Tuesday, April 28, 2009

This will only hurt for a minute......

Yesterday was Jackson's two month check up with Dr. B. He's gained four pounds since he was born! at ten weeks old he weighs 10 lbs. 12 oz. and is 22 inches long. He is going to be vertically challenged just like his parents. His nurse, Christina, was a rock star giving him his shots. She laid them all out and once she started it was wham, bam, thank you ma'am and we were done. Jackson was not very happy about this. I tried to distract him with the pacifier, but it didn't work. As soon as I picked him up and held him for a few seconds he was fine and we were on our way. They told me he may be a little fussy or a little sleepy for awhile and I'm happy to report that we got "a little sleepy" booger.

Some of you have noticed this about Jackson. He snores. It's kind of funny that we don't have the screaming baby that distracts everyone at church on Sundays. No, we have the snoring baby that cracks up everyone on Sundays! When the doctor asked if it was just heavy breathing or legitimate snoring I told her we had expert witnesses who could confirm that it's legitimate snoring. Turns out he may have a little reflux which should be easy to treat!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

We've had a lot of fun visiting with family over the past week. Papa Ray and Nana Jana were in town from Maui.

Aunt Sis came down from Charlotte and we went to the World of Coke Museum which was great fun. Jackson met the Coca-Cola Polar Bear, was kissed on by kissy puppies and experienced a 4-D movie.We ended the week with a visit to see Mimi and Pop and cousins Abby and Emma in Rome. Abby treated us to lunch at the country club (thanks to Abby for knowing Dad's membership number) and Emma offered some profound advice to Jackson: "Don't let him get under the toilet with his pacie in his mouth because it will fall in the toilet and he'll cry for like 6 hours. I know because it happened to me." Great wisdom from a 5 year old!

Friday, April 17, 2009

Smiles, Sleeps, Sticking out his tongue and............Shots

Jackson turned two months old today! Wow! He's a smiling fool and loves zerberts from daddy and mommy. He's discovering his tongue and likes to stick it out from time to time.

But the biggest milestone of the month came last night: he had a whole "sleep" (instead of counting trips in days and nights, my nieces count them in the number of sleeps they will have)!! Although we know infants have achieved this for centuries all over the world it was hard to imagine that Jackson, our child, would ever sleep through the night, but he really did it!

The other milestone for his first two months will come next week when he gets his first round of...............SHOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!