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!

The Nats Newest Fan

Since we really don't like to waste time getting to the important things in life, the first week in September had Jack heading to Nationals Park to take in a Monday afternoon match up between the Phelan boys beloved Nats and the New York Mets.


Three generations of Phelan men enjoying a beautiful afternoon.


Our seats gave us a great view of the whole field, and the Potomac too.


Jack seemed to appreciate the pace of the game,


and was utterly delighted by the Nationals decisive 13 to 3 tally in the win column.
GO NATS!

Jack's August

The first two weeks of August were a bit of a blur for Jack...


But on 12th, he finally had some faces to go with the voices he heard so often over the summer months.
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A handsome and charming little guy right from the beginning, he had lots of family and friends eager to meet him all before he was a week old!
Nana, Grampy, Uncle Brian, Cousin Dylan, Cousin Kyle and Aunt Katie all welcomed him home, and then came our visitors.

He posed for pictures with Ed,


Liza and Riley,


and Steph.

Once he mastered the art of sleeping anywhere, we all headed East. First we visited Nana and Grampy, where Jack spend his first night away from home,


then it was on to the ocean, where we enjoyed a few days getting to know each other as a family.


Our first few weeks with Jack were wonderful beyond words. We navigated the diapers, and the feeding and the sleeping, and took Jack in for his two week check up to find that he had grown from 8 lb 15 oz to a healthy 10 lbs 1 oz. Now that he is almost 13 lbs and 24 inches, it is hard to even remember how little that bundle of Jack was those first weeks!