9 Month Check Up!

Today, we took the little guy to his 9 month check up. Everything went great! He is now 18 pounds, 14 ounces and is 27.8 inches long! His weight puts him in the 25th percentile, but when you hold him, it seems like way more than that!! And his height is in the 75th percentile!

Lost a Tooth!

Sarah lost a tooth today at school, and she was so excited! It's been loose for a couple of weeks now, and before their spelling test today, she just twisted it until it came out! She was really happy to get a groovy pink tooth case to put it in!

9 Months Old!

Today, Jackson is 9 months old! How did that happen?! Bryan and I can't believe how fast he's growing up! We are so blessed to be his parents!

He is getting so big!

He is just the happiest baby!

He has started using just about anything to stand up!

Lately, he's been sporting a little faux hawk!

Here it is from the side!! Haha!

He and Sarah just adore each other! I know there will be sibling disputes over the years, but I really think they're always going to be the best of friends!

• He got 1 new tooth this month--on March 5th!
• He said his first word on February 28th...Dada!! It is the absolute cutest thing ever!
• His second word was Mama! I was so excited when he started saying this, that I forgot to write the date down!
• He loves crawling all over the house, and he's pretty stinkin' fast too!
• He comes to you when he wants you to pick him up. It is just the sweetest!
• He loves being outside.
• He loves playing with his toys in his crib.

Family Time

Bryan was off today, (finally, bless his heart!), so we had a picnic and visited a duck pond. We had a wonderful time!

Jackson was excited about his first picnic! We gave him some homemade blueberry muffins, and I think he liked them! Shut up! How cute are they?! Love! My favorite little guy! (I didn't know Bryan was taking this one, but I think it's cute!)

Again, shut up!

Beara was so excited when one of the ducks started eating her bread!

She loves feeding the ducks!

Jackson really liked watching them!

While I was holding a piece of bread to show him how to feed the ducks, Jack grabbed half of it for himself! Haha!!

Snuggling

On the weekends, Jackson sleeps in really late. So, when I went to check on him this morning, I found him snuggling with his little Mr. Bear. It's the only toy we always keep in his crib, and he loves it.

How cute!

Thinking of You Gifts

I love giving Sarah and Bryan "Tuesday kind of gifts"--just little somethings to let them know I'm thinking of them. So, today, I surprised both of them with a simple gift.

When Sarah Bear was one, I took her to a duck pond, and this picture of her holding a flower that she picked is one of our favorites! (Sorry, it's a picture of the original, so it's blurry!) So, today, I picked her a bunch of those flowers and left them on her nightstand. She loved it so much that she created this picture! For Bryan, I made one of his favorite cakes from childhood--chocolate cherry with homemade buttercream icing!

Spring Break Recap

I have been looking forward to Spring Break for weeks now, because I knew it meant spending lots of quality time with two of my favorite people:

Princess

(Although we're in green, this picture was not taken on St. Patrick's Day!)

and Bubs!

Since we didn't have to get up early to go to school, Jackson slept until about 9:30 each morning! While he was still snoozing, Sarah and I were able to spend time doing girly things! We played dolls and beauty shop! We read a ton of books and played several board games too, (and I'm sad to say, I lost at each and every one!).

Sarah and I also made strawberry jam and baked snickerdoodles and scones. We even attempted to make green pancakes for St. Patrick's Day, but we tried a different recipe than we normally use, and after the food coloring was added, it did not turn out right!! We went on lots of walks! It was obviously really sunny this day!

We visited a nursery and had such a good time!

She is so pretty!

And he's pretty handsome!

Sarah loved this statue!

Giving Jack a sweet kiss! I love it!

The little man loved looking around at all of the plants, but he also really enjoyed just laying back and eating some sweet potato puffs and Cheerios. He's getting so big!

We bought some Rosemary and Basil, and we can't wait to cook with it! We had a ton of these two herbs last spring, and we loved them...but then Jack was born, and I forgot to water them!

We played a lot, and one of Sarah's favorites was "Doctor!"

I love how she's laughing hysterically because Jack took the blood pressure cuff right off of his arm as soon as she put it on!

Poor Jack sprained his ankle. Good thing Dr. Sarah has been well trained by Dr. Daddy, so she knew just what to do!

(How much do you love his camo shorts?!)

One morning--while Jack was still asleep--Sarah and I had a tea party. Having tea time together is one of our favorite things to do!

Adventures in Crawling

Jackson just loves being in the kitchen with us!

Yet we've noticed that pretty immediately after he gets to the tile, he crawls with his bootie in the air! We think he does it to protect his knees, and it's precious!

Books, Books, and More Books!

Sarah Bear has always adored reading. When she was a baby, she would sit in our laps and let us read to her for an hour or more. Now that she has been reading on her own the past few years, she loves it even more. With her love of reading, has also come a huge amount of books!

So, I decided to move some of our photo albums from the bottom of one of our book shelves, to give Sarah's books more room! She loves it! She still has a few baskets of books in her room and game room, but at least for now, she has a little more space!

Teacher of the Year

Ms. Zarate, Sarah's first grade teacher, was named Educator of the Year! She really is the absolute best teacher! She has also always been wonderfully generous to our family, so after school today, we brought her a bouquet a flowers to congratulate her!

We love you, Ms. Zarate!

Sleepy Time

This morning when I went to wake Jack, he looked so sweet, that I had to take his picture. We actually put him to sleep at the opposite end of the bed, but I guess he wanted to snuggle next to Mr. Bear from Aunt Rachel and Uncle Gus instead.

Is there anything more precious than a sleeping baby?!

Rockin' Out

I have a feeling little Jackson is going to love rock n' roll as much as his Daddy, so when I saw the AC/DC onesie at Target, I couldn't pass it by!

Jammin' on my guitar from Aunt Hill and Uncle Logan! Rockin' out is serious business, folks! Rock n' roll ain't noise pollution! *If you zoom in, you can see some of his chompers!! Adorable!

Favorite Place

Now that Jackson is really crawling, his favorite new place in the house is the kitchen!

Each time I was in there yesterday, cleaning or cooking,

the little man was sure to follow!