Newness

Well, it seems my little wonder is starting to get the concept of crawling! He'll go 2-3 "crawling steps" before dropping to his stomach and army crawling. Slowly but surely, he's getting the idea. He also sat up by himself the other day--with the aide of a toy near him, but it still counts! He's been able to sit by himself for a few weeks now, but this was the first he actually put himself in that sitting position.

And the kisses!! Oh the kisses he loves to give. Last week was the first I noticed him doing it in response to my kisses. For about a month or more now, he's been doing this thing where he grabs my face on either side and plants his open mouth on my cheek, then releases. Usually, he's grabbing a handful of hair as well, or my ears, which isn't comfortable but once I realized what he was doing, I couldn't very well stop him. Sometimes, he'll just go right for my lips. Kinda weird being "tongued" by a baby. ☺ It's so sweet though, and I can't resist a good Jackson kiss! He does it to others as well. I really hope to have a wonderfully affectionate child!

Jackson's now eating 3 meals a day. He eats like a champ! There hasn't been anything that's totally turned him off. His sleeping habits sometimes leave a bit to be desired--he sleeps about 10 hours at night, though his napping is getting a little better--sometimes he'll go 1-2 hours at a time. He still has somewhat of a "newborn nap schedule" (every 2 hours), but that's getting better as well.

We got some adorable 6 month photos of him at JCPenney's. They did a fabulous job!!

We're finally having a patio put in the backyard. The guys came last week and dug dirt, put a wood form, and layed gravel in there, but we have yet to have any concrete poured. That was supposed to happen early this week, but we're expecting rain until Thursday, so I don't expect to see them before then. In the meantime, we have a form in the backyard and can't use the back door, which really sucks because we have to send Bailey to the front yard to do her business. Hopefully soon, we'll have this thing finished!

Time to get the little guy from his crib, where he's talking to himself right now (after his early morning nap). TOO CUTE!