gurgles

 Sometimes..

 My favorite part of the day is spent on the changing table..
 watching him try to hold both of his feet.. smile, bubble, and coo..

he seems to be quite content gurgling along ...
this is when he is the most vocal..
little baby music and feet kicking to the rhythm...

kissing cousins {?}

well,
 she went in for the kill.. 

I THINK Jackson may have had his first kiss from a peer...  a 2nd cousin at that~! uh oh.

Kissing Cousins.. oh my~! watch out..

it was rather funny to watch:

two babies... rolling around on the floor.  (*or rather.. Jackson just laid there arms outstretched and Mya  rolled around him and plucked for his eyes-  Haahahah.. )

 I always enjoy seeing how babies ahead of him are developing.. Mya is 2 months older and she is rolling, crawling and much more mobile.. i have my work cut out for me soon enough..

 but for now.. he only can sit on his tummy and get frustrated that he cant move forward.. bobbing around  and kicking his feet.. but staying in one place

my little treefrog will learn how to leap soon enough..

As for today,

Jackson has been working on his sitting.. I make sure there are plenty of pillows as he mostly just falls backwards. He is craning his neck now , he WANTS to be sitting.. not just laying..
Of course, as usual, in order to get any sort of smiling picture of my little bummbadoo, I have to pull my face AWAY from the camera and bark like a puppy and hope that i ACTUALLY got him in focus as I cant actually look into the viewfinder without him being scowly that i am pointing a big black thing at him.

BUT.. if barking like a dog gets these kind of smiles..

 Ill do  it. 

you best believe ill do most anything to get smiles..

Aside from that: things he has been doing lately?:
-making more noises, and shrills
-gagging himself by placing his index finger down his throat, and then repeating it again two seconds later
-enjoying swaying around on the johnny jump up
-meeting great grandpa and relatives
-SMILING more , (*yeah~!)
-Laughing during Peek-a-boo~! (double yeah~!)
-being fascinated by the cat's tail.. (*watch out cat)
-battling a really bad cold/cough (bronchitis? I hope not.. )
-he enjoys trying to swipe at your mouth when you talk to him..
-his fingers twitching just so when he is concentrating really hard
 oh.. and scratching himself in the face.. no matter how HARD i try to cut those fingernails.. he is a little swiper~!

everyday he . is. growing. . . .

a new sheriff in town

well, ive always thought of the name Jackson Wesley having a twinge of the wild west in his name.. and i have toyed around with the idea of his first birthday party being a western theme.. (*that is yet to be determined)..

but .. just in case, i had this hat on hold for the future.. and as i cannot resist my 'baby in hats', on went the cowboy hat this afternoon:

my own little naked sheriff~!

someday i can imagine his nursery turning from nautical blue and boats, to a little boy room with cowboys and indians.. a vintage cowboy theme.  Bucking bronco's and a little cowboy lamp... it t'would be so dang cute.. but i am getting ahead of myself..

but i mean really ?: how can you say no to a cowboy birthday party? all the horses all in a row?

 

http://pinterest.com/pin/155233518378305936/

I think he would fit rightttt in , dont you?:

*altho, he does already have a FEW cowboys and indians in his room already.. from a flea market we went to last year : 

 

takes a village..

i find the house is a little extra quiet this week.. my in laws came for a visit for almost a whole week.. thus no blogging for me as we were running errands all over town in blessed busy-ness~!  

"Ikea?', no problem,

'Costco ?': Yes please~! 

'Thrift stores?' ~! OF COURSE~!

it .....was ....delightful.

*i am lucky to say that a visit from the "in laws" is not a dreaded agenda, but rather it filled our house with three F's: good food, family and fellowship~!

 

  I am one of those blessed people that has a mother in law that i not only like, but LOOOVVVEEE.. and she is always bringing something splendid for little Jackson..  this time , she crocheted a giraffe~! 

 

 

I mean, if wonder woman existed, she would be my modern day mother in law, ( who can not only cook, sew, plan events, and THRIFT with the best of them., she also has a heart o' gold. ) She is always looking for jadeite on the sly for me, along with any other collection that I have going at any given moment.. and most of all, she has this inner knack to remember the things you like and shower you with holiday cheer.. i mean, i try not to brag to my girlfriends, but really... i mean really.. i have the best MOL evaaa!~

And my father in law.. he entertained Jackson by quacking like donald duck sooo long, i am afraid he may have bruised some vocal chords.. ALTHOUGH- He did procure quittttteee a few giggles if I may say so ~ *jealous*

  Jackson woke up today, and instead of getting bundled downstairs to the warm arms of grandmummy-  (and this mommy getting a much coveted MORNING shower..)

 

 instead.. it was quiet..., and a brightness was gone.. I suppose this is why, it "takes a village" to raise a child...Unfortunately for them -they had to brave a snow storm in April, whilst grass was growing where they live.. Ahh ... land of ice and snow.- i was tempted to hop in the car with them and say goodbye to the Hubs for a coupla' weeks.

needless to say, I am going to have to go back to quiet days and nights again.. it was a wonderful "stay-cation" for me, and refreshed me with laughter and good company.. My Hubs being a guy that needs alone time, doesn't understand how this re-winds my inner clock and makes me come alive.. 

