From Brian and Paula

Hi everyone, it's me, Jack. I am on a short vacation by myself to Papaw and Mimi's house in Bardstown. It's been really fun, I've gotten a chance to hang out with them in addition to Todd, Rebecca, Frances, Katelin and Allison. I hope to post some pictures soon.

In the meantime, Dad called me and asked me if he could make a post and I told him yes. So the rest is from Mom and Dad.

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Hi friends and family, Jack was nice enough to let us use his blog. He's been gone for a few days now, we are missing him desperately and can't wait to pick him up in the morning. We've been looking at pictures of him to get us through; below are a few that Brian's Mom took and sent to us recently.

While we have some time to reflect we just wanted to thank our friends and families for everything you have done for us and Jack. We have been blown away by the kindness, generosity, gifts, babysitting, advice, support and love. We can't accurately express what it has meant to us and how it has eased the challenges of first time parenthood. We know for sure that it takes the whole village to raise Jack Baby and we wouldn't have gotten this far without you. Thank you all.

Hi everyone. I said that there would be lots of pictures after vacation and it looks like I was a prophet.

On Tuesday Mom, Dad, and I left home and hit the road for Saugatuck, Michigan. I know that not a lot of people know where that is or why Mom and Dad like it so much, so here's a quick primer. Saugatuck is in Alegon County at the bottom left of Michigan. Here's a map.

Saugatuck is so neat because it is on Lake Michigan but also because there is a little river that runs off the lake and opens into a harbor. We stay on the lake side of the river so sometimes we drive over to the little town or take a little ferry that is attached to a chain across. Here's a picture and map to give you a reference.



Anyway, on to more fun things. We had the best time, we really did. We spent some time out on the beach. For a while I just hung out in my new beach shade.


After a while though I got out and hung out with Mom:

and Dad:

The sunset was really great and we went to the beach to see it every night:

Sometimes we just hung out in the room. In this picture, as my father's son, I noticed Dad's blackberry across the bed and crawled (a legit crawl, for really the first time) across the bed to grab it.

When I got there I called Grandma to tell her the story. Dad grabbed the phone to explain to Grandma why I had called.


There were lots of other fun times in the room just playing around:




In the middle of Saugatuck is a little park just for kids. They had some swings there and we went there every day. I loved it and was always full of smiles. Here are just a few examples.



We also spent a lot of time walking around the town doing some shopping and generally hanging out:


And every afternoon we took a dip in the pool, which was always fun:


Oh, and I should note, Mom and Dad want everyone to know that they got engaged on this trip. It was on the beach at sunset, but I was asleep so beyond that I don't know all the details. I am sure they could fill you in. But I do know the below picture was taken shortly after.

Finally, in non-vacation news, my friend Michael Cioffi Jr. was born on July 6th, I can't wait to play with him.

Talk to everyone soon.

Love,
Jack