Jackson eating his first meal at his new table!
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Jackson and Grayson watching mommy put the finish on the table. Notice the mouthful Grayson has!
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One of Jackson's birthday presents is a little table and chair set from Ikea. He was really excited to help mommy put it together.
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This is our little silly man
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Brothers dancing together
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Jackson finally rode in Ashton's car after 3 months of contemplating. He was definitely cautious but, as you can see, he warmed up quick. Ashton even let Jackson drive some - Ashton still controlled the accelerator from his side but Jackson had no idea! They are really funny together!
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Gramps gave Jackson this accordian a while back and as you can see, it is getting its use. It's incredibly loud and that is definitely why Jackson likes to play with it. Grayson just likes to go after whatever Jackson is playing with.
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I think we have some pictures of Jobe with this same face!
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This isn't a very good picture but here he is standing all alone! He has taken some steps but nothing too exciting. It's hard to get a picture of him standing because he immediately wants to grab onto the camera. I'll keep trying!
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As some of you have experienced, Grayson has a new game in the highchair. When he wants something he screams at the top of his lungs (which are pretty strong) until he gets it. Actually it's not really a scream it's more like a high pitch squeek that can break your ear drum. It's really fun...
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Jackson has a new favorite thing to do. We turn the ladder into a tent. He sits in it with a flashlight and his water and then once in a while comes out to play peek-a-boo with Grayson or whoever is standing closest.
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Is he turning into a cowboy already??? In the top right picture he was doing the motions to his favorite song..."Jesus you're my superhero, You're my star, my best friend..." He's on friend (you hug yourself) - He sings this song all day long, how cute is that?? :)
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He insisted on watching his show with the glasses, and the stickers on! He's very serious!
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A ham possibly??
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Lately Jackson has been using his potty...well, I guess his doggy has too! I walked into the bathroom at some point during the day to find the doggy needing some privacy!
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Jackson's friend Tucker sent him some stickers - he was indulging himself! He put up a pretty big fight when the stickers needed to be removed!
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The many faces of Jackson Lewis
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These are Jackson's new sunglasses - every time he puts them on he says, "cooool"
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Don't ask where he learned this trick...I didn't teach him!
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We took a trip to the zoo about 2 weeks ago with our neighbors Lisa, Shane, Ashton and Avery. They had a great time. Here are some pictures from the zoo (they are a little out of order)
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He wasn't in the mood for walking by the end of the afternoon!
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Ashton and Jackson were enthralled with the flamingos and the seagulls - Jobe encouraged them to do their own rendition of "mine, mine, mine, mine,...." from Nemo. They jumped and jumped screaming, "mine, mine, mine"
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Jackson's favorite part this time was the fresh-water otter. He chased that thing back and forth in the tank - pretty funny
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As the afternoon passed the boys were exhausted!
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I don't know what anyone else thinks but it looks like Jackson was born with a natural talent for cross country skiing! What GREAT form!!! :)
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Ashton and Jackson with their hats on backwards
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Grayson hung out mostly in the stroller - he looks pretty content hanging onto his blankie!
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Ashton and Jackson being goofy by the monkies
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"Thanks for taking me to the zoo guys!"
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Grayson just hanging out in the stroller, trying to stay cool.
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"Look mommy, monkies!!"
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Jobe with Jackson and Ashton -We did a lot of walking and they were exhausted!
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He's looking at something!
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Ashton sharing his snack with Jackson
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A few big moments have happened recently in Grayson's life. He can now play patty-cake and wave bye-bye!! This picture shows the patty-cake sequence performed by Grayson himself. The first four pics (from left to right) are obviously the clapping. The next four are him trying to "roll it" but I think his hands get a little stuck. The last is him very pleased. The whole time he is "performing" he is making the sounds that kind of match up with the words of patty cake. It is really hilarious. Now he claps his hands all the time and looks for anyone to play patty cake with!
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This is Grayson saying "bye-bye". Another big milestone! The doctor told us that he is the first baby at nine months, that he's seen, who's been able to wave bye-bye!! What a genius!!! :)
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One of Jackson's favorite things to do is chase the flies. We really don't have any flies right now but he "shus" them anyway. He walks around and says, "shu, shu" and waves the fly swatter around not missing any flies! So, here he is getting the flies! In the bottom left picture he is pausing to say, "oh WOW" and of course to get some attention!
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Lately, during Jackson's "room time", all he wants to do is lay on his floor under his blanket, with his dogggie, blankie, and pillow and read books. He will stay there for at least a half hour just reading books and singing along to Miss Pattcake! It's pretty funny.
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I was playing with the collage feature in Picasa and thought I would show how our meal-times are.
I was talking with Sandy yesterday and telling her how frustrated I can get with Grayson because he is so crazy when he eats. He gets antsy and I can't feed him fast enough. He spits it out, he rubs it in his hair, he rubs his eyes, and nothing can make me more frustrated than when he hits the spoon with his hands and the food goes flying or gets on his clothes.
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This is Grayson before he ate dinner!
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He was saying something very serious! Lately his favorite thing to say is, "daddy toot?" - only, for some reason he's been saying his t's as p's so it's, "daddy toop?, daddy toop?"
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The other day Jackson wanted to snuggle under the covers on the bed. It doesn't happen that often because our bed is mostly off limits but I'll take a snuggle any day! He got in and under the covers and pretended like he was sleeping - snores and all! It's hilarious. We have a Tumble-time Tigger and he snores...
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Time for some new "shoes"? (He calls his pjs with feet shoes - pretty funny!)
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A cute shot of Grayson asleep. Jobe actually layed him in his crib just like you see and when he went back in to check he hadn't moved.
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I bundled Grayson up last Saturday and took him outside in the oh-so-cold weather because he had a croup-like cough and supposedly the cold air really helps to break up the congestion. I think it was a couple degrees below 30 and the cold air helped a ton!
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So...the other morning Jackson was quietly playing in his room (which is mostly normal) and I happened to walk by and peek on him. What I saw was his floor covered in Baby Magic lotion! I think you can see some of the "spots" in this picture. His face tells it all though - very proud of his work! There was lotion everywhere. On the elephant, by his blanket, behind his left leg, and by his cd player. I have to say, it was pretty funny but I put the lotion on the top shelf!
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Keys!!
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Brothers playing together with the Fridge Farm
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I tried to take some "Valentine" pictures of the boys today but it didn't go so well. It's hard to get them together for even a second because neither of them will sit still for very long. And then add in that Jobe was at work and I have the camera in my face. Grayson kept falling off the seat and Jackson wanted to play with the "spoon" - So.....this is the best picture I have with them together, sitting side-by-side. It's always an adventure!
Happy Valentines Day to all our friends and family - we love you all.
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Jackson wanted to wear a hat like Grayson so he found the cowboy hat. I think Jackson's head has grown a little since we first took pictures with him in it!
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