First Road Trip

We packed up the car, strapped Jackson into his cow-print car seat and headed for Kansas last weekend. My cousin John was getting married and it was an event that we couldn't miss. The trip was 8 hours each way and Jackson was an ANGEL! We were all so impressed with how he handled himself. He was calm, cool and collected the entire time which is more than I can say for his Daddy and Auntie... ;-)

His First Tooth!!

I must report that this weekend Jackson's first tooth popped through. It's a beautiful and perfect tooth. The other bottom tooth is about to peep through as well. He's still trying to chew on everything in sight and I expect this, but I am somewhat relieved to have that first tooth pierce through. I feel as if a weight has been lifted! He's been teething since he was two months old and hard-core teething for about 3 months now...it's been a nightmare. I am sure that we have many more weeks (months?) of nightmares ahead of us, but again, it truly feels like a weight has been lifted! Yea for the first tooth!

Who Me?

His eyes get me everytime. I think they are probably the most beautiful set of eyes I've ever seen. Now if they would only stay shut at night for more than 10 minutes at a time! Silly baby!

Playing with Dear Dad

They always seem to find lots of time to play together! No one can make Jackson smile like his Daddy!

A future model?

He sure knows how to strike a pose!

Ummm...what kind of face is that?

It's amazing the facial expressions wee little ones are capable of making. This particular expresion looks like he just swallowed a bubble gum ball and saw a scary monster at the same time. I give him a 10 for originality.

Is that a sock on your head???

How silly is Daddy? Yep, Daddy thinks he's pretty amusing. Poor, unsuspecting Jackson...

Sleepy McSleeperson!

We just can't seem to keep this one up during walks. He will watch Harley walk ahead of us and then drift off quietly. Not a bad deal. Now if only he had these same tendencies between the hours of 8pm and 6am!

Working in some semi-solids...

We've started working in some of the Stage 1 Gerber baby foods... Jackson has decided that bananas are his #1 preferference. He's so funny when he eats; he takes the spoon from me and tries to feed himself. In doing so, he ends up dragging the spoon through his hair, over his clothes, on his cheeks, etc. So much to clean up!

Fuzzy Monkey Man!

Playing and Learning!

I want to buy him a new toy every day...but have to realize that if I were to do that his room would fill up and then where would we play?? He really likes to touch, feel and explore everything he lays eyes on. It's amazing to watch his eyes and try to figure out what he might be thinking. These days I am sure he's thinking..."I wonder how that tastes..."

Down Time for Mom and Dad

Although Jackson does not spend too much time SLEEPING in his crib, he sure does like to play in it! He can lie there for and hour or so just watching the mobile, talking to himself, and playing with his new-found feet!

Those Darn Teeth!

Cole & I continously question if Jackson will EVER keep his first tooth. It has been four months of teething, pain, irritation, and misery. This poor babe...we're crossing our fingers that we are at least close to the first break through!

Biting His Lip...

Jackson has found a new habit...biting his lower lip...it's adorable and we laugh everytime he does it. Such an innocent little man!

The Shirt Says It All...

Breakfast with Mommy

Visiting with Family

Jackson got to hang with Grandma and Grandpa Vendel and Uncle Shane this Sunday. As usual he made his way around to every lap in the room! :)

Baby It's Cold Outside...

Unfortunately it was just shy of 50 degrees here yesterday. Jackson and I wanted to take Harley for a walk, but what's a little boy to do when it's so cold out there? It was a challenge, but Mommy was able to get him into his "puffer" snow suit. Once on, he was pretty content, but it sure was a process to get it on him!

Laid Back...

Sometimes I think Jackson mistakes the camera for Mommy's face because I'm taking photos of him non-stop. He just looks at me like I'm crazy once I raise the camera to my face to take a photo of him. Hence the blank stares in almost every photo ;-)

Our Little Peanut Aint So Little Anymore...

He's getting so darn big, it's amazing. Sometimes I don't notice how BIG he is until we look back at these photos. Oh how quickly the time passes. We're at 5 1/2 months already!