Lessons...

Happy 10 month birthday little BIG Jack! At his 9 month checkup, he weighed in at 22 pounds and 12 ounces, 28.5 inches long, and was 90th percentile for most things. Doctor said he was doing great....minus the minor ear infection. Luckily, it was a a very minor one. We didn't even know he had one until that appointment. An antibiotic prescription and we were out the door. 

Take One

Let's try this again...much better

Lots has happened since his 9 month old post. On December 13, we moved into our new house!! We managed to get the essentials unpacked and our Christmas tree put up within a few days. If you look around our house today, you will still find boxes that need to be unpacked. Oh well. That will come....right? 

Christmas was great with the kids!!! We took them to see Santa. Lucy talked about seeing him for several days before we actually went. She told us everything she was going to ask him to get her. Then as we approached the man himself, someone got really scared and screamed! She did not want to go. Jackson flew solo with him. Next year :) 

My two favorite people 

Family selfie 

Lucy got a new car for Christmas

And so did Jackson

After Christmas in Cincinnati, we headed to Athens for a few days and more Christmases. My brother and my niece came in from Arizona for Christmas. Lucy adores my niece, Saelem. She follows her around and mimics her. If Saelem had her hair in pigtails, Lucy had to have it too. It was very cute and sweet. Lucy and Saelem stayed up late, watched movies, had ice cream (that's what you do in December, right?), and played. 

Addison and Jackson 

Jackson and Saelem

Christmas morning at Gaga's house

We've learned several things this past month...

• do not put Lucy and Jackson in the same room to sleep. Lucy will climb into his pack-n-play with him and sleeping will not take place (see picture below from video monitor)
• Jackson doesn't like plums. He will lock his lips and shake his head "NO" to avoid the spoon with plums going into his mouth.
• childproofing needs to happen very soon. Jackson will crawl into a cabinet in the kitchen to get the pans out to play with them. 
• Lucy thinks snow = Christmas. She has to be reminded daily that Christmas comes once a year and won't come for a long time. Santa is on vacation. 
• don't waste money on big, expensive toddler gifts. Lucy will play with Jackson's baby toys more than she will play with her toys. 
• if you teach a baby (Jackson) to make sounds with his mouth, he will do it while you're feeding him and you will be covered in his food too. 
• Jackson will pull himself up on everything, including your pants, which makes things interesting when your pants begin creeping down. 

As always, here are some pictures of our adventures in the last month. 

The monitor picture of Lucy in Jackson's pack-n-play

Jackson's new shoes 

Stay warm out there!