Visit to New Jersey

Jarvis started a new job a few weeks ago and had to go to NJ for two weeks for training. This was the first time he was away from Jackson for more than a couple of nights so to break up the time, we decided to fly to NJ for a long weekend to visit him. My entire family is from NJ so we got a chance to drive down and visit with them while Jarvis was in trainig. We also have some very good friends from business school in the area who both had babies the same year Jackson was born so we were anxious to get the babies together, MBA class of 2033. We had so much fun watching Simone, Evan and Jackson play, they were really cute together. Simone was definitely running things and had Jackson and Evan bowing down to her:-) Jackson was on some sort of high, he was doing his butt dance... which is where he bounces up and down on his butt and waves his hands in the air. I'm going to try and post a video of it because it is really funny. Then we went to visit Uncle Michael and Aunt Alecia, who are expecting a boy in September. What a busy 4 day weekend but it was great catching up with friends and family and Jackson enjoyed meeting everyone.

Jackson & Simone doing a little dance...

Jackson's Fun With Cousins

My three nephews were in town for the week before the oldest goes back to school. My mom took on the brave task of keeping them entertained for the entire week! No problems this time but they sure are a handful. They came over to visit one night and I quickly realized, four boys or even three would be too much for me to handle. That night I felt like I needed some aspirin and I NEVER get headaches. Or maybe three kids would just be too much to handle.:-) But they were a lot of fun with Jackson. Jackson was chasing the little ones all over the house and trying to participate in the roughhousing that boys do. I'm sure it will be even more crazy when Jackson gets a little bit older.

Soon to be Lover of Chick Fil A!

Now that Jackson has passed the stage that we have to introduce foods one at a time, I figured I'll start giving him opportunities to eat what we eat. In this video I gave him a chick fil a waffle fry and after a few licks he was too excited and started flappin his hands like crazy. After I stopped the video he actually stuffed the entire thing in his mouth and pitched a fit when i tried to get it out. I guess I'll take that as Chick fil A will soon be one of his favorites just like mom and dad.

Jackson's 9 Months!!

Jackson turned 9 months today!!! He had is well visit check up with the Dr. and he is 18 lbs and 27 in. Since he has been cruising, crawling and pulling up on most everything (my pants legs are his favorite to pull up on) his weight is starting to slowdown.

We started the day by going to Gymboree and then celebrated his birthday with our first trip to the Ft. Worth Zoo. We enjoyed the day seeing all the animals and reptiles. Jackson was a little intrigued by the animals but not as engaged as I hoped. There was a lot of “Jackson look over here, look over here, see the Zebra?,” to which he glanced and then kept chewing on his sunglasses. I guess we’ll wait a few more months before going back.

Although we miss every stage that we leave, the new stages are getting more exciting. Jackson is so mobile now it is truly entertaining. He will follow you around the house crawling like a mad man. He has two different crawling styles… the one-legged crawl- when he needs to get somewhere fast he uses one leg to push off of while he’s crawling on the other leg and the traditional crawl, when he gets close to something or first begins his journey this is his preferred crawling style.

As for teeth, well those are still non-existant. We keep thinking they’re coming and then we look and there is no sign of them in sight. The Dr. assured us this is perfectly normal, and some babies don’t get their first teeth until around 12-15 months. I guess the good thing is we haven’t had any fussy nights

The vocabulary is still a lot of constant sounds with the occasional, ba ba, ma ma, da da and uh oh. We are still signing to him but he has yet to return the sign, hopefully he’ll make some progress by next month.

Baby Let's Cruise...Away From Here...

8 1/2 months and Jackson is well on his way mastering cruising. He has been pulling up and walking around anything that's under 3 ft. We are of course more nervous than him. I don't know why babies are oblivious to dangerous hazards such as walls, furniture etc, meanwhile Jarvis and I are flinching at every stumble or loss of grip. I guess soon we'll get over it and when we see him attempt to fall realize that he will be just fine.