Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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.

Monday, July 13, 2009

FINALLY!!!!


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

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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!"

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Father's Day...


Father's Day was so much fun, Jackson was very eager to see John on his day...at least I think because he got up at 6:00 am. Jackson and I made Daddy some yummy breakfast and then he headed off to his church meetings. We made John a cute little frame with Jackson's handprints, it turned out better than I thought! At church Jackson played with Daddy in nursery for awhile and after church we headed off to Grandpa Riggs' home. We had a good time celebrating Father's Day/Birthday for Grandpa and enjoyed being with everyone.

I am so grateful for loving Father figures in my life. Especially my Dad, I love you little skatamat, as Grandma Andersen would say (to be read with a thick Danish accent!) I couldn't ask for a better Dad and friend. Likewise, I couldn't ask for a better husband/Daddy to me and my kids! Thanks for ALL you do!



Monday, June 15, 2009

Little America and Life at a Truck Stop...

We went up to the new attraction, to us at least, Little America Wyoming. Life at a truckstop as Jessica, my sister-in-law, would put it. It was fun to see how things are run and even more fun to spend some quality time with Spencer, Jessica and Boston. It was a fun filled time with hiking, fossil finding, lizard catching, swimming, shotgun shooting, talking, barbequing, touring and church going. It was also Jackson's first road trip, to which he was an A+ champ. He slept almost the whole time both ways!!! Spencer is the new Assistant General Manager up there and we were able to enjoy excellent accomidation in their nice hotel and a in depth tour of their city-like hotel. And yes, Spencer somehow got ahold of a penguin costume which, to my surprise, is the hotel's mascot, go figure.
The tour
The Hotel Room
The Rigg's Home
The Desert
The Mascot & Co.
The Boss
The Firefighters
Continue on for more Life at a truck stop fun!!!

Hit...Hit...Miss....

When you have Spencer and John together, inevitably guns will be involved in one way or another. After a fun filled day of fossil hunting, we came to a cliff's edge and shot shotguns. To my surprise, it was fun to see them throw and shatter the clay pigeons.
The backdrop was beautiful. Jackson and I enjoyed the elements from the safe confinds of the truck, as he slept like a baby while the bullets whizzed through the air.
You are see Spencer throwing the clay pigeon and John aiming to shot it, which he did quite often!Just like his Dad, Boston is very into the shooting of guns...and wearing Uncle John's hat. He is so cute.
Spencer's turn, they went through over 100 bullets, which I am told is not a hard thing to do. And yes, for all the inquiring minds, Jessica and I did shot the shotguns too, but only once. And not to toot my own horn, I did hit the clay pigeon...

Pete and Repeat...

It was so fun to see Boston and Jackson interact together! They were so fun to watch and generally got along very well together. Jackson was so into Boston and wanted to play with the toys he played with, eat the foods he ate, and give him hugs. It was actually very funny to pick out pictures of Jackson and Boston as often Jackson was a blurr for moving ALL THE TIME!Here are a few of the fun moments. Playing toys at Spencer and Jessica's, Boston was very good about sharing his toys, there were only a few moments with the struggle of the same toy.
At the desert Boston went up to Jackson in the stroller and pressed his forehead on Jackson. Seizing the oppurtunity Jackson pulled him in for a BIG hug. Boston was not to interested as you can see his running away cringing with Jackson in the background still in the "hug" pose.We went swimming at the Hotel pool. It was very warm and made up for the cooler temperature outside. Jackson loved to watch Boston jump off the side of the pool. We are so glad that these too cute boys hit it off!