He's officially Uncle Ross now

On October 8th, 2o11 Lindy and Ross got married at Tucker Plantation near Athens, GA.

Jordan enjoyed himself with Grandpa at the rehearsal the night before the big day.

At the wedding, Jordan showed off his tux to match Daddy's and enjoyed gnawing on his fingers.

Jordan had a great time at the reception until it got too late for the little man. We parked his stroller in the corner of the room. While everyone was dancing, talking, laughing and drinking, little man was catching some z's in the corner.

Of course one of the highlights of the night was Grandpa's "Father of the Bride" toast. Jordan was not only mentioned twice, but credited with being part of the inspiration for the speech. Grandpa read Fox in Sox by Dr. Seuss to a 2-week old Jordan last year.

Trying out some new looks

Jordan had a couple of new looks to try out during his 9th month. Aunt Lindy was about to become Aunt Lindy Shoemaker on October 8th, so Jordan tried on his tux for the wedding. Luckily the pants could be hemmed...they're a tad long!

A couple weeks later Jordan will celebrate his first Halloween. How fitting that our little monkey is going as a little monkey.

Movin' On Up!

Jordan is constantly growing and changing on a daily basis. We can't believe how much he's grown already in the last 8 months. He's now 22.5 lbs, and 30 1/4" long! He has grown 10" just since he was born! He's eating baby food like a champ and has moved to the 3rd stage foods (though he still hates anything with chunks and wants nothing to do with table food). He is finally crawling -- like, real crawling, with his belly off the floor -- and has now started to pull himself up to standing. At first, he did it while holding on to me when he was on the changing table. Last Sunday, he got up all by himself while he was playing in his pack 'n play in the front yard. I, of course, got about a hundred pictures of him standing there, gnawing on the edge of the thing. He was so proud of himself and so were we! Now, he's pulling up on his toys and on us all the time. God help us, now we are constantly terrified he'll fall and crack his skull on the ground! LOL! Times are changing! I imagine he'll be walking within the next few months!

Little Fishy

Today Jordan started his first swim class at the Y. There were 4 babies in all (3 boys and 1 girl) and it was so cute! The class is meant for 6-24 month olds and it's mostly to get them used to the water. I had to work afterwards, so I just went to take pictures while Andy went in the water with him. Next weekend when Andy is out of town, I'll get the honors. It seemed like Jordan had a lot of fun with daddy in the water. They sang a lot of songs, and bounced up and down, but I think Jordan was more interested in munching on his fingers and watching the bigger kids in the class next to them.

Here are some photos from the class:

8 months old

Jordan celebrated his 8 month birthday yesterday by going to his first Ultimate tournament for a little while. He's crawling all over the house, starting to pull himself up (on to the ottoman as I type this) on to his knees. He's starting to get a little more sensitive to strangers although he still pretty much likes everybody he meets. Next weekend we are taking him to his first swim class at the Y.

We have been a bit slack on posting and have so many great pictures of Jordan, we thought we'd post a few 7-month photos here for your viewing pleasure. He loves to munch on his bibs, smile a ton so he can flash his new pearly whites (he's only got 2 so far) and flirt with the camera.

This last one is one of our favorites. Jordan had just woken up from a nap and had bedhead AND his shirt was completely soaked from drooling! LOL! Too funny! We do have to change his shirt every time he wakes up because he's slobbered all over it. We can't wait for the slobber phase to wear off.

And of course daddy loves playing with Jordan's hair in the tub...lol! MOHAWK!!!

7-Month Birthday

As we post this, Jordan is already a week away from the 8-month mark. Unbelievable! Anyway, once again, better late than never. Jordan's 7-month birthday is extra special because he shared it with his daddy. Andy turned 31 on July 13th as Jordan turned seven months. In the afternoon, Andy, Nez and Jordan visited The World of Coke for the first time. Well Andy and Nez had been to the old one years ago, but not the new location. So it was a first time for everyone.

After the World of Coke, we had birthday dinner back at the house with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Lindy, and Uncle Ross. Andy and Jordan blew out the candles together, well Andy blew the out while Jordan grabbed a fist-full of icing.

It definitely couldn't have been a better birthday!

Road Trip to Tampa

The weekend before the 4th of July, we took Jordan on his first actual road trip. We decided to make the 7-hour drive down I-75 to Tampa to visit Nez's grandmother in the hospital. Rayne, Eric, and Amelia also made the trip to Tampa that weekend so Jordan got to see his cousin again! (Well, not in this pic, he's sleeping.)

Being that this was our first road trip with Jordan, we decided not to overpack.

We got a great deal at a really nice hotel that was actually on the campus of USF where Nez went to grad school. The best part was that there was a pool, and we actually remembered to pack for it. So we took Jordan in a real pool for the first time. Lito came to watch and take pictures for us.

Once we got the munchkin all lathered up with sunblock, we were ready to hit the pool. He had a blast and wasn't scared of the water at all.

We also decided to head to downtown Tampa to visit the Children's Museum. There was a ton of cool stuff there and Jordan will enjoy it more when he's a little bit older, but he still had a good time. His favorite part was probably playing in the "sand" which wasn't really sand. It was extremely small chunks of rubber. So it felt like sand but didn't stick to you and get in your shoes. It was awesome!

We're so glad we got a chance to take him down there to see his grandparents and great-grandparents and have some fun too!