Greetings from the lake!

Jack, apparently, is pretty comfortable in the water. Must be the Morehouse blood...

Never too young to get boat driving lessons...

Festivities at the point...

We are having a simply lovely time at the lake and I am thrilled to think that we have really just begun our stay. ( I am used to having to pack up and leave at right about the time I start to relax, during most of our visits...)

The weather, with the exception of a quick storm last night, has been ideal. Yesterday I was able to take a solo kayak and swim while the Jackster napped and it felt pretty darn good to be out on my own, enjoying the water. Jack has been enjoying the water too, and has been just about the cutest baby in the universe for the whole trip. Luckily, he's been sleeping fine, getting up around 6:30, which isn't too bad. Being well rested allows all of us to enjoy each other, and our surroundings, so much more..

As far as activities, not much to report. It's been a mix of siting around socializing with relatives and Farley's friends, swimming, boating, and eating, then sitting around and socializing some more.

Here's a quick list of "cute things Jack is doing", for those of you who like to follow these things:
* Jack's able to be a "free range baby" in the little cottage and likes to crawl back and forth over the threshold between the cottage and the porch. Not much is getting in his way these days. He has now crawled over my legs and over the dog.
* He has realized that we think it's cue when he holds an object in his teeth, and will pick up small towys (one of his wooden beads, the yellow thing that holds his mallet to his drum, etc), place it in his mouth, drop his hands, and look up at us with pride, anticipating the laughter and clapping.
* Yesterday he ate more in one day than he's eaten in some weeks. Crazy baby had a whole container of pears and pineapple in one sitting. This is unheard of.
*Jack's favorite toys in the cottage are the dog food bowl and the old metal crimping iron used as a doorstop.