Sunday, November 21, 2010

The Best Part of My Day

Sometimes its lonely with Brian leaving by 6:45 am every morning (and I, being one of the few lucky moms that gets to sleep in till 8 am every morning, don't quite get up that early). Luckily I have a cute little boy sleeping in with me in replacement of my hard working husband. Jackson makes sure to get me out of bed on a happy note each morning, talking to me and cooing so loud! I spend an average of 10-15 minutes laying in bed with Jackson every morning because he is usually his happiest as soon as he wakes up (its hard to tell because he is almost always happy!)He yells, he laughs, and he mimics mommy's high girly voice, as opposed to daddy's low voice. Its funny how he is already such a boy! His favorite thing to do is growl, and you know Jackson's a happy boy when he starts growling. Some examples of when he growls you ask? When:
-He gets his diaper changed
-Mommy feeds him
-He's chewing on his favorite football teether toy
-He first wakes up
He's definitely experimenting with his voice and the fact that he can whisper, then turn it into a growl, then turn it into a yell, then he can scream and slowing bring it down an octive. He's learning how to move his mouth and form different sounds like "b's" and "r's" and "m's" and "d's". The other day I swear he reached up and said "ma!" when I walked into a room (but its still probably a little early!)
I just love waking up to this cute boy's face and his sweet babbling!

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Sunday Scooting

Sunday was a really big day for Jackson. He's been rolling over from his back to his stomach quite often and pretty quickly but he had only rolled back onto his back a couple times. At mima and papi's house this past Sunday (November 14th) we laid him on the ground and let him go crazy. Not only did he roll from his stomach to his back multiple times but he also SCOOTED! Granted, it was only an inch or so but I'm counting it! He's been sticking his butt up in the air when he's on his stomach fairly often but it usually didn't amount to anything. On Sunday he was able to scoot forward after putting his bum in the air AND do a little bit of the army crawl! I can't believe he is growing so fast! We've also been sitting him up on his own which he is able to do temporarily, but eventually will throw his head back at which point we'll catch him. Still progress though! We're so proud of the handsome, big boy he is!




Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Jackson at 4 months

Jackson's 4th month has been full of firsts for him and we are having so much fun with him! I know its a little late but Jackson had a pediatrician appointment on October 20th and here are the statistics:
Length: 26 1/4 in (90th percentile)
Weight: 16.0 lb (75th percentile)
Head Size: 43 1/2 cm (75th percentile)
When Jackson was born his head size was in the 50th percentile so we joke that he's a little more proportionate these days.
Exciting news! Jackson finally rolled over and he is doing it like crazy now! The only problem is that he can only roll from his back to his stomach (not the usually way babies do it) and not the other way around. So whenever I lay him on the ground to clean or work he's always rolling over and getting stuck and isn't happy about it. So about every 2 minutes I'm getting up to roll him back over, but he always has a smile for me when I do! He's really quick at it and I'll look away for a second and he's already on his stomach again. He has rolled over the other way a couple times but hasn't quite got the hang of it.
One fun thing that we've been enjoying is Jackson's new laugh. He giggles like crazy now and it is so much fun! At night we'll lay him on the bed and tickle his stomach (apparently the only place he's even remotely ticklish) and he will laugh like crazy and get all worn out for bed. I swear not a day goes by without someone saying "He's a happy baby!" He's very social and has a big smile for just about anyone.

We finally got jackson to start sleeping in his crib after the pediatrician got on our case about him sleeping in his carseat. (Hey, whatever works!) It was touch and go at first, but he was already not sleeping that well so we figured it couldn't get much worse. The first night was a long one and we had to go in his room about every 2 hours but from then on he got used to it just fine! And now he has been sleeping 7-8 hours a night occassionally and we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel (again). We started his bedtime at 9:00. The ideal bedtime would've been 8:00 but he was just not having it that early so we settled for 9. Being the sneeky parents we are at daylight savings time we kept putting him to bed at 9, but its 8:00 the new time! So we'll see how that goes!
This is the only way Jackson will let me take a shower or get some work done, if he's got his pacifier, blanket, and a couple friends to keep him company. This duck is so funny we started calling it his "girlfriend" because he absolutely loves it and he's constantly cuddling with it and sucking on the beak so it looks like he's kissing it!
We have to watch out for these two.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Brian the Stud

I was thinking the other day about how studly and athletic my husband is, so just to embarrass him I decided to blog about it!
Brian's been skiing since he was 3 and snowboarding since he was 8 and he is AWESOME! As modest as he is about it he IS amazing and really talented! This is us when I was first learning how to snowboard, something I picked up fairly easy because of my amazing teacher, Brian.
 I took this 6 days after we met, the day after he asked me to be his girlfriend (we moved really slow). It was fun going out and riding these quads, it was my first taste of how athletic my future husband would be!
Wakeboarding is one of Brian's favorite activities and he's GREAT at it! In case you're wondering, yes that is him doing a backflip in the first picture! We went wakeboarding together the day we got engaged and on our one year anniversary, we really want to get a boat one day to take our kids on.
 Brian's always up for anything, including a little
weekend trip to Montana for some white water rafting! As a side note I was actually about 8 weeks pregnant in this picture!
This was in Moses Lake Memorial Day Weekend 2009 doing our first 5K.

 I just love this picture of Brian and his 2 best friends in High School! I remember in High School hearing about how cute Brian Welty, Vince Freitas, and Cody Gang were and this is the epitome of football studs!
Brian also coached a football team at BYU-Idaho. It was amazing to see how much respect he got from his players, something a lot of the coaches didn't receive. He also had a great record and had a lot of fun doing it.
 Also at Moses Lake, Brian was a natural at this! You'd see guy after guy falling down on this thing and Brian picked it up right away. I don't have a picture of him surfing yet but this reminds me of how great he is at surfing also!
 Basically what I'm getting it at is how athletic, active, talented, and SEXY my husband is! Not everyone is as active as Brian and I consider it a blessing to be married to him. Hopefully we're passing the athletic genes and we've got a football star in the making! (Brian thinks Jackson's a quarterback, I think a receiver like his daddy)

Is there anything that he doesn't do??