Fussy Mussy

Today, Jackson was a little out of sorts. He was fussy and crabby all morning! He woke up screaming, which is unusual for this little guy. Over the past few days, Jack had been pulling on his ear and tapping his head--which I thought was weird too. So when he became cranky, I called Dr. Wardell's office to schedule an appointment to make sure it wasn't an ear infection. And, thankfully, it wasn't! Dr. Perona actually saw Jack today, checked both of those little ears, and said he was all clear! She also checked his mouth, which he NEVER lets us do, and she was amazed to see 4 bumps on the top! She pulled back his upper lip to show me, since, again, I never get that close to actually "see" them--sometimes Jackson lets us feel around in his mouth, but anything more than that, and he jerks his head away. Sure enough, I got to see 4 white squares up in his gums, ready to poke through! So THAT explains the unbearable little monster!

But tonight, once Jackson and Daddy got to spend some manly time together while Mommy cleaned up the kitchen, he seemed to be fine--or it was the Baby Orajel and the Tylenol we loaded him up on--either way, he was a chatter/giggle box...but I have to say, it's pretty funny to watch him try and talk with his gums and lips numb! (Mommy got a little crazy with the swab and since Jack moves so much, I got a little on his lips--oops!a

Voice Player

Hey guys! I found this great idea from a fellow photographer that I blogstalk, Kristin Bednarz (she's fantastic!)
It's pretty cool! I thought it would be a great thing for Jackson to look back on in a few years! You just click on "record by phone" and enter the phone number and then listen for the prompts. Once you record your message, you can listen to it before you save it. Once it is saved, it gets sent to Jackson's profile, and it will appear on the blog for everyone to hear! Don't be intimidated--it's just like leaving a quick voicemail! Hope to "hear" from you guys soon! (And if you are a blog stalker, too, leave a message--come on, you know you wanna!!)

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End of the Week

This week was so much fun! Wednesday and Thursday were spent outside--literally! Yesterday we were outside next to the pool nearly ALL DAY LONG! Jackson loves being outdoors--he sat just looking around in his stroller for about 3 hours (in the shade of course!) We went on a walk, watched the birds, and tried the grass thing again--he's still not sure if he likes the grass.

The funniest thing that happened yesterday though, is Jackson has figured out how to "say" and "wave" bye-bye! His wave is backwards and he opens and closes his hand toward himself, but it's still cute! Sometimes his words are a little delayed, but he understands the concept of "bye-bye" now, and he doesn't like it! Aunt Tacey was at the house over lunch, and when she turned to leave, she said "Bye-Bye Jack! I have to go back to work!" and she turned and headed toward the door; his little face got so sad and he started crying! At first we thought it was just coincidence, but a few hours later, I did the same thing (waved bye-bye, turned and opened the front door) and he did the same thing! It kinda breaks your heart to watch his face get so sad...

Also yesterday, he was a walking machine! When he wants to walk around, he crawls over and grabs your fingers. He's still climbing on everything, and now shimmies around from furniture to furniture!

But today, we've just hung out all morning! Jackson hung out for a bit in his pack-n-play while I got dressed...he doesn't like to sit in there, he wants to be standing and seeing what's going on...busy body!

Tuesday

This morning we packed up and headed to Grandma Netty's...Mommy had to work on an engagement session. So Jackson got to play play play! He took 2 really good naps and when Mommy was done with the e-session, we took Jackson outside since it was another gorgeous day here. He got to play in the yard for the first time--he didn't know what to think about the grass, the leaves, the flowers...









I also forgot to mention Jackson's newest feat--he discovered the stairs. Yup, up goes a baby gate soon to keep him from getting upstairs! He gets to the edge, puts both hands on the next step, and lifts that left leg up, and pulls. Unbelievable!

Also this afternoon, Jackson got to wear his new shoes! Okay, they aren't new--Amy Carlson got them for him at his baby shower. They are the cutest Baby Gap sneakers with matching shirt! He loves to stand in them! And his newest trick is going from standing to sitting back down. I was holding him up and he would squat down and then plop to his bottom. Me, Mom, and GG Jane were all there and would clap and say "Yeah Jackson!" every time he did it, and now, he does it on his own--and adds the claps each time!! He gets so proud of himself! It's hysterical!

But don't get me wrong, not everything he does is funny. We are working on the words "No No" and not letting him get away with things. He gets so mad when we tell him no, and throws his arms and screams or cries. But we tell him over and over, and then walk away..for example, now that he can stand up in the crib, he likes to grab the mobile and pull on the palm trees. I told him, "No!" 3 times, and each time, he'd get mad. Finally, I took the mobile off and walked away...he cried for about a minute, and then forgot all about it!

Monday

After Jackson's first Super Bowl party, we had some catching up to do on the sleep! But it didn't faze him...he was up and giggling at 7:30! After some peaches for breakfast, we played a little, while Mommy did some laundry and picked up the house a bit (thank goodness it was still clean from the weekend!)


In the afternoon, we took a long walk to the park. Jack loves the park! It is so quiet and peaceful...sometime, I would love to take him there at naptime and let him lay on a blanky while I read a book. But we played on the swings for a long time, then headed back for his afternoon nap--which he took half of in the stroller on the way home!



