On the Move...at 9 months!

Jackson is VERY busy now that he can crawl and pull himself up! It's so cute because it seems like he has his day planned of places he wants to go and things he wants to explore. For example, when he wakes up he likes to make sure that everything is put away, then redecorates for me every few hours. "Cleaning up" is a far distant phrase that doesn't seem to have meaning anymore. He pulls himself up on just about everything that he can get a good grip on, and somethings that he cannot get a good grip on. Just last week he was successful on pulling himself up onto a mirror and gave himself a good morning kiss, adorable! He is working on developing bigger muscles by doing honest-to-goodness-full-on-pull-ups on my piano and the church pews. I am very impressed, and a little nervous. He is starting to understand the phrase, "No, no, no!" and "not for Jackson,"(...and yes I did say understand, not follow.) His favorite toy is the gloworm that we affectionatly call his girlfriend, Patty. She gets lots of loves. He also loves to go to any willing people in the stores and at church and give them hugs and kisses. We can't get through a store without someone saying how happy and smiley he is, I love it! He loves to be outside and see kids playing and running around. He has made many neighborhood friends, especially with the little girls. They love to come over and give him hugs and play with him and his toys. Other 9 month tid bits are his nicknames, "Jacks," "Bubby," and "Busy." He has 3 teeth, 1 on top and 2 on bottom and is working on pushing the 2nd tooth on top through. He loves to swim and be anywhere where mommy and daddy are. John and I are so happy to have him in our home and feel so blessed to have him as our own.

Doing yoga stretches, I think this one is called downward dog.
After swimming, you can't put him down and except him to hold still for longer than 1 second.
Diaper Head! John having a little fun with Jackson before bathtime!

Hmmm...getting into trouble again with my plants! You can see the pete moss all over the floor next to the swing.

FINALLY!!!!

After much penny pinching and "night's in," our education is our own! We are out of educational debt! Yay!

crawling....backwards!!!

Jackson has a new talent, it's crawling---backwards. It is so cute to see him get all excited to come to you and then just start backing up, into and under everything. He's just the right size to fit under the coffee table, the chairs and his crib.

Sometimes he thinks it's funny, other times, he just gets mad.

One time he even backed up into Daddy shoes, and found it a very desirable play place. Mommy had to quickly take matters into her own hands and pull him away from all of the appetizing shoes...gross!

Much to his pleasure he just picked up on the crawling forward...phewww!! Now Mommy is a very busy girl. As his cousins would say, "Good job, Baby Jackson!"