Smiling makes me happy

loves being outside

2009-11-07T07:06:00.000-08:00

Jackson loves being outside. It's too bad our winters get so cold. I'll take him out some, but there is no way he can go out the same amount that we were during the summer.

Cousins

2009-11-06T09:53:00.000-08:00

Pat & Courtney and kids came to visit from California. It's fun to see them together again.

doing lots

2009-11-05T18:31:00.000-08:00

Jackson is trying new stuff all the time now. I thought it would take him awhile to do, but he's already pulling himself to standing at the couch. And he has crawled on his hands and knees a few times too! They have been very short distances, like three movements and that's it. Usually it's after a toy (sometimes being dangled by me, but some on his own). If it's any farther, he just goes to his army crawl.

Clapping

2009-11-02T16:31:00.000-08:00

Jackson has been practicing clapping!

Here is another one of him clapping, I just didn't get all of it.

I put this house toy in between the living room and dining room to try blocking Jackson from getting out of the living room. He loves going into the dining room. I think he likes to look out the sliding door window and play with Kitty's food container. But it only blocked him for a couple minutes and he figured out how to open the door and then he was off into the dining room. Before, the house was in the dining room and he never really played with the door, so I didn't think he would get it that fast.

Here are some cute expressions of seeing me on the other side.

Happy Halloween from 2 sickies and a monster

2009-10-31T14:15:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween! Good thing Jackson doesn't know what he's missing, because Dan and I aren't feeling well today so we aren't leaving the house and probably won't be giving out candy tonight. So sad though. He's doing great though!

into the candy

2009-10-30T15:52:00.000-07:00

Jackson got into the candy! ...just kidding, not really. But he did like playing with the candy!

Jackson is waving!

2009-10-28T22:41:00.000-07:00

Ok, just to brag and document... Jackson waved tonight. We were at our friends house (Amy, Seth & Wyatt), saying and waving goodbye and Jackson waved! A bunch too, very obvious that he was waving (copying Amy) and that it wasn't just a random movement. When we got home, Jackson and I were walking through the house and I stopped at the mirror. I waved and said "hi" and he waved back too! So cute! . . .7 months and 3 days, marks the day he did his first sign.

I've been working on some signs for awhile now. We've done the sign for milk probably since his first month. And I've been doing signs for eating, drinking, water, banana, apple, cracker, kitty, dog, and outside somewhat regularly. But now I'm really going to be doing them more! And adding more regular ones. I would have thought kitty would have been his first sign since he's so into kitty, but I guess waving his easier to do so that's probably why. We really hadn't worked on waving much, some, but not much. Obviously enough though for him to get it.

7 months today!

2009-10-25T19:12:00.000-07:00

Jackson is 7 months today!

I couldn't decide on the main picture. He would not keep still. He kept trying to tackle and eat the giraffe.

Right now Jackson is:

Still army crawling and practicing going on all fours, but not crawling regular yet
Today he has started going from crawling position to sitting! (like 8 times today, definitely is getting it down)
Sitting by himself really well now, doesn't fall back often at all
Sleeping good, like I said in previous post, going about a 6-7 hour chunks most nights
Playing with toys and can entertain himself for a good 20+ mins
Loves playing "boo" (like peek-a-boo, but I just scare him and say boo), he loves it when I surprise/scare him
Pushes food back in his mouth with the back of his hand (it's pretty cute)

Pumpkin Patch!!

2009-10-25T12:21:00.000-07:00

See last years pic here.

We had a lot of fun. Jackson's favorite part was sitting wherever checking stuff out. Here are a bunch of pictures from yesterday.

Here Wyatt was loving on Jackson, leaning his head towards him trying to give him a hug. Jackson thought it was funny.

Jackson's first pony ride! ...he only lasted two laps though.

Pumpkin patch today!!!

2009-10-24T08:57:00.000-07:00

We are going to the pumpkin patch today!! I'm so excited. Excited for taking Jackson, excited to get pumpkins, excited for pictures.

Took these the other day.

This one is super blurry, but the expression is so funny. He was trying to get the camera and was crawling off the couch to get it.

Last night, Jackson went to his first high school football game. We got all bundled up because it was chilly. Jackson stayed nice and cozy. His new mittens worked good too. He played for a bit on a blanket (on the grass) and then fell asleep after having a bottle.

family pic

2009-10-21T09:00:00.000-07:00

My dad took this last time he was here (9-24-09) and I messed around with it in photoshop.

no teeth

2009-10-20T14:58:00.000-07:00

Jackson loves it when I brush my teeth. He would always smile and stare at me. So I got him his own tooth brush. Now when I start brushing my teeth he gets super excited because he knows his is coming. It's so cute, he chews on it and moves it around like he's brushing his teeth ...not perfectly of course, but as good a 6 1/2 month old can.

sleeping

2009-10-20T08:51:00.000-07:00

Consistently for the past 5 nights, Jackson has slept for 7-8 hour chunks! He suddenly changed from 5 hours to 7 hours, pretty much dropping one feeding in the middle of the night. Just wanted to document it.

didjeridu and naked

2009-10-15T09:12:00.000-07:00

I didn't have the best aim with the camera on this one, but his smile is so cute.

