First words and first covers

Finally!!  I have gotten a child that I carried for 9 months and gave birth to say "mama" before he said "dada"!  Davis started saying it a few days ago and it's so cute.  I realize that he probably doesn't really understand what he's doing or why I freak out when he does it, but I don't care.  Right now it's either "gaga" or "mama".  Not to mention he took his first little crawling moves today!  He's been rocking on all fours for a few days now so we knew he was close.  This morning I had a little one on one time while Jackson slept late and Davis and I worked on his skills.  The only thing that got him to move was going for the remote, such a guy.  I bet he'll be off for the races soon!

Jackson has also made a big move.  After a whole year of being in his big boy bed he his finally sleeping with covers on!  I've tried and tried to no avail, until I realized what I was missing...a little trickery.  I bought him a super soft blanket and when it was nap time I told him that Lambert was getting cold and he needed covers.  Well you see, Lambert sleeps right under Jackon's chin so the only way to cover up Lambert is to cover up Jackson.  He took it hook, line and sinker!  Now I'm hoping we'll move to actual bed covers soon, but for today I feel better since the colder air seems to be coming in fast!

Ha Ha Birdday

Or at least that's what Jackson says, who is now officially 3 years old.  We had an action packed day.  We started off with the birthday boy's favorite breakfast, cinnamon rolls and of course a present.

We had planned a great party at Memorial Park, but weather had other plans so we did a last minute move to a Chick Fil A that had an indoor playground.  Even though the weather was crazy we still had a lot of people come to the party.  In fact we ran into a friend of Jackson's from preschool who was there eating with her dad and little brother.  It was fun had by all!

Emily was spending her 30th birthday helping kids who were stuck in the playground area.

 After the party everyone took good naps and then it was up to the birthday boy where we went to dinner.  Being my child he wanted macaroni and cheese, which in his mind meant Jim & Nick's.

Jackson's 3 year old check up was this last Thursday so here are his stats:

1.  He weighs 32 lbs and is 37.75" tall.  Both in the 50%.  Dr. Roe said he thinks Jackson will still be tall even though his height slowed a little.  Apparently it's normal to have a year with a little growth and then shoot up a year or 2 later.
2.  Jackson seems to be surviving on 1 meal a day, which again Dr. Roe tells me is normal until 5 years old.  It's not that he only eats 1 meal, but he doesn't eat 3 meals that's for sure and it's not because I don't cook.
3.  Jackson's favorite foods right now are macaroni and cheese, Chick fil a nuggets and fries, apples, bananas, strawberries, pizza, hotdogs, egg salad (from Cafe At Pharr), goldfish, animal crackers, fried shrimp (from Maki Fresh), waffles and cinnamon rolls.  Even though he will eat some veggies (lady peas, butter beans and corn) I'm hoping he'll adopt more.

Class party

Today I think I officially became a soccer mom.  I brought mini cupcakes into Jackson's preschool class to celebrate his birthday.  It was so cute!  While I was still in the hallway the teacher, Ms. Tanya, told the kids we had  a surprise and they needed to sit at the table.  I walked in with Davis in a stroller and I was holding a tray of cupcakes.  Jackson's back was to me and some of the kids turned to see and started saying "that baby has a paci", then Jackson turned around and he looked so surprised and said "Mama!".  So cute!  Ms. Tanya then said "Someone has a birthday.  Who is it?"  She was pointing at Jackson and said "Who is this?"  Someone said "Jackson!".  She told them we were going to sing the special happy birthday song.  Now, Jackson has been randomly singing happy birthday at home so I thought he would just join in.  As the class started singing Jackson got the biggest grin and just looked at everyone while they were singing just taking it all in.  It was hilarious!  The cupcakes were a hit and I took some really cute pictures, but apparently my camera wasn't working right so I lost them all.  Oh well, still sweet memories.

8 months

Davis is 8 months old today and I'm so happy he will still let me rock him to sleep every once in a while.  He was falling asleep while he was drinking his last bottle tonight and would not wake up to burp.  A good mother would not put a baby down like that, so I just had to rock him for a little bit to make sure the milk got down before he went to bed.  So sweet. 

Off the mushy stuff and onto the facts for this month:

1.  Davis is wearing a size 12 month.
2.  He weighs just a hair under 22 lbs and is about 29" (from my best measurements).
3.  He is now down to 2 naps a day.  One from about 10-12 and another from about 2:30-4:30.
4.  Davis is eating 3 meals a day and a last bottle at bedtime.  He is starting to dabble with table food and just loves macaroni and cheese.  He seems to suck all the cheese off and spit the noodle out.  Whatever works.
5.  As of a couple of days ago he is more mobile.  Not crawling, but he'll roll or inch worm to whatever he wants.
6.  Sadly, I think Davis must have my sweet blood because mosquitoes just love him.  Poor guy seems to always have a mosquito bite on his head.
7.  Davis is now without a crib bumper because he somehow figured out how to untie the double knot on the rails and pull part of it in the crib with him.  Not cool.

First Day Jitters

Last Thursday was Jackson's first day of his new preschool class.  He is in the Older 2s Tuesday/Thursday class with Ms. Tanya and Ms. Kijuana.  The night before school started I was making a sign for him to hold for pictures the next day and one of the questions was "what do you want to be when you grow up?".  Obviously he doesn't understand what that means, but boy did he have an answer for me.  I could not sway him as hard as I tried. 

I think he had a good day.  There were no tears, from me or him.  Jackson's always been good about going into new places and not looking back.  Hopefully he'll always be that way.

Beach trip

We went to Suemama and Joepapa's beach house last week for a long weekend and it went by way too fast, as usual.  Davis loved it!  As soon as he saw the water he let out this sigh that was exactly what I was feeling.  Like we could finally relax.  We blew up a baby pool for the boys to play in because Jackson is still a little afraid of the ocean and it had a lot of seaweed in it.  Surprisingly neither boy really spent a lot of time in it.  Davis loved sitting in the sand and digging around and Jackson loved feeding the seagulls and then chasing them away.  I hope they have sweet memories of the beach like I do.

Bath time!

The boys are old enough now to take baths together.  Davis has a little boppy type float that he sits in while Jackson is next to him.  They have so much fun together.  Usually it consists of Davis gnawing on a plastic fish and Jackson making Noah take a bath in a small bowl.  They're so sweet together.