 

Now if only this weather would straighten out and I could get back to the stroller.  (*altho: both Jack and i are suffering from colds.. and i am hacking along the way..so the stroller might be on a temporary hiatus )

as for Jackson, he is pirouetting with the best of them in his Johnny Jump Up.. he tries so hard to stand  but ends up swaying around with his feet dusting the floor.. HA. Today i was able to entertain him with an animal cracker bag for almost 15 minutes.. *As the Hubs said: "should i be worried our child is entertained by garbage?" .. but 15 minutes, is still 15 minutes, SO ill TAKE IT~! 

He also is truly fascinated by eyeballs, .. but unfortunately that fascination is synonymous with wanting to scratch at said eyeballs.. Now on a stuffed elephant it's one thing, but i have truly had to wrangle his little hands away from plucking out my own blue's like a pecking little crow. If he could put my whole face IN his mouth-he would be even more satisfied, but as this will not suffice, nor is it possible (*even though he has on occasion sucked on my chin, dont judge me~! )...., he is obsessed with chewing away at slightly wet washcloths  (A fair trade if i do say so myself).


We spent most of our Saturday indoors today, .. little flakes of snow were swirling down, and it was not idyllic, or pretty, or romantic: so do not try to convince me. Christmas is over, even March *(my most hated month) is over, and still the snow keeps coming. . Now, I am just a frustrated mommy wanting her baby to see the blue sky and put his little toes in the grass: IS THAT SO MUCH to ASK>?

so .. spring, if you hear me: "Come out, come out wherever you are.. ~!"

tummers

well the dreaded tummy time is beginning to pay off.. he still doesnt like it.. but instead of looking just like a floppy fish.. he is at least keeping that head up .

 i know he is closer to crawling than i want to admit. Admitting it, means admitting that he is getting older too quickly. 
once he crawls than i am going to have to baby-proof this house.. ~! not nearly even close.
but he still yowls anytime he is on his belly, so for now, i am safe.


but pretty soon, he will be a baby -godzilla, attacking all the lowest shelves with ferocity~!

4 months and countin...

here is my month 4 of the "baby growing in a laundry basket update"

have to say:

 kinda like the out takes as well :) 

april 4 | 3:05 pm | not happy being swaddled

april 4   | 3:05 pm | not happy being swaddled


I am baby Houdini..

"you can never CONTAIN ME!!"

year in the making (*literally)

a year ago today i found out i was pregnant.

a single millisecond of information changed the course of my life and my history. .

it makes today so much more sweet and tender, as i think back on that moment. all the thoughts that were running through my head, my excitement mixed with fear, my trembling fingers and racing heartbeat.. how all of a sudden, i found out:

i was a mother.  . . 

 

its not something you can put into words, .   . .

 it makes me kiss my little boy all the more today -as i once again feel so blessed by his health, his rosy cheeks, his chubby fingers that still grip mine.

i was afraid then, afraid of what the future held, afraid of not being strong enough -or wise enough.. but if i have learned anything these last 4  months, it is that you become a mother.. because you love your child.

• You learn what makes him smile (*and thus bark like a puppy just to see his lips curl upwards)
• you learn what makes him cry (loud noises - being over tired)
• you learn when he is content (with his little feet kicking about)
• and when he is frustrated (his furrowed brow) ..

 

it is all these little moments you spend together, that makes you understand your own child.. and its the patience and dedication that make you a mother ...

a little excerpt from the day i found out, one year ago :

"and yet.. there is you, you are in there somewhere.. down deep inside like a whisper.. a soul formed, a twinkle sparkling, a whole history and lifeline starting to shimmer.  I keep imagining Jonathan's big bright eyes lighting up your face.. our curly hair topping your head in little soft waves. your little lips.. your tiny ears. "

i love you- my sweet jackson.

jumpin' jack

cannot believe our little stinker is almost turning 4 months..

today he has been teething and i swear sometimes he is growling at me..
 sometimes his mouth hurts so much that he chomps on my knuckle, or even tries to chomp my chin..
he has grown leaps and bounds just in the last two weeks.. he has learned to hold on to my hands to sit up , as well as his neck is much stronger and he is liking less and less to lay on my legs and relax.. he is starting to fight being just on his back:

 Last week we broke out the Johnny Jump up, we decided it was due time to get the little feller moving those legs.. thus far he only slides along.. and has not realized the cause and effect .. but when he does.. he will take to it like a fish to water. 

 

speaking of water.. .he is enjoying his baths more.. he likes to streeeeeetch out his legs and the 'infant tub' is starting to make him look so big. He also has graduated to an excer-saucer, and it almost makes me sad to see him sitting up banging his fists against toys.. he is an infant no longer, and barely even seems like a baby..

little biddy baby no more.

*(PS: our house is taken over by toys.. its like the living room has become a plethora of primary colors and plastic. UG.) it breaks my decorating heart.

easter

 Happy Easter. He HAS RISEN~!

Our little smoosh looked 'oh so cute' with a little $1 Target bowtie and some random high-pantsuit outfit i found at a thrift store..

i kept laughing at how much more bald he looks in a suit :) ha..
 like a little 1900's candy confection salesman .. all he needs is a twirly moustache..
  Sadly, Easter ended with me getting sick, throwing up and having chills and Hubs taking over ..
but all in all , this little guy was just TOOO cute