Jack's cousin Raegan was baptized on the 16th. We went up for the event, as did Mike & Diane Mahoney. We didn't get to stay for long, but Raegan and Jack managed to get in some quality time learning to share.
We were finally overcome with splashing and decided it was time to move from the kitchen sink into a real tub. Jack really enjoyed playing in the water, as you can see.
Also, he met his first moose today when we went to Bugaboo Creek for dinner:
I scanned in Jack's six-month pictures. I have two file sizes for them - very large and obnoxiously gigantic. The gigantic ones are too large to even put on the blog, but if you want them to print out a massive poster or something (?) I can email them to you.
After weeks of crawling backwards, Jack finally learned to move forward. He can't do it consistently, but when the right motivation is there (like Candy playing with him) he gets some good distance.
Jack had his six month doctor's appointment on August 18th. He weighed 17 pounds 8 ounces at 27 1/2 inches tall. As you can see in the picture, he was slyly hunting his binkie while waiting for the doctor. He and the binkie both got out unscathed, but the paper sheet on the table got totally destroyed in the process.