11.21.08 - Blaaahhh

Jackson thinks he is an animal. Of some sort. Most days now, instead of greeting people with his old way of a wave and "hi", he now sticks out his tongue and says "blaaaaahhhh". Lovely manners, that boy. He is also quite the climber. He now can push a chair over to our bed and uses that to climb up. He has also been caught on the kitchen table and is of course always on the sofa and living room chairs. He does well holding a hand to go up or down stairs now, which saves my back a little with us living on the third floor of the building. We think he is in the middle of a growth spurt recently because he always seems to be hungry and never wants to stop eating. He loves carbs (bread, potatoes, pasta) and pretty much despises meat except for chicken on occasion. He's picky about textures. He can now finally drink out of a straw and used this to his advantage to drink up some Orange Julius the other day. His hair is quickly growing back into the baby mullet style, so I assume he will be getting another trim shortly. I'm dreading that because he had an absolute fit during his last hair cut. I'm hoping the distraction of a lollipop may help next time. We've completed our Christmas shopping for him and just need to place an order for his big item: a wooden table and two chairs from Pottery Barn Kids. He is also getting a shopping cart, play food, a giant ABC puzzle (Melissa & Doug - my favorite brand of toys!), Little People airplane, books, and art supplies.