Welcome Baby Jalen: September already???

Yes, we are still in AZ as of now, just waiting to hear if we can get approved for a house in OK and as soon as we get our house, we will be off. We are getting very anxious because Jason is supposed to start work on the 15th and I need to start sometime before the end of the month. We have found a few houses we love but need to see more pictures before we make a decision considering we may likely be buying a home before ever stepping foot in it...craziness, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Jalen is talking up a storm lately, nothing really meaningful but more than jabbering. It's almost like he's placing inflections on his babble to sound like he's saying something and it is so funny. Sometimes it's in the form of loud yells when he's excited or sometimes, usually in the early morning, it is very soft and sweet and such a tiny little voice talking. He is continuing to say "ma ma" and B and D noises but nothing concrete yet. He loves to be independant now and prefers to feed himself finger foods and drink from a straw. He likes to run down the hallway and kick a ball if you give him 2 fingers to hold onto while he does but it is so cute, he just takes off!

We had Lindsey, Ben and Charlee over for dinner tonight and had a great time. Charlee is so cute with Jalen and gave him big hugs and then tried to sit on his lap, my fault though for jokingly acting as Jalen saying "come sit on my lap" since he was slapping his legs as if that is what he was saying, so she was just following directions :) After dinner we went across the street to the open grassy area and took pictures. Lindsey takes great pictures so she took some of Jalen and some of us with him too. The pictures below are just what Jason and I have taken but I will put Lindsey's up (if she gives me permission of course) when I get them. Check out her website too, you can get to it from here, just click on Simplee Photo under my list of friends and family websites.