Some words instead of pics..
We’re working on pictures, but here’s an update in the mean time:
Jackson continues to grow by leaps and bounds every day. Just a moment ago he was helping me put the chairs back at the table by pulling with one hand. He also likes carrying his share of the socks when we’re putting away laundry. I love his little spirit, and it’s really neat to see his helpful side develop. We’ve been having an awesome time at the pool this summer, are taking lots of walks, and playing at the playground. Jackson doesn’t quite blow kisses, but once he plants them on his hand, he throws them! Has the same effect I guess. :) He loves to dance! I’ve never seen a little person move so many parts of his body the way he does! The shoulders are constantly moving and grooving up, down, backwards, forwards, in a wave, bouncing, etc. That, with the head and stomach, is a riot to watch. I wish we could get it on video, but he stops when we start recording! He’s precious when he wants to show you some love. Either he’ll kiss your leg (arm, shoulder, or whatever happens to be closest to him), or he’ll lay his head on you and say “awwwww” with a little pat from his hand. The other exciting thing is that he’s talking quite a bit! There are even some sentences in there. He’s beginning to mimic us, and it will be a lot of fun when he starts doing it all the time. Grammie keeps our little man stocked with tons of toys. Every weekend Jackson gets a whole load full of new toys! We’re so grateful for this, and we’re even more grateful that we can keep most of them at Grammie’s! We have the philosophy that Jack shouldn’t have too many toys at one time, and so it’s been awesome getting to switch out his toys with the ones at Grammie’s. Things seem new all the time, yet he’s not overwhelmed with tons of toys all at once.
That’s about it for now.
Have a great 4th!
Jackson continues to grow by leaps and bounds every day. Just a moment ago he was helping me put the chairs back at the table by pulling with one hand. He also likes carrying his share of the socks when we’re putting away laundry. I love his little spirit, and it’s really neat to see his helpful side develop. We’ve been having an awesome time at the pool this summer, are taking lots of walks, and playing at the playground. Jackson doesn’t quite blow kisses, but once he plants them on his hand, he throws them! Has the same effect I guess. :) He loves to dance! I’ve never seen a little person move so many parts of his body the way he does! The shoulders are constantly moving and grooving up, down, backwards, forwards, in a wave, bouncing, etc. That, with the head and stomach, is a riot to watch. I wish we could get it on video, but he stops when we start recording! He’s precious when he wants to show you some love. Either he’ll kiss your leg (arm, shoulder, or whatever happens to be closest to him), or he’ll lay his head on you and say “awwwww” with a little pat from his hand. The other exciting thing is that he’s talking quite a bit! There are even some sentences in there. He’s beginning to mimic us, and it will be a lot of fun when he starts doing it all the time. Grammie keeps our little man stocked with tons of toys. Every weekend Jackson gets a whole load full of new toys! We’re so grateful for this, and we’re even more grateful that we can keep most of them at Grammie’s! We have the philosophy that Jack shouldn’t have too many toys at one time, and so it’s been awesome getting to switch out his toys with the ones at Grammie’s. Things seem new all the time, yet he’s not overwhelmed with tons of toys all at once.
That’s about it for now.
Have a great 4th!
Sounds like Jackson has such a cute personality. I hope we can meet up with you guys sometime in the not-too-distant future.
You are wise to rotate toys. I agree that children are often too overstimulated with toys everywhere. They need space, allowing for creativity. We try to rotate toys too.
And I can TOTALLY relate to the whole video thing. Meredith stops doing her cute stuff as soon as we turn on the camcorder. She just KNOWS what we are doing and gets distracted. It's frustrating 'cuz none of the really cute things will ever be recorded. :-P
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Monday, July 09, 2007