We do actually take pictures of Jack too

Poor Jack has been totally neglected on the blog. So, in an effort to rectify that situation, here are a bunch of pictures of our new little guy. He's already changed so much in the last 7 weeks, and his 2-month-old photo shoot is right around the corner. It goes way too fast, I tell you. I've tried to put the photos in chronological order, so you can see how much he's grown.




At the ready with his fists, just in case Spencer pulls a fast one.









Not much can compare with the bouncy chair and a mouth full of binky.





There seems to be a puppy on my head.









Brand new be-bo! And check out that bicep... "I will punch you in the face!"






Tummy time progress: on the left, he's almost 1 month old; the one on the right was taken 1 1/2 weeks later.








And just a few days after that, he's trying to roll over. Impressively, he's managed to shoot himself over to his back several times already, and he's not even screaming as he does it.


In our Petersen family tradition, I snapped Jack's one month old picture with his designated stuffed animal. I actually chose Pooh, but Spencer insisted he needed Wilbur. "Look pig, it's baby Jack!" (Props to Grandma Madsen for the quilt... the reverse side is zebra stripes, which Jack loooooves to stare at.)



Hanging out at Spencer's birthday party, baffled as to why his brother seems to have stolen the spotlight AGAIN.





We're pretty sure he sneaks outside to stuff his cheeks full of acorns for the winter, though we haven't yet caught him in the act.


Ah bathtime, when you can pee completely unrestrained. (At least until someone slaps a washcloth right over you.)





I do believe that is a hint of a smile. He must have been dreaming about puppies... or maybe barfing all over me again.



Brace yourself for shock: Spencer snapped this one. I know, not only is it in focus, but he somehow managed to actually get Jack IN the picture.



So there you have it. An ode to our sweet little baby who eats like a horse and sleeps like a dream! I was watching John McCain on Leno recently and he said he's sleeping like a baby.... he wakes up every 2 hours to cry. I can't even tell you how relieved and ecstatic I am that Jack has been consistently sleeping for 6-7 hours straight at night already - which, I guess, is one of the benefits to having a HUGE baby. The problem is that he goes down around 8, which means he's waking up at 3 am. Yes, we need to work on that.