07.30.07 - Videos Added

I uploaded a couple of videos of Jackson to my YouTube account. Click on the videos link to the right to view them. Is he the cutest baby ever or what!? No bias, of course.

07.28.07 - don't touch my baby!

Okay, call me a paranoid new mom, but I don't want strangers touching my baby! I'm fine with someone touching his feet, or his clothes...but, why do people have to touch his hands and his face? I don't know where their hands have been! He's at the stage where he has discovered his hands and is constantly putting them in his mouth, so who knows what kind of germs he could be sucking on. So, after being touched by strangers all evening, I gave him a nice long bath and feel a lot better now...rant over :).

07.25.07 - out and about

Jackson has been out and about a lot these last few days. Yesterday, we went over to my parents' house for dinner. Jackson's "Tante" (aunt in German) was visiting from California, so he got to meet her for the first time finally. Today, we went to visit everyone at "Grandmama's" work. They were so excited to see him...he's really grown since he was in there last. We actually weighed him yesterday and he's up to 10 pounds already! After the visit to work, we went back over to Grandmama's and Grandpapa's for dinner to celebrate Uncle Brendon's 21st birthday. Jackson has slept pretty much all day long, so I'm anticipating a loooong night. Luckily, we have no plans for tomorrow, so at least we can take naps throughout the day if need be. Oh, and we have Jackson's baptism at our church scheduled for August 26th - so mark your calendars if you want to come to that! We'll probably have a little luncheon or something at our house afterwards too.

07.21.07 - busy week

Jackson kept busy this week. On Tuesday, our cousin Emily came over to visit. She took us out shopping and for some ice cream. Jackson got a little fussy in the dressing room at Old Navy, but otherwise he did really well. Mom took us out to the mall for some more shopping fun and lunch on Wednesday. He was very well behaved, but got a little miffed at his grandma's indecisiveness. He got his first taste at how slow his grandma shops, haha. Yesterday, we took a trip over to my parents' house for dinner. To top off his busy week, Jackson also got to visit with both of his other grandparents. Today we took his first "professional" portraits here at home since he'll be six weeks old tomorrow. I think they turned out really well. It's very difficult to keep an infant happy during a photo shoot, so I think all things considering, he was a trooper with that. I've made a nice birth announcement finally, using one of the photos from tonight, so once I get some envelopes and more stamps I'll be mailing those out soon (hopefully). Tomorrow, we're going to try to do church in the morning...just me and Jackson, since Adam is working. In the evening he'll be getting another visit with grandparents. It's so nice that all the family lives close by!

07.16.07 - first smile

Apparently Jackson finds burps very funny because he gave his daddy the biggest grin after hearing daddy's burp this evening. It brought tears to our eyes to see his face light up like that. Adam kept making weird noises and burps and he kept smiling for us for several minutes. It was so wonderful!

07.15.07 - First Trip

Jackson took his first long car trip this past week. Unfortunately, it wasn't for pleasure. Jackson's great-grandfather (Adam's grandfather) passed away on Tuesday, so we went down for a few days for the funeral. He never got to meet Jackson, but he talked about him all the time and kept his picture next to him in the hospital. He was so proud to be a great-granddaddy. Jackson was on his best behavior during the whole trip. He slept the whole way down in the car (about 10 hours), only waking up to eat and get changed every few hours. He was quiet and mostly slept during the viewing. We didn't get to do the actual funeral service since it was time for Jackson to eat, so he and I just waited outside. He was good during the graveside service though - slept through that. I think he enjoyed meeting all those new people. Everyone was going on and on about how good he was and how beautiful he was. I think getting to meet Jackson helped his great-grandmother just a little bit too, because I know she has been devastated. We came home yesterday and he was good for the most part on the ride home...a little more fussy than on the way down, but really nothing to complain about. Today we're heading over to his grandma's house since yesterday was her birthday. We've heard there are some new toys there for Jackson to play with, so I think he's excited!

07.10.07 - Happy 1 month birthday!

Jackson is already a month old today. I can't believe how fast the time is going. I dressed him up from head to toe so his daddy could take some cute pictures today. Jackson and I then went over to my parents' house to spend the evening since Adam was going to be at a couple of meetings. So, it was my first adventure by myself with Jackson. All went smoothly...it's just hard to carry a diaper bag and an eight pound baby up and down three flights of stairs with no air conditioning. We had fun though, so I'm sure we'll find somewhere else to go - just the two of us - soon.

07.06.07 - just jackson and mommy

Adam went back to work this week, so the last two days have been just Jackson and me. He's been really good so far. He even gave me a smile yesterday and lots of coos :). He tried his first 4 oz. bottle last night and downed it. He seems to be getting more and more hungry, so we figured we might as well try it and he loved it. The next feeding, we tried 4 oz. again, but he only drank 3 oz. So, maybe we'll just vary it up for a few days and see where it goes. He's been doing so well during the nights. He is still waking up every three hours to eat, but he usually falls right back asleep and stays sleeping until 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning, which is great! Way early for us, but we have to get used to that. I'm not sure what we'll be doing this weekend. Maybe if it's nice out we'll go to the park for a walk or something? I'm sure we'll try to do church again on Sunday. He slept through the whole service last week as well as the reception afterwards, so hopefully he can do that again this week.

07.04.07 - first 4th

Jackson celebrated his first 4th of July today by taking a trip to visit Grammy and Granddaddy in Martinsburg. It was his first trip out of state (insert sarcastic WOW here). He slept almost the whole time, but he did wake up a little to explore. He was fascinated by the barometer on Grammy's wall. Tonight, the three of us watched the Strasburg fireworks from Jackson's bedroom window. He slept through those too. With all the sleep he did during the day, I'm anticipating a rough night, but we'll see. He seemed to be starting to establish a routine...waking up to feed around 2:00 and then around 5:00...but maybe since I was bragging about how good he's been during the nights recently, I jinxed it.