North Carolina

This week we had an adventure! Andrew had to go to North Carolina to two plants for business. We decided to go along with him! Wednesday we traveled from Sharpsburg, GA to Wilmington Beach, NC! It was a LONG LONG ride but we had fun! That next morning I drove Andrew to work and then drove Jackson to the beach. It was very warm (70 degrees)! We parked and walked up to the beach which was very windy and Jackson didn't like that too much. He did enjoy watching all of the locals walking with their dogs on the beach. Evidently Wilmington Beach is a huge surf spot and so we got to watch the surfers. The funny thing is that Jackson sat on the sand for literally 2 minutes and when we got back to the car and I changed his diaper there was sand EVERYWHERE! OIY! Here is where he found a seashell and tried to eat it...

So we left the beach and found a really nice outdoor mall and since the weather was great I put Jackson in the stroller and we walked around and shopped for a while. We went to lunch and then went to pick up Andrew at work. Andrew wanted to go to the beach before we left so we drove him to where we were earlier. Jackson thought it was so much fun to have daddy at the beach and he had the biggest smile the entire time we were there. Andrew put Jackson's hands in the water so Jackson has now touched the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean before he was one! Jackson thought it was funny and tried to stick his hands in Andrew's mouth.

That night we drove to Mebane, NC...which if you ever get a chance to go there, pass on that. That day was hard because I didn't have the beautiful beach or the fancy outdoor mall and it was 40 degrees! So we found an outlet mall in Burlington which only had a Carter's outlet. So I stayed in there as long as possible and got Jackson some "big boy" pjs. Later we picked up Andrew and drove down to Asheville. Overall our trip was very fun but we are SOOO glad to be back home!

Beep Beep

I know wow 2 posts in 2 days but this is too cute to pass up. Last night Jackson was on a car kick. Andrew always plays cars with him and makes car noises and last night Jackson decided to play along...and keep playing! I hope you enjoy it!

Boo-boo

It seems as though Jackson changes so much daily. I haven't been able to blog lately because Jackson has not only learned how to crawl, but he kicked it up a notch and can "speed crawl" so my level of watching him has increased. He isn't very interested in his food anymore he wants to eat whatever we are eating. That has been interesting but enjoyable. Jackson is still hanging out with precious Ella!

Since the weather has been so warm we took Jackson to the park to swing, which is now his favorite past time. That boy loves to swing! I think we'll have to get him a swing for his birthday to attach to the bottom of our deck.

A few days ago we ran out of apple juice and Jackson really missed it. Today we went got and got more. When we got home he wouldn't put his juice down! So yes he was drinking and driving.
Also yesterday Jackson got his first real official boo-boo. I was loading clothes into the dryer and the curious boy that Jackson is was trying to pull himself up on the dryer door and when he finally did he fell in between that door and the other door to the laundry room. I was proud that he only cried for a minute! The poor boy however does have a mark above his eye. I wasn't too upset because I know this is just the beginning of many boo-boo's to come!

What A Week!

Wow this has been one of the craziest weeks in a while. Andrew worked from home on Monday because Jackson had his 9 month check up. Everything is great with Jackson! He still surprisingly hasn't passed the 20lbs mark. But he keeps getting taller! The doctor told us that we can experiment more with Jackson's food and feed him more of what we eat (which we had already been doing) but Jackson loves it! Unfortunately Monday night I started getting sick. I think I just had a virus but I am still not feeling up to par :( So Andrew worked from home again on Tuesday so that he could take care of Jackson while I rested. He is such a wonderful husband!

Yesterday Jackson decided to start crawling. Where that came from I have no idea but once he started he hasn't stopped. This morning I had to barricade the living room just so I could rest a bit. It is so crazy how he can go from rolling around to actually focusing on something and then crawling over to get it! So we are now baby proofing as we go.

Last night Jackson had his first spaghetti dinner! He ENJOYED IT! Of course we enjoyed watching him eat it all up...the fun part came when we tried to clean him up. He had spaghetti EVERYWHERE! Andrew just took him straight upstairs to bathe him while I did highchair duty...I think next time we are going to stick a trash bag over him with a little hole cut out for his head and arms....Soooo messy!

9 months makes a difference

It seems that once he hit the 9th month....everything has changed. He naps better (more on schedule), "talks" more, attempting to crawl, furniture walking, and zooms around the house like crazy in his walker.

On Thursday Jackson had a play date with Ella. They were born in the same hospital, on the same day, same doctor! They had fun together! Jackson shared some of his Mum mums with her. Here Jackson tried a Marshmallow. Please don't judge me! He loved it.. of course..have we fed him anything he hasn't loved?

This is Jackson's Tonka truck that he got for Christmas and is just now enjoying it. Andrew will drive him all over the house and Jackson LOVES it! Can you tell?

This is a great picture of Andrew and Jackson. Look at those teeth!!!

Jackson loves for us to read to him. He also loves to look at his books all by himself. We have found him lately sitting on the floor reading to himself. So this morning instead of Daddy reading Jackson his book, Jackson read his book to Daddy!

9 months BABY!

Wow it is crazy to think that our little man is 9 months old today! He has now been alive for as long as I had carried him! He has changed so much in these nine months. Just recently he has become unstoppable! He isn't crawling but he can scoot anywhere he wants to go! He is way more interested in trying to walk and pulling himself up. So maybe he'll skip crawling all together and just start walking! We'll see. Happy 9 months little man!

Yesterday my Aunt Karen and cousin Melanie came over with Melanie's new little baby Emily. She is the cutest little girl! Jackson didn't quite know what to do with a baby that small (3 weeks old). He was more interested in her when she got into her carrier. It was too cute! Soon those two will be playing together!

2009!!!

Things have been going great but crazy as always. Jackson has decided to take up a college student's schedule. I think it is because he has been off schedule for so long with the holidays around. But now the holidays have passed and its time to get back to normal. The past few nights we have started putting Jackson down for bed early and he will be sitting up straight in bed from 8:30 till about 11. Wide awake and laughing up a storm. Then this morning I had to wake the little booger up! HE was trying to sleep till who knows what time. I gave in and woke him up at 9:30. I was bored. I had already cleaned up stairs and put all the clothes away in the laundry room. So he woke up and started bouncing off the walls with energy. So he played for awhile then I fed him lunch and put him in his crib for a nap. It was great! He slept for about 2 solid hours and I got all the vacuuming done in the entire house!!! I think that maybe we are getting ready to drop the afternoon nap. Maybe that is why he is staying up so late. So I am going to try to let him go on this one big nap today..... we'll see!

Anyhoo here are some pictures of what we've been up to lately. Sarah and Patrick spent New Year's eve with us. We played Mexican dominoes, Dance dance revolution and Andrew and Patrick hung up our new mirror over the fireplace.

So Jackson has my eye color but.......

He looks just like his daddy!
Lisa came to play! She had her sunglasses out so Jackson needed his!
Jackson playing in the bathtub with the Tiger Aunt Sarah got him for Christmas!
Andrew makes the greatest pancakes on the weekends! This time Jackson got to enjoy them too!