July happenings

This brown eyed boy of mine has been such a joy lately. That’s not to say he’s not a joy every day, but he’s been minding and making good choices (ie, not throwing a fit when I ask him do to something or tell him that he can’t take a toy to daycare).

He’s enjoying his summer by swimming, throwing rocks in the pond when he goes on golf cart rides with Mema in the pasture, running around outside anytime he can sneak out. He loves all things firetrucks (wee-woo’s), monster trucks, dogs, heavy equipment, and ice cream!

At 2.5 years old, he’s wearing a size 3t shirt and 18 mths or 2T shorts. He’s just bumped up to a size 8 shoe and wearing a size 5 diaper.

A few funnies from this last month…

-          Not funny, but it happened. He was TERRIFIED of the fireworks. I mean TERRIFIED.

-          While laying in bed, I said “I love you Jackson” and he replied “I lush you” and I said “you do? How much?” he replied “A bunch”. Melted my heart.

-          Another night in bed, I was kissing him right by his mouth and he just grinned great big. He then began flicking his little tongue out like a lizard and his smile got even bigger. He was totally happy and content, lying in bed next to me. And I just love it!

-          Last night, while we were at his grandparent’s house. His papa got him an ice cream cone and he kept hollering “ice Ceeeaaannnn”

-          He’s started calling things by their name…ie, Thomas the train used to be simply “choo-choo”, now he says Thomas Choo-Choo. Blaze, the Monster Truck, used to be “trucks” and now its Blazes. And he wants to watch Blazes All. Day. Long. Every. Day. J

-          He was pushing his dump truck all over the house, he said “Ready momma”, and then took off!

Just last week, he finally quit crying when I take him to daycare each morning, which is a TOTAL and complete relief. Crying baby is hard on this momma’s heart.

My little man is 21 months old!! I feel like he has learned a ton this month and is really starting to jabber! He's done exceptionally well at drop off in the mornings, he kinda kisses me and heads off to the you closet.

Along with his normal list of words from previous months, he also says horsey, pronounced "Horsweee" which is melt my heart cute! He has started signing please. He also has added papa to his vocabulary. We're working on less and less time with the binky and more sleep time in the crib. Some nights he stays in all night and some nights notsomuch. I think he's working on getting his 2yr molars and that's making him crabby and not wanting to eat very much.

18 mths!

My oh my! My sweet pea is a whole year and a half  old!! He's growing by leaps and bounds! He still weighs 23 lbs and 2 ozs and is 32.5 inches tall. Growing out of a size 6 shoe (which is a whole big dilemma for me!) still wears size 18 mth shirts and 12 mth shorts and a size 4 diaper.

He loves milk and bananas! Every morning on the way to his sitter's house, he eats a banana and has his milk. He loves cooked carrots, strawberries, green grapes, watermelon, green beans and any type I regular bean. His favorite dinner is spaghetti!

New things he's doing this month: hopping, saying bubbles, ball, bow, and I'm sure there is more I'm forgetting! He's slowly starting to like the water.

Goes to bed at 8ish and is awake by 6:15. He generally takes one nap and that's from 12:30-2:30. He goes to his sitter at least 4 days a week now and Mema usually keeps him one day a week. 

4th of July!

We had a great 4 day weekend!!

Friday afternoon, Haylei and I met my mom for pedicures! We had a good time and Haylei talked our ears right off! As soon as we got back from there, Jackson had just woke up, so we got changed into bathing suits and headed off to my brother’s house for a cookout, swimming and fireworks!

The kids all enjoyed swimming…Jackson wasn’t a fan of the pool, it was too chilly for him! But…he did climb up the ladder to the slide, so my brother finished helping him up…I stood at the bottom and down came Jackson, he slid down, no life jacket, by himself!!! I couldn’t see him well, because the sun was right in my eyes, but as soon as he hit the water, I scooped him right up. He did it a second time. Crazy boy!!

I then got some baby holding time in. Baby Leyo, my 4 week old great nephew. J

Saturday, we had lots of playing outside…we played in the sand and water and on the big fort, where Jackson also climbed the ladder on that and slid down the big slide. No fear I tell you. Then P and A came over with Andrew and they all played for quite a while. We finished by eating Mexican food!

I had taken the day off on Monday, so the kids and I went up to my job, to let the girls see Jackson. Afterwards, it was still a little early in the day, so we went to Chick-Fil-A for an early lunch and to hopefully let them play in the play area. It worked out wonderfully! Jackson was the best he’s ever been in a resteraunt! He even got to go through the big structure once!!

17 mths!!

Jackson is now 17 months old! Where, oh where does the time go?! He is so funny and cute and such a little boy!!

