Open-mouth Kissing
Jack gives kisses now. With an open mouth. It is as if he is trying to eat whomever it is he is kissing. And that's fine and good and nice and funny to get a slobbery kiss from a one year old. Except that Jack has started to kiss Sydney, too. With an open mouth. On her mouth. This is our saprophagic, carnivorous mutt who never met a dead squirrel she didn't want to chew. Ick.
Other Things that Jack Can Do
He is SOOOOooooOOOO close to walking...he will take 6 or 7 steps on his own before resorting to crawling (at which he is quite proficient.) He is a master cruiser: he holds onto furniture and finds his way around wherever we are. By the way, as a recent non-parent, I had no idea what *cruising* meant in this context. It's another one of those things that you're just magically supposed to know when you become a parent. Like what a Diaper Genie does.
Jack has eight teeth now, and he puts them to very good use. He is still anti-vegetable, except for the avocado that I add to his beloved cheese quesadillas, but he eats chicken tenders, cantaloupe, mango, strawberries, baguettes, bagels, Cheddar Bunnies (of course), cookies, sandwiches, tater tots, French fries and all sorts of other things (tables, the crib rail, Sydney's bone, etc.) Kevin said this morning that Jack is starting to "look like someone," meaning that Jack's face has taken on character and definition and he no longer looks like a generic cute baby. Of course, the person who he looks like is Kevin.
1:46:30 PM 
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