Daddy got home just in time for his bath--after taking off his diaper, he took off! I just love that naked hiney!

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I put together a slideshow to update my MySpace page and thought I would add it on here too!





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Mirror Mirror on the Wall

After a really great, yet early, morning, Jackson was on the move! Adam and I bought an alphabet play mat in an attempt to cover some of the wood floors in the living room. I placed it in front of the mirrors, and Jackson had a hay-day with "the other baby!" He kept putting his hand out trying to touch him, then he even put his mouth on the mirror trying to kiss him!! Unfortunately, my smarty pants kept hitting his head against the mirror, and then would look up and me, like I had something to do with it! Geez!

Good morning Mommy!

This morning, Jackson woke up at 6:00am! So I had to drag my happy-ass out of bed too--do I sound bitter? I am...I am not a morning person!! So I took Jack into the living room so Daddy could get ready, and turned on Teletubbies. He sat there watching Teletubbies for about 30 minutes while I dragged myself into the kitchen for coffee...and since he was being so good, I started the laundry and picked up the house, dusted, Windexed, and wiped down the kitchen...I thought maybe Jackson was "re-scheduling" himself, but my mom thinks he is "re-scheduling" me!!

I also gave him his bottle this morning. We are starting to ween him off the breast, and while most 7 month olds can hold their own bottle, Jackson hasn't gotten a bottle too often, so him holding it on his own is fantastic!



Also, since I was up at the butt crack of dawn, I got to see the most amazing sunrise! These are from our back patio....okay, just from the door, it was too cold to walk outside!

Monkey Boy

When my little man decided to be mobile, he meant it! He's off and running...he is pulling up on EVERYTHING--yes, I said pulling up! He's crawling all over! Anywhere we go, he's following. We've also had to lower the crib, yet again, to one of the lowest levels, because as I posted earlier, he is pulling up in his crib! We found out how he gets up so fast too--he uses the bumpers as leverage...so those are the next thing to go!

Last night, we were sitting on our bed after putting Jack down, and we heard him grunting--he was pulling and straining to get up in his crib! I walked by his room to my office, and as I passed, there his eyes were, staring at me from over the railing! (It was kinda scary...) So Adam quietly walked in, took him out of his crib, and set him on the floor. He wanted to see what he would do if he actually got OUT (I told him , "Nothing! He'd be lying on the floor hurt and crying!" But he wanted me to humor him and we went back into our room and waited...we could hear him coming! It took about 15 minutes, and we could hear him on the wood floor, but finally, he made it to our doorway, looked up at us as if to say "Hey! There you are! Why didn't you come and get me? Did you miss me!?" Oh, he is too funny.....

Images by Aunt Tacey

On Saturday, Adam and I decided to get dressed up and go out--just the two of us--on a real date. So of course, we called to make sure Grandma and Grandpa weren't busy and if they would like to watch Jack for a few hours--duh!! After dropping off the little guy, Daddy and I headed to a little place called the Italian Cafe. It's a fabulous little bistro where you can take your own bottle of wine and enjoy the "real" Italian cuisine--Giada De Larentis would be so proud (I love her!) After dinner, we ended up at the Outpost Tavern--an absolute hole-in-the-wall beer joint--we love this place! They only serve beer and wine, have free shuffle board (which we played all night) and the literally only had 7 patrons in the place, including us!! We met up with some friends of ours and had a great night. In the meantime, I left my camera with Aunt Tacey (aka Stacey) and told her if anything cute happened, try and get some shots--I also thinks she likes playing with my camera, and she's actually really good at taking pictures (I just have to do all the settings for her, but other than that, she's pretty good!) Apparently, Jackson was eating winter squash, and when he was all done, he was still hungry, so they tried to give him sweet potatos, but he wasn't havin' it! He wanter more squash!! So once those sweet potatoes hit his little mouth, he started gagging and spitting, and she got all the great faces on camera!!

Peek-a-Boo

The other night, Adam and Jackson were sitting on the couch, and I snuck around behind it, and popped my head up--"Boo!" Jack throws his head back and belly laughs! I did it over and over again, and it never got old to him! He would start lifting his head up and looking for me...I grabbed the camera (duh)...also, check out his little sprout of hair in the back! He got that this weekend too!

Officially CRAWLING!!

That's right! We have a full on crawler on our hands now! He took a few movements forward on Friday in San Antonio, but didn't have much activity the rest of the weekend. But last night, the grandmas and Aunt Tacey came over, and he literally crawled across the living room! He is moving and a shaking now! My life will never be the same.....yikes!! ;)

In addition to that, he has started pulling himself up in his crib! I'll try and get a picture of it before we have to lower the mattress for the second time, but last night, Adam put Jack in his bed while I was putting some stuff away in his room, and when I turned back around, Adam said "Ramie, you have to see this..." and there he was, standing, looking up at us as if to say "Do you see me?! Look what I did!" I started crying....I'm not ready for him to be that big yet. It's all gone by so fast! He's so much fun now, and he's trying to communicate and move, and I love watching him learn and discover, but sometimes I'm selfish and want him to be the little helpless infant that I could lay on my chest at naptime.....that's why I photography as much as I do--I don't want to miss anything!!