Recent Happenings

At almost 16 months Jackson is so much more verbal than he was a few months ago. Sometimes he'll say 3 new words in one day, and sometimes he'll go a week without saying anything new. He does not perform well and if we ask him to say something in front of people, he'll just laugh at us like we're crazy, but he really does talk, really!

He likes to say "woof" and "ut-ohh" to Dan and they play a game of saying them back and forth.

Some of his other words are "cheese," "wa-wa" for water," "mo-mo-mo" for more, "outside," "yeah," "up," "this," "down," "look," "varoom" like a car, and a roaring sound like a lion. His pointer finger is still his #1 communication tool.

He's in love with watching and following birds. He'll sit quietly in the yard for minutes pointing at birds and saying "ooohhhh"

He's a little short for it, but he loved his cousin's bikes so much that we decided to let him try a tricycle. He like to be pushed on it, but needs a few inches before he can reach the peddles. He tries really hard to learn peddling anyway.

 Getting on.

 Proud and loving it.

 Found himself a nice backyard perch. When I first found him he was hanging up in the air, but by the time I got the camera, the hoses had sagged.

 A day trip to Santa Cruz on a warm hot day. After a while we all warmed up to the freezing ocean and got a little wet.

Our Baby Girl!

Here she is! There was a lot of naysaying that we could have a girl, but the verdict is in and we're getting a splash of pink in our lives. She's due on January 25th and we're so excited. We're at the half way point now, so there's still a ways to wait.

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 With legs up overhead

  A sweet little foot

 It's a girl!

We are trying to discuss "Little Sister" with Jackson, but I'm sure he'll be totally blindsided by the event when she arrives. He's been clingy to Mommy lately so we're hoping that he bonds a lot with Daddy when the new baby comes. I'm sure he'll never remember life without her once she's here.

Because It's Just So Cute

Here are some 15 month portraits that we had done at JC Penny's this month. I am addicted to their coupons that make buying things there so cheep, as long as you pick strategically and don't get suckered into their sales pitches to buy large packages of photos that you don't really end up using.