Everyone Wants to Hold Jack

Today is a Snow Day! Yay - I can update the blog and spend time with the family instead of working!

Jack is a popular fellow. I have so many photos of friends and family who have spent some time holding Jack. Here are some from the week of Thanksgiving.

I love the grin on Jack's face here!
Grandpa and Grandma Carol came to visit for Thanksgiving. Grandpa brought an album with pictures of his own Grandpa. I think Jack looks a little like his Great Great Grandpa Nathaniel.

Caitlin Brandau is reading "Pat the Bunny" to Jack. Jack enjoyed the book, but I think his poor teeth were hurting him so badly that day, he wanted to eat the book instead of read it.

Molly Brandau gets a good cuddle with Jack.

Here's Jen Berger teaching Jack what babies drink in Wisconsin.

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I don't have to go back to work until Jan 5th - so expect more updates to the blog as Jack goes on his first airplane ride to Georgia and has his first Christmas.

Jack and the B-17

I realize I am a few weeks behind in posting and I do have lots of new pictures to post, but I wanted to post this topic separate from all the Thanksgiving photos. A couple of weeks ago, a restored B-17 came to town and Jack got his first look at one. We got there only a few minutes before they were closing the tour so we only got a quick look. We will go for a longer tour of one someday when Jack is old enough to enjoy airplanes.

The men who were running the tour didn't really believe I would want to take a baby inside since it is a narrow climb to get in and through, and there are plenty of places to bump your head. Once I explained that it was important to me because Jack's Graddy flew in one during WWII, they helped me by holding Jack and handing him up to me after each climb and narrow walkway. The hardest part was getting through the bomb bay walkway. It's so narrow and I'm suprised men didn't accidentally fall off the walkway/out of the plane when the bomb bay doors were open during missions. There is no way I could have gotten through there when I was pregnant with Jack!



How could Graddy have ever fit in there? I wish I could have put Jack in the ball turret for a size reference. Let's just say it is smaller than his stroller.

It was really, dark, narrow and too crowded for good photos, but here's the best shot of Jack in the B-17. The silver round thing in the background is the ball turret from the inside of the plane.

Ball Turret from above. Now I understand why Dad (Graddy) always listened for the landing gear to go down whenever we were in an airplane.