute. I especially like the "yeah" after he claps. Enjoy!

Jack and Olli

We got to hang with Jack's BFF last week and they had lots of fun together! This is Jack and Oliver holding on to the table in the living room at Olli's house. Olli would cruise right around Jack and it was so funny. Jack is doing well standing as long as he can hold on to something! He is also getting good at falling which is funny, it is too cute!

Jack is trying to crawl...

Jack is working on being a professional crawler- in Phoenix he started doing this (video) and then now that we are home, he still doesn't move his legs much but he pulls himself more and is starting to be able to move around if he wants something out of his reach- it is too cute!

Back from vacation...

We just got back today from our Phoenix vacation with Carl's family. It was great! Jack had a wonderful times and got to meet his cousins...along with some Aunts, Uncles and other family members as well. We had a great time and it was very relaxing. We also got some family pictures taken with a professional photographer. If you would like to check those out- go to http://www.momentsinfilm.com/ then click on events and Doerfler family. Jack also liked going swimming each night (after the sun was cooler) in Tutu and Papa Jack's pool. Sarah and Nick had a lot of fun with Jack too. Jack is almost crawling so any day now I am sure he will be racing around. The picture with the three babies are Jack, Brianna and Peyton (distant cousins) from the cookout celbrating Carl's Dad's birthday...enjoy!