It's Jack's first Christmas, and he got spoiled rotten. Clothes and toys and toys and....well, toys. He, of course, has NO idea what the heck is going on but he enjoys all the free wrapping paper and boxes.

Jack got his first tooth (teeth). It's hard to get a good look at them because it's on the bottom and his tongue is usually in the way.

His new trick is standing up which he does most skillfully in the crib. If you have QuickTime™, you can view a brief clip of him by clicking the image below. (*Note: This is an 11MB download so if you have a slow connection, it will take something like an hour to download.)

Jack went to see Santa in the really big mall. Santa was rather quiet and passive. Didn't chat much with the kids. He was either tired or drunk. I couldn't tell which. (Click image to view it way-too-big view of this photo.)

Catch-Up Photos from October:

These are two photos from our trip to Seattle & Vancouver B.C. last October. Melissa taught some classes there for a convention and so we spent some off-time seeing the fish market and the Island of Vancouver and stuff. Jack enjoyed all the activity but the plane ride was not his favorite.