Weight – 23 lbs

Height – 32.5 inches

Wears an 18 mth in shirts and 12 mth in shorts and a size 6 shoe and size 3 or 4 diaper

Says:

Momma, dadda, hey, sissy, bubba, book, boat, moo, ba, thank you, **signs more, yes and please**, Haylei, nana, uh-oh, Jack-Jack, bath,  and “brmmp” anytime he sees a piece of heavy equipment.

He LOVES, LOVES, LOVES his cousins!!!! He still loves to carry anything small or stick like around.  There is a certain Little Peoples truck he has, that he loves to push around. LOVES books! We’ll spend an hour every Saturday morning reading books.

He knows where his ears, teeth, hair and feet are.

Every night when its bathtime, he runs to the bathroom and says “Ath” for bath. After he gets done and his jammies are on, he’ll run to his bedroom and to our rocking chair. If I don’t come into his room, he’ll come back out and look at me like “hello? Aren’t you coming to rock me?” He is so funny. He loves for me to sing “you are my sunshine” and “Jesus loves me” when he’s going to sleep. Anytime I put his shoes on, he’ll run to the door to go bye, bye. I open the door and he’ll run to his side of the van and wait for me to open his door…such a smart little guy.

My sweet Jackson,

There are no words to describe my love for you…you are so strong willed and stubborn, yet so sweet and tender. When I pick you up, you put your arms around my neck so tight and then run your fingers in my hair. You are definitely my sunshine on dark and dreary days, but also every day in between. I love watching you grow and discover and learn! I hope and pray I can be the best momma for you and that you’ll always know just how special you are. I love you to the moon and back little man!!

First Haircut and busy, busy!




Jackson's first haircut

  Whew! The weekends are just so busy this year! Friday night, we went to eat dinner and took Emily with us. Of course Jackson and Haylei enjoyed that!! Saturday morning, we were up and rushing really early, because Haylei had a softball game. The schedule said it was at 9am, but matt said he thought the coach said 8…so we rushed…for nothing. So went and got gas and ran by mom’s house while we waited for the 45 minutes to pass until it was really time for her game! She did really well and had fun, which is all that matters! After the game we came home, Jackson was napping, so we just picked up the house a little bit. I then decided I really wanted his hair cut that day, so I googled hair cuts for kids in Tulsa, and saw a really neat place that had airplanes and motorcycles for them to sit on while they got their cuts…which is exactly what I was wanting! So I called and they got us in, in an hour. Jackson did so well!! Of course, Haylei got hers trimmed too, but she’s had cuts before! I ran next door to a consignment store and found a silver, car swing for our swing set! I was super excited! We ran to Taco Bueno for lunch…service was terrible!!! Never again! After lunch, we went to get some groceries at Aldi’s! We came home and colored Easter eggs! Two cups of color ended up on the floor, thanks to two little people I know!! :/ But they had fun! Sunday was church and our church has Eggstravaganza on the Sunday before Easter, so there were inflatable’s for the older kiddos to play on, Haylei had a blast…Jackson just watched safely from his daddy’s arms!! After church we went home and then to my nephew’s 5th birthday party…it was a Lego theme and his 12 year old sister made his cake! It was incredible!!! We came home to watch the storm roll in and then all went to bed at 8pm! This week is sure to be busy too, my mom is closing on her new house on Wednesday, so this weekend we’ll have Easter times two and moving!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Jackson!

My little man turned the big number 1, last Saturday, January 18^th! We had his party on Sunday. It was a john deere theme naturally!

He got so many clothes and toys, it is ridiculous!! With his birthday being so close after Christmas, it puts us in a dilemma, because he got so much new stuff at once. What a wonderful problem to have!!!

His Stats:

Weight – 22 lbs, 1.5 ozs (62 percentile)

Height – 30 inches (53^rd percentile)

Clothes: Wears mostly 12-18 months

Diapers – size 3

Shoes – size 5

Eats – He is eating all table food, he does have a baby food fruit pouch everyday generally, buts that’s just because he really likes them!!  He’s pretty much down to at most 3 bottles a day, but generally only 1, and that is a night.

Sleep – still bad. He is now full time sleeping with us, and I don’t mind that, he’s just such a light sleeper and has to be right next to me. Well I am not a still sleeper, so everytime I need to move I disturb him. He goes to bed at 8pm every night and is always up by 7am. If we could only get him a sound sleep during that time, I think we’d be good. He still takes two naps a day.

Jackson,

I can’t believe it has been a whole year since you made your grand entrance and stole my heart. I am so proud to be your momma. Everyone says how smart and cute you are, and it just makes me so happy because you are MINE! You are such a little ham! After your bath every night, you run naked from me while I try to put lotion on. You scrunch up your little face and pouch out your belly and just laugh while you run!! It is so funny!

I prayed for so long for you and you’ve fulfilled every dream I ever had of motherhood. I love you so much, all the way to the moon and back. I will never grow tired of your sweet kisses! I hope you always know just how much I love you and wanted you, I pray you never doubt my love for you! I love you my sweet, sweet boy!