Baby Jack Came to Visit

I am sorry that I have not been very active in the blogosphere lately. We had a special visit from our five months old grandson Jack. Our son Jacob, his wife Ashley and baby Jack came to visit us last Thursday and they left Monday night and during that time I mostly ignored the blogosphere but now I am back. With this post I thought I would display a few baby photos. First there are a few photos from our visit to Baltimore to see baby Jacka couple of months ago and then the rest of the photos were taken during their visit to us here in Dallas, which took place during the last few days.

There are three photos. On the left is our son Jacob with baby Jack on his shoulders, top right our grandson Jack in the sofa, and bottom right Jacob and Ashley with newborn Jack.
Our son Jacob, his wife Ashley and our grandson at about 3 months old. In the bottom right photo, he is newborn.
A photo of a three months old baby sitting in the corner of a sofa.
Jack in the sofa. Three months old.
A photo of the three of us sitting in the sofa. Baby Jack is sitting on the right. He is wearing a Pajamas.
My wife Claudia is on the left, I am in the middle and Jack is on the right.
Our daughter is sitting in a swing holding baby Jack.
First photo from the last few days. Our daughter with baby Jack at five months old. This photo is from the past weekend when they visited us. That’s here in Dallas, Texas.

A Challenge for Dr. Pooper

It was a challenging few days for our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo. Dogs being jealous of a baby is a very real thing. I’ve read that dogs don’t see us the same as a pack of dogs but something better than a pack, care takers and family. They typically prefer their human family over a pack of dogs. They understand the difference between dogs and people. Rollo does not really try to be a pack leader, but he cherishes his position as the baby in the family, and suddenly here comes a human baby out of nowhere.

The human baby gets lots of attention, he sits in a stroller just like Rollo sometimes did in the past, people use a baby voice when they talk to the human baby, like they do with him, and on top of it I called baby Jack, Rollo, instead of Jack several times. I can add that I recently also mixed up the cats Charlee and Chaplin on another blog. Rollo felt that things were taken from him and he growled at the baby a couple of times.

The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd sitting in a stroller.
Sometimes there are scary sounds and Rollo wanted to sit in the stroller we bought for our Pug Daisy. We have not been using that stroller since Daisy passed.

So, what we did was to pay a lot of attention to Rollo, making sure we did not exclude him, and we gave him treats every time he was in the same room as the baby. It turned out that this worked very well. This was something our daughter had looked up. Well, now when Jack has gone back to Baltimore, Rollo is back to being the supreme baby of the family, or the King of Texas if you will. Below are a couple of photos of Rollo in his new cap or coat, Dr. Pooper, a sort of advertisement for a Texas soda called Dr. Pepper. It was just for fun and he did not mind.

Our mini-Australian Shepherd is sitting on the floor. He is wearing his Dr. Pooper cap. The photo is from the side.
Rollo in his Dr. Pooper cap.
Our mini-Australian Shepherd is sitting on the floor. He is wearing his Dr. Pooper cap. The photo is from the back.
Rollo in his Dr. Pooper cap.

Baby Jack Photos

Our son standing by a pool and holding baby Jack.
Our son with his son, baby Jack.
My wife is holding a very happy baby Jack.
My wife Claudia and baby Jack.
I am standing in front of a pool holding a happy baby Jack.
Me and baby Jack.
Our daughter is standing and holding baby Jack.
Our daughter and baby Jack.
Baby Jack is sitting in a black stroller. He is laughing.
Baby Jack in a stroller.
Baby Jack is sitting in a black stroller. He is laughing.
Baby Jack in a stroller.
Baby Jack is sitting in a black stroller. He is smiling.
Baby Jack in a stroller.
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Author: thomasstigwikman

My name is Thomas Wikman. I am a software/robotics engineer with a background in physics. I am currently retired. I took early retirement. I am a dog lover, and especially a Leonberger lover, a home brewer, craft beer enthusiast, I’m learning French, and I am an avid reader. I live in Dallas, Texas, but I am originally from Sweden. I am married to Claudia, and we have three children. I have two blogs. The first feature the crazy adventures of our Leonberger Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle as well as information on Leonbergers. The second blog, superfactful, feature information and facts I think are very interesting. With this blog I would like to create a list of facts that are accepted as true among the experts of the field and yet disputed amongst the public or highly surprising. These facts are special and in lieu of a better word I call them super-facts.

11 thoughts on “Baby Jack Came to Visit”

  1. Thomas, you’re allowed to go awol for such a special young man and your family! 😀😀 Wow! Jack has grown in the two months since you saw him last and his happy, loving , and bubbly personality shines through. Bless, poor Rollo growing a bit envious of all the attention but glad your daughter’s treat trick worked so well. I laughed as you mixed up their names and bet that confused Rollo even more! Also, loved seeing the sunshine in your photos – we’ve forgotten that it exists! 😀

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  4. Wonderful that you can visit with little Jack, and see your daughter and son in law often. Your grandson looks so cute with that grin and twinkling eyes. I’ll just bet he is thinking up lots of mischief to keep everyone on their toes! 🙂

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  7. This post is adorable all the way around! 😀 Baby Jack has the cutest smile – such a happy boy. And Rollo looks adorable in his Dr. Pooper outfit. I’m glad he got over his jealousy of the baby.

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