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.