I was playing the didjeridu for Jackson and thought it'd be neat to see how tall he is next to it at this age. (He isn't really standing yet, just leaning against the couch and he really can't do that long either.)

Jackson had some naked time last night. I wanted to get some shots of how he's getting up on his hands and knees.

winter already!?

2009-10-14T09:20:00.000-07:00

We've already had snow this year and now freezing rain/sleet! We got all bundled up to check the chickens water and to let them out for a bit.

On the floor

2009-10-12T20:05:00.000-07:00

Jackson does great playing on the floor lately. 99% of the time he prefers his stomach so he can play and army crawl around. He has started to get his tummy off the ground and be on his hands and knees, but can't move his arms or legs yet to crawl that way. He definitely is trying though! I find it interesting that he's not content with just army crawling, that he wants to find a faster way to crawl.

dressed up

2009-10-11T09:32:00.001-07:00

This is from two weeks ago. I saw it again and forgot to post it.

This is a gift I made for a friend that just had a baby girl. I love this fabric, if I had a girl I'd make a ton of diapers out of it. There are two bibs (one small, one larger), burp cloth and a tag blanket.

army crawl

2009-10-07T11:40:00.000-07:00

Jackson is army crawling everywhere now, especially after stuff he isn't supposed to have.

trying the diaper on

2009-10-05T18:45:00.000-07:00

I had Jackson try his new diaper on. I got a funny expression and then a bunch of smiles.

Jackson had his 6 month doctor appointment today. He weighs 16 lbs 8 oz and is 28 inches long! The doctor said he was doing really well and got to see him army crawl and was impressed!

sewing

2009-10-03T13:09:00.001-07:00

Here's what I've been up to lately. I'm doing 10 right now. I use the fitteds that I have sewn more than the prefolds right now, so I needed more!

6 months old!!

2009-09-25T15:15:00.001-07:00

I can't believe Jackson is half a year old!

Here are some of the other cute/funny pictures.

Right now he is:

moving around in circles and just started scooting with his legs recently
eating foods really well, eats 3 meals now, eats the mum mum crackers great now and the other day he picked up some little pieces of pancake off his tray by himself!
loves to drink from a cup/glass, he gets so excited when he sees one and tries to grab at it
loves to pee outside (way more than inside! too bad it's going to get cold soon!)
isn't quite sleeping at night as good as last month, but close
still for sure needs 3 naps a day
loves splashing in the bath tub and trying to get his toys

scootin'

2009-09-25T15:01:00.000-07:00

Jackson's been practicing and he's got the hang of it when he wants to go get something now.

new banner

2009-09-20T14:34:00.001-07:00

A new banner!

I'm 29

2009-09-20T13:52:00.000-07:00

Dan is in the middle of his shift today (he works 48 hours on and 96 off now), so for my birthday he emailed me this morning. The email said Happy Birthday and to find your present, follow the clue. The first clue was "Look at the feet of the animal that flew the farthest home." Which is our giraffe that he got in Africa. I found the clue and found around 5 more through the house and then found a birthday card with a gift card to Coldstone Icecream. It was very nice, I love scavenger hunts like that. My dad would always do them for me growing up and I thought they were the coolest thing.

My parents are coming to town for a few days today. They haven't seen Jackson for a month! And tonight we are going out to the airport fire station to eat dinner with Dan.

Last weekend, my Grandpa and Ardy came to town with a model A group. So Jackson had to wear his oshgosh overalls for his Great Grandpa, even though they are 12 month size, they fit him pretty good still.

I took Jackson out in the grass again for more pictures. He now can sit by himself a little, just a little because then he falls over. He did better in the grass than on the floor inside though, the grass must support him a bit.

Kaeli is such a good dog. This pic looks like Jackson is posing for it.

Look at this same set up 3 months ago.

Jackson loves getting thrown up in the air, finally got a shot of it (and he's even naked, hehe!).

Outside

2009-09-14T21:50:00.000-07:00

I'm already dreading cold weather coming. So I've been trying to enjoy the nice weather before it's gone.

Jackson liked being outside too. He loved pulling the grass, which of course he would since he loves pulling my hair too.

Kaeli was over on the side playing with a toy and Jackson was really interested in what she was doing.