Went to my mom's house, all excited to see Jack.

After all, he's 6 weeks old today and we haven't seen him since he was 3, so we've missed-out on half his life already! He's changed a bit, too. He finally starting to look like a little guy. Last time we saw him he was still a little bundle. Now, as my mom said, he seams to be "un-winding". His legs and arms aren't being held close to the body anymore, so it's like he's finally stretching out. He's getting bigger, too, which you would expect by now.

I had what I consider a cool thing happen. he was laying on the floor with Melinda and went over to see if I could stimulate him and "play" with him (as much as you could "play" with a 6-week-old). I leaned-in close to him. His eyes are just starting to work, so you have to get close to him for him to see you. Then it happened - his eyes after looking all over locked on to mine and for that brief few seconds, I really knew he was looking at me for the first time. He reacted, but he's reacted to every sound and light show he sees, but it was still pretty damn cute (and touching actually) to know that he saw you.

I brought some gifts over for him that he won't have clue about for years to come, but I got him a World Series pennant and an official World Series Game Ball , and a program. He's not going to appreciate the gifts. I hope some day he would. Chicago had a World Series Winner for the first time in 88 years and he was around for it. He's just not going to remember it at all whatsoever, so I got him some things to commemorate it.

The family had long discussions about Christmas. Every year, Christmas never works out the way you want it. This year is going to be one of those years, I'm afraid. It'd be nice for everyone to get together, but with restrictive schedules, it just can't happen.

On the way home tonight I had to stop and take pictures of the house on Nagle that's all decorated. I forgot to get it at REaster, but I did get it at Christmas.