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Friday, April 16, 2010

8 months



Our baby boy is 8 months old today! It’s hard to believe that he’s been out in the world for almost as long as he was in my tummy. These past 8 months have passed so fast! As I recently discussed with a new-mommy friend of mine, when you have a baby, it starts to feel like one continuous day broken up by as many naps as you can fit in. Maybe that explains why the months have passed in the blink of an eye… the most wonderful, exhaustingly happy, months of my life.

Here is an 8 month update:

Crawling: He is getting to be a really fast crawler! He loves it when you get down on the floor and chase him around the room and he squeals when you catch him.

Talking: Jackson is saying Mama and Dada. He thinks that he can say more, because he talks to you like you understand him. It’s really cute. Also, he has starting singing with us when we sing to him.

Standing: He has become much more stable on his feet when he pulls up on things. He can move around while he holds on, but he’s not quite comfortable moving from one thing to another.

Sleeping: Not so much. Still not sleeping through the night, although we are working on it.

Teeth: 2 and counting.

He is still an incredibly happy baby… even at 4 am when he wakes up and wants to play. We are so blessed to be the parents of such a special little boy.










Saturday, April 10, 2010

24

The last 24 hours from Jackson's perspective...

We went to eat dinner with Jamie and Luke. Luke kept making loud noises and trying to get me.



I didn't like it.



We came home and Mom made me sit on the couch and pose for MORE pictures. She feeds me and stuff, so I humored her.












I was hungry.







After a crazy Friday night like that, I was pooped. Time for bed.



Woke up on Saturday and went shopping with Mom... oh, joy.





Came home and played with my cool sunglasses (thanks, Grandma Shirley!).







That's about it. We hope everyone has a great weekend!

Friday, April 9, 2010

Sleepover

A couple of weeks ago, I promised to post some pictures from Jackson's sleepover with his friend Luke. Well, here they are!





























Thursday, April 8, 2010

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Visitors

We have been very fortunate to have some of Jason’s family visiting us from Illinois this weekend. His mom (Shirley), sister (Tonya) and her husband (Darren), and nephews (Carson and Drew) have been with us since Thursday. We have had such a great time and, like always, it has passed by too quickly. We hated to see them leave this morning (we still have Shirley for 1 more day!). Here are some pictures from our time together. We hope they will be able to visit again really soon.

Aunt Tonya and Jackson (love his face in this one!)


Jackson with Grandma Shirley


Drew, Jackson, and Carson... all ready for bed!


Rise and shine!


The boys watching the Final Four


All ready for opening day... go Cubs!