Jackson is 10 Months Old!

Just so you know, when you turn 10 months old it is impossible to sit still for a picture. The rule for all ten-month-olds is that you must make it impossible for your mommy to get a picture of a smile, a face, and a number all at once.

Jackson, at 10 months old you are:

• crawling EVERYWHERE! You like to hold a toy in each hand and take them wherever you go.



• pulling up on everything. As soon as you get somewhere where standing up is an option, you do it. You are getting more comfortable holding on with one hand and playing with the other.



• eating lots of table food. You really like hamburger and chicken pieces. Mommy even gives you some french fries and you LOVE them.



• taking 4 bottles a day still. Sometimes we switch out a bottle for a sippy cup with formula and you do well with it. We will be all done with bottles in just a few weeks.



• still hating naps. You don't like to sleep longer than 30 or 40 minutes at a time. Mommy has to force you to stay in your crib so you can get the rest you need.



• a Music Garten and Mini Monkeys graduate. You loved music class and your favorite part of the gym was the lap songs at the beginning.



• enthralled by the sound of your toys on the hardwood floors. You take your toys to the closest hard surface and drop you toys again and again just to hear the noise it makes.



• learning how to give kisses. When you do give a kiss it's really just a head butt. Mommy is trying to teach you how to give eskimo kisses.



• sprouting a lot of teeth. You have 8 teeth that have broken through the skin. Mommy is a little worried about one so we will take you to the dentist soon.



• HATING diaper and clothing changes. You kick and scream and try to roll away. Mommy isn't sure what changed to make you hate them but it definitely makes things more difficult.



• SIMPLY STUNNING! We love you!

9 Month Professional Pictures

This little man

stole my heart
the moment he was in my arms.

Every day

I continue to fall more in love

with this silly, silly boy.

Seeing him everydaybrings so much joy!

I still can't believe

that we made him.

This is what perfection looks like!

Easter

I am so behind on blogging lately so hopefully I can get caught up this week! We had a wonderful, quiet Easter here. It was a beautiful day so Bryan got up and ran 6 miles. JJ and I had our usually morning but we also walked to the CVS close to our house. We went to church, had lunch and then came home for the day. Jackson looked so cute in his Easter gear!

He wasn't really sure what to do with his basket.
Don't tell him where his eggs are hidden. I don't want him to feel cheated on his first egg hunt.

Displaying some of the yummy treasures that were in the eggs. A cheese puff!

"Look Mom! I found another egg!"

So excited about the contents of this egg.

....and another.

Daddy and Jackson enjoying the nice day.

After a day of egg hunting and cheese puff eating, he was too exhausted to be excited about the blue grass.

It was a great first Easter for our family of three!

Jackson is 9 Months Old!!

I can't believe this is happening. He is growing sooo fast and changing so much. I already feel like he's not a baby anymore. He looks like such a little boy. It has been so fun to watch Bryan see Jackson hit all his milestones. He is amazed by child development and thinks it is cool to see him learn new things. Life couldn't be better right now and I am loving the time I get to spend at home with him! Jackson is trying to talk daddy into letting him be a big brother sooner rather than later. ;0)

Jackson, at 9 months you are:

• weighing in at 19 pounds and 14 ounces. That's the 39th percentile.



• 29 inches tall and in the 50th percentile.



• still sporting a big head. Your head is 18 inches and in the 90th percentile.



• CRAWLING!!! You crawled for the first time at Mommy's Weight Watcher's meeting on Monday, April 4th! You looked like you had know what to do all along. We were trying to be quiet while other people were talking but we were just so excited!



• talking all the time. Your new favorite consonant is G. You say "gagagaga" all the time.



• all done with swimming lessons. We are going to take a break and just play in the pools this summer.



• still taking music class. You don't like to sit by Mommy anymore though. You crawl to other people so you can play with their drum because, even though they are all the same, you thing the other drums are more appealing.



• full of teeth. You have four bottom teeth, two on the top left and the two top right teeth are almost in as well.



• sleeping from 6:30 at night until about 5 in the morning. You wake up and make small grunting noises until I come in and give you a bottle. Then you go back to sleep until around 7.



• not a good napper. Other mommies talk about how their babies sleep for a couple hours in the afternoons. You do not like to sleep. You still fight naps and try to wake up after 20 or 30 minutes. Your doctor said you just need to learn that you have to stay in your crib for a nap even if you don't want to.



• ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING!

Mommy and Daddy love you!

Jackson Can Crawl!

Throwback

I am SOOOO glad I got this picture. This is Bryan's sweater from when he was a baby and I plan to put a few more outfits on JJ as well! I LOVE THIS PICTURE! We keep all of JJ's toys in the basket and usually just get out a few at a time. He was not easily pleased the other day so I tipped the whole basket on its side and he went to town. Now he can play with any toy he wants.

JJ's Final Swim Lesson

...for now. He just finished his very first Level 1 class. Of course he will have to take Level 1 many times until he is developmentally ready to move up to Level 2 but we are going to practice at the pool this summer instead of paying for lessons. He loved his swim lessons and was very laid back about the water the whole time.

It is getting very difficult to take pictures of him these days. Jackson is always with his lady friends. This is Addison and Macy. Jackson broke out in tears in the middle of our photoshoot. I'm not sure what happened. Maybe one of the girls made a comment about his spot? All bundled up in a towel after playing in the fountains. Goodbye for now DuPage Swim Center.