Swingin'

Weekend before last we attended the 2nd birthday party of Miss Bella. While the entire party was really nice and included a special celebrity guest (see last picture below), the hit of the party for Jackson was definitely the swing in the backyard. We have this same swing at our house attached to the deck, but I'm not sure that it compared to Bella's swing attached to the giant tree in her backyard.

Loving it!

He swung forever and laughed and giggled the entire time.

As for the special celebrity guest...Miss Bella's favorite Sesame Street character, Elmo! Jackson could have cared less about Elmo, of course he was busy swinging!

Snowshoe

We wento Snowshoe over Memorial Day Weekend and had a great time! We stayed with mom & dad at the cabin. On Saturday Jared went golfing with Steven and Dave while Jackson and I went swimming with Kim, Sophie, Katie & Jordan. Jackson LOVED the pool- I forgot my camera, so no pictures, sorry. But we did manage to get a few pictures of us all at the cabin:

Jackson & Grandma


Jackson & Grandpa



He played for a long time out on the back deck and went for several walks around the yard and even one down the road.

Jackson & Daddy out in the yard

Jackson & Mommy on the front porch

And finally, Jackson, Mommy & Morgan (Jackson's best friend for sure!!)

We had such a fun time. We went out for dinner on Saturday night to the Elk River Inn which was delicious!! Jackson had such a great time playing in the pool that we are starting swimming lessons at the University of Charleston tomorrow evening.

9 Months...1 Month Late

Jackson turned 9 months old in May. While we took his pictures on time, I have just not been on top of actually posting them...I'll try to do better after we take his 10 month pictures on Thursday.

We actually got a picture of the blocks as they should be.

But you knew it wouldn't last long!

The "calm before the storm"

Rotten to the core!

Now, in my defense, within just a day or two of these pictures being taken Jackson was diagnosised with strep throat. He handled it fairly well, but was a little cranky and clingy. He has also battled an ear infection in the past couple of weeks.

But we seem to be on the mend now. He is crawling on his hands and knees and pulls up on EVERYTHING! He would love to be walking but just can't get it all together quite yet.

We've been to Snowshoe and Jackson has had his first official haircut recently- pictures coming soon! Have a great week...

On The Move

This boy is on the move!! He started out last weekend up on his hands and knees, rocking back and forth. He just couldn't quite figure out what to do next.

But...by this weekend he was totally mobile. He's doing the full belly scoot, but he can get around quick! He looks like a little inch worm moving thru the house. On Saturday we were in the guest room, next thing we knew he had scooted out of the room and was heading down the hall to the bonus room to play...

It's a LONG hallway when you are inch worming your way around!

But he kept on moving, little by little.

Sometimes you have to take a little rest on your way down the hall.

But, he finally made it- the trip literally took him about 15 minutes- but he was immediately rewarded with some play! And then continued across the room to the bookshelves where all his toys are.

On Sunday, after a nice visit with his Nana and Papa, he did some more scooting down the foyer to Daddy- it's much easier to scoot on hardwood rather than carpet!

After he made it to Daddy we played with his new alligator that scoots around all on his own.

He has gotten much quicker and can get around all over the place now. He starts out sometimes on his hands and knees, but still isn't certain as to what to do, so he drops to his belly and off he goes. Watch out world, here comes Jackson!

8 Months

Yesterday Jackson turned 8 months old. He was a little under the weather on Friday. He ran a temperature all day long and nothing would bring it down. So, we thought Easter would be marked, as all holidays have been, with Jackson being sick. But...on Saturday he was clearly feeling better, so we decided to be very brave and color Easter eggs.

It started out fairly calm and seemed like no big deal...

Then Jackson decided it was so much fun!

Things ended fairly quickly once the blue egg dye went all over the table and the floor. We came very, very close to having a blue Morgan dog!

But, we did manage to get all the eggs colored and I think they turned out well!!

We took his 8 month pictures this afternoon. Needless to say, that little boy who just sat in the chair and didn't bother the blocks is long since gone!

And again, everything must go in the mouth these days...

Here is the complete Easter outfit. It was a little chilly, but we managed to get it on long enough for a few pictures and dinner at Grandma & Grandpa's house.

Everyone have a great week!!

Happy Easter!

We woke up this morning, came downstairs and discovered that the Easter Bunny had hopped by last night!

Jackson was pretty excited. He had 5 board books and a First Easter bib in his basket. Plus the Easter Bunny left Jackson a bunny and blow up toy with balls in it- which is supposed to promote crawling.

Of course the first thing one must do is dump out all that colorful grass in the floor- thanks to the Easter Bunny for using the paper grass and not that plastic kind that used to be in my Easter Baskets. Then we checked out our new books. Books are a big hit around here, so they will get a lot of use.

And of course, the basket must be tasted! Everything goes in the mouth these days!! All in all, I think Jackson has enjoyed his First Easter- it wore him out, he's upstairs taking a nap.

Happy Easter Everyone!!

Quick Update

Sorry no pictures with this post...but I have great news!! Jackson is officially off the apnea monitor!! WOO-HOO!! I spoke with the pediatricians office yesterday and he said after reviewing the latest report that he did not believe that apnea was a concern anymore!!!!! So last night was the first time since Jackson was 7 weeks old that he slept without being hooked up to an alarm- and he did wonderfully!

He is back in daycare today and seemed to be okay when I left. He did give me a pouty look, but there were no tears, so I think he'll do fine down there today.

We'll try to get some good pictures this weekend and get them posted. Have a great weekend everyone!!