15 Months

Jackson is 15 months old today. We went to the doctor and he only had to get one shot this time. His growth has slowed a little, he's only 88th percentile now for height & 80th for weight.

His favorite thing to say is "Uh oh Daddy." He deliberately drops and sometimes even throws things so he can say it. He also LOVES to give people five and to wave bye-bye. When I attempt to get him ready for bed, I have to chase him around the house holding his pajamas. Once he's ready to put them on, he'll lay down on top of them (usually with his head and feet right but sometimes upside down). He also likes to try to put his shoes on, brush his own hair and you all know he loves to brush his teeth!


Here he is running around the house (look at that belly!) and giving Daddy five!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We love you very very much!

Last Sunday...

Last Sunday the guys played golf (again - Andrea & I actually encouraged it this time) so we went to the home show and then did some shopping uptown. Jackson and the girls had so much fun playing in the water outside that Claudia kept yelling "water!" while we were shopping. It's not a good idea to take the kids to play BEFORE you shop.


During lunch, the kids were horrible! We looked around and noticed that every table around us had well-behaved children at their tables. We have NO CONTROL! I guess it's time to start enforcing discipline...Jackson got his first "real" spanking this week for throwing a temper tantrum. Have we hit the terrible twos early?

Happy Birthday Gamme!

I'll take you for a ride when you come to visit this summer!

The Dancing KING

Jackson loves all of the songs on The Little Mermaid. Since it's one of my Disney favorites, I don't mind watching it and the dances that Jackson does to the music. His favorites are "Under the Sea" and "Kiss the Girl." Here is what I was able to get. He didn't do his wiggle but I got a lot of the bouncing!

A Super Saturday...

Lots of new things this week...
Jackson’s typical “dance” used to be him clapping his hands 4 times and then wiggling. Now, he still claps and wiggles but then he spins in circles after! It’s too funny, especially when he giggles. I hope he doesn’t want to grow up to be a dancer because he really has no rhythm.

He also started saying “up” and holding up his arms when he wants you to pick him up. Whenever you tell him you love him, he gives you a kiss (he still comes at you with an open mouth though). Tonight when I was cleaning up from dinner, he was dropping the Tupperware pieces he’d taken out of one of the cabinets into the kitchen sink. I can’t believe he can reach that high! Then, he brought all four of the dogs’ food and water bowls to me in a stack and tried to put them in the dishwasher. Libby was mad! When I walked over to put them back I discovered the water all over the floor.



Now that Scott has a golf cart, I have a hard time getting Jackson into the car. Whenever we go out to the garage, he climbs into the golf cart. When I finally got him out of the golf cart today, he tried to climb in the jogging stroller and then took off running down the driveway. Here he is FINALLY getting into the car!

Brusha, Brusha, Brusha

When Jackson is brushing his teeth, he MUST have the toothbrush in one hand and the toothpaste in the other. Otherwise, there will be screaming or war faces until he has something in BOTH hands. He also does this with food & toys. He's a double-fister!