Sedona

In a delightfully unexpected turn of events, Liz, Matt & Jack had the chance to spend the last week of January taking in the stunningly beautiful scenery in Sedona, Arizona with Nana and Grampy.

Jack (yep, thats the back of his head), Nana and Liz at West Fork.

Matt, Liz & Grampy at Chicken Point. We were brave enough to go on the Jeep Tour while Nana was wise enough to spend some quality time with Jack at the condo.

Jack spend lots of time cozied up in the ErgoBaby carrier, seeing the sights without breaking a sweat.

The quintessential Sedona shot- Sunset at Cathedral Rock.

Christmas and Beyond...

Jack's First Christmas!

Christmas eve at Nana & Grampy's

Watching trains with Grampy

All together now...

Its good to have family to lean on- thanks Wes and Harrison!

Christmas morning, Jack was sporting his new Skins Jersey and looking pretty handsome, too.

Waking up with Uncle Brian... tough work first thing in the morning!

On to the Phelan house for more paper- I mean presents and fantastic family fun.


For New Year's, we trekked up to Pittsburg to visit the Marino Family.

Gulia gave Jack some lessons in shinning the adorable New Year's Baby smile- sadly, Jack wasn't the most cooperative pupil.

Daddy is sooooo much fun!

Jack's Baptism

On November 20th, we were blessed to celebrate Jack's Baptism at Holy Family!

Jack was a calm, cool and collected character- though Grampy wasn't convinced that the Baptism gown didn't qualify as a 'dress'.

Godmother Aunt Katie, and Godfather Uncle Brian ready to spring into Godparent action...

Father Barr presided over the family event, as the DuVall boys, Wes and Harrison, were baptized as well.

The Phelan family- Gigi, PopPop, and the whole crew.

Hanging out with Aunt Maureen at the afterparty

Catch us if you can!

Hi Everyone,

Finally! We know some of you have been waiting quite some time for fresh photos of Jack, so here they are, in smaller installments so you can catch up with us at your own pace. Jack, Matt, Koda and I have had a blast the past two and a half months, and we hope you have as much fun checking out the moments as we had making them.

Lots of love,
Liz (& Jack & Matt & Koda Bear too)

Trick or Treat

To celebrate Halloween this year, we traded the candy bars and scary masks for some s'mores and hiking. Jack loved his first overnight in the great outdoors, and we all had a great weekend of hiking and camping at Little Bennett Regional Park. We didn't abandon tradition completely... check out our little bear. Roar!

Jack on the go

September and October have been delightfully busy months, and along the way we managed to snap a few photos. Here is Jack, on the go!


Hanging out with Dad and Gigi


Enjoying Nana's tasty finger and a foot rub from Grampy


Checking out Sydney, visiting from Boulder


Watching the mobile while unwinding in the crib


Dining with Grampy and getting smacked with a big kiss


Hitching a ride in the ErgoBaby while helping Mom give tours at the Farm


and looking darn cute and cozy in the pumpkin hat!

First Smiles

Somewhere in September, we went from catching fleeting glimpses of the smiles that tugged on the corners of Jack's precious mouth when he was drifting off to sleep or napping contentedly in our arms to being rewarded with giant gummy grins for our actions. Needless to say, the beginning of the social smiles had us falling over ourselves to amuse him. His favorite place in the world happens to be his changing station (which we still don't completely understand), but this remains the go-to spot for eliciting some animated Jack action.

This video is a little long at just under a minute, but who could resist posting some of those earliest smiles, and his attempts at mirroring Mommy, who is sticking her tongue out on the other side of the camera? Not me!