Well the flight to Texas wasn’t too stressful for the parents (that would be Amy and Jon) and indeed Jake. Our seats had plenty of leg room and a space for a bassinet which mounted on the wall in front of the seats.
We have been here a few days and Jakey has just about adjusted to the time zone change. What an angel. He is also now smacking and popping his lips which is almost as funny as the gurning, but not quite :-). Mind you he still has the odd gurn for old times sake!
On Thursday Jake rolled from the bed onto the floor which almost gave both of us heart attacks. We literally turned our backs for a second and he had pushed himself onto the edge and then he must have pushed his leg which flipped him over. Mummy bear gave him lot’s of hugs which made him feel much better. He now has a little bruise on his forehead. Luckily he has a hard head like his old dad :-).
Yesterday we went for a walk in the State Park. I carried Jakey in his sling. He was in his element looking around at the trees. On the way in we saw a swamp rabbit in the undergrowth and on the way back strung between two trees was a BIG spider which was black and brown with big old legs. It makes me shudder just thinking about it. To add to the list of exotic fauna, outside the motel I saw a beautiful emerald green hummingbird flitting between the flowers in the motel car park. At first I thought it was a large dragonfly but after a second look I realised what it was. Sadly it flew away just before Ames got a chance to see it.