Baby Shower

Jackson and I went to a friend's baby shower this past weekend. Here are some pics. Enjoy!

7 months old

Jackson has turned 7 months old! We just got over our first cold (or whatever it was, allergies?) That was not fun! We're still working on our crawling. He actuallty prefers walking than crawling. He just gets upset that he can't move. Maybe he'll skip crawling and go straight to walking!

Everything else is going well. He's starting to notice strangers and he doesn't like them at all. He will cry when he sees someone he doesn't know very well. Hopefully he will get over this soon!

Happy 4th of July!

Here are some pics of our 4th of July celebration. We went to Scottsville with Chris and Micah. Unfortunately the fireworks started late (way past Jackson's bedtime) so we couldn't stay to watch them. We had a good time justing hanging out though. Mom & Dad Dennis sent Jackson a 4th of July outfit that he got to sport! How cute is he!

Hope everyone had a great holiday and day off!

Steph

Helping Mom with the laundry

Here is Jackson helping me with the laundry. He was in a cranky mood and then I covered him with laundry and he stopped crying! He liked playing peek a boo with Scott's boxers! Ha!

He is doing well. We're still practicing trying to crawl. Everyday he gets closer and closer! Not much longer now!

Jackson 6 months

Well, we made it to 6 months! He is doing so well and growing like a weed! At his 6 month check up he weighed 16 pounds and was 26 inches long. He has been sitting up by himself since we left Dallas and he is starting to rock back and fourth, trying to get the hang of crawling! I'm so nervous! Once he gets that down there is nothing stopping him and I will be pulling my hair out following him everywhere! He has increased his solid food feeds and is now holding his sippy cup by himself. Scott gave him a cookie the other day and he was feeding himself. We moved his feeding schedule to every 4 hours instead of 3. He is just not as hungry at 3 hrs anymore.

Here are some cute pics of little Jack! Enjoy!

Love,
Steph

Jackson so tired from the trip!

We finally made it home safe and sound. Here is a picture of Jackson asleep with the bear that Rian gave him! How cute!

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More pics from Dallas trip

Dallas trip

We just got back from our Dallas trip and had the best time. We only wish we could have stayed longer! The time went by so fast! Jackson is a great traveler!!! He did so well on the plane! Everyone around asked what our secret was to keeping him so entertained! His schedule only got messed up the first day we got there and then the day we got back. He got right back into his routine the second day back.

We enjoyed seeing our family and friends and they made it that much harder to want to move back! We went to some of our favorite food joints (Mexican of course!) and took the little kiddies swimming one day. Jackson took to the water great, (nothing like his mom!) We went to the horse races on Friday night and had a great time. We also got to see my dad, Teri, Chris, Cassie and Alyson on saturday and sunday. It was a short visit but we were so glad they were able to see Jackson. We missed seeing Daddy, Aida and Nicholas who weren't able to make it down. Hopefully we'll be able to see them soon. We missed you! It wasn't the same without you!

Jackson is growing by the mintute. He is now sitting up so well on his own. (we still have to watch him as he gets lazy and plops over sometimes). His solid food feedings have increased to three times a day and he is learning to drink from a sippy cup (with mom's help of course). I can't believe tomorrow he will be 6 months old! Time does fly! Here are some pics of our trip to Dallas!

Steph

Funny Face/Bath Time/Play time

Here is a picture of Jackson making a funny face. Also a pic of him in his bath robe and more play time. He is sitting up by himself for a couple of seconds before plopping over either on his face or his side. He squeals and laughs everytime Casey comes up to him now. He's beginning to understand who she is I think.

Jackson eating peas

Well, we got to the first "green" food, peas, and Jackson did not like it! He made this horrible face! I like peas so I gave it a try and they tasted like cardboard. Yuck! I'll keep offering them to him to see if he changes his mind but I don't think he will! Here are a couple of his yucky faces!

More Pics from wine festival

Ashlawn Wine Festival/5 months

Here we are at the Ashlawn Wine Festival. We went with Chris and Micah and had SO much fun! Here are a couple of pictures of our day. Jackson was attracting people left and right! He even got swarmed by 5 little girls!

He is now tried rice cereal, bananas, applesauce and sweet potatoes. Next up is peas. He is doing so well with all of them. He is a natural food lover just like his mom. He has mastered rolling over both ways and gets frustrated when he rolls over in his crib and can't keep rolling! We have to constantly go in there and roll him back over or he'll end up giving up and falling asleep on his tummy. He is sitting up with support from mom and dad.

We are so excited to see everyone in June, just a couple of more weeks!

Jackson and Bradley 5 months

Here is a picture of Jackson and his friend Bradley. They are now the same weight! Bradley has constantly been much bigger than Jackson but now my baby has caught up with him! They were born one day apart from each other.

Jackson rolling over 4 months

Jackson feeding Casey! 4 1/2 months