We Interupt this marriage to bring you football season!

Last football season, I got a pillow with that saying on it from our head football coach's wife - Debbie McGuire. I thought it was hilarious....then I found out it was true. Football season has officially started in the Jackson household as of today. Jeremy returned to coaching and I told Jax this morning when he left - "Say bye bye to daddy, he'll be back in December" So good luck Cedar Hill Longhorns.

Jeremy has had the opportunity to watch Jax for the past 3 weeks as I went back to work. Its been interesting but I'm glad he gets that time with Jax during the summers. I got home yesterday and Jeremy was sitting in his usual chair with Jax and spit up all down his red shirt. I thought it was hilarious and of course had to get a picture.

Everyone is always saying my little man looks like his father so I got a picture of my two boys as well.....aren't they precious.

And finally for Jax's latest update. The whole family went to the pediatrician last week for Jax's two month check up....this was a rough day for all of us. He is now weighing in at 13lbs 14oz and is 24 inches long - that's right, he's 2 months and the doctor said he's on track with a 3 1/2 month old. He's going to be a big boy! He also received his first 4 shots and I don't know who cried more, me or him. Jeremy had to hold him down while that mean ol' nurse shot his poor little legs up. That was the worst thing I've ever seen! He ran a little temperature that day and slept and cried...it wasn't fun but dad was there to take care of him.

Jax has made a lot of progress as well in the past couple of weeks. He holds his head up so well but not solid all the time yet. He talks and smiles all the time which is so cute. He's starting to suck his fingers when he's hungry....very loudly. He doesn't really cry anymore when he's hungry in the middle of the night - all I hear is sucking and know its time to eat. He sleeps between 5-6 hours at night so that's getting better too. At 9 weeks he rolled over from tummy to back for the first time. I was shocked but it was so cute. He's not taking morning naps too well but does a great job after his 1pm feeding with a 3 hour nap so I guess I can't complain.

I've put him in this seat a few times and all he does is scream. This was the first time he didn't scream and actually stayed in it for about 10 minutes just looking around. It was so funny. And lastly, I've got very exciting news about myself. After much consideration and stress about Jax staying with other people while I'm at work, I've been able to work out my schedule to only do hair 3 days a week - Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Now my sister only watches him 2 days a week and my mother-in-law will watch him on Saturdays. This gives me more time with my son and less time at work. But I'll be working long days on Mondays and Tuesdays to make up for not being there the other days. I'm so excited. As I sit here and write this now, I'm done with work for the rest of the week and don't go back until next Wednesday. I love being self employed and love my clients but I want to be there for Jax as much as possible. Well, that it for now, we'll keep you posted!

Annual Galveston Trip

Well, I made it through my first week of work and part of the second.....then we got to go to the beach. It was not a fun week. I cried all day the first day, part of the second and then Saturday was the worst. It doesn't make it any better that all my clients want to talk about my child. Oh well, it will get better I'm assuming. I never thought it would be this difficult but look at that face - would you want to leave him? Oh well, what can I do....oh yeah, win the lottery.

Anyways, we headed to Galveston on Wednesday night and stayed through Sunday. This was Jax's first vacation. He did really well in the car and slept really well on vacation....a little too much. He didn't eat on schedule of course but that's ok - he hasn't missed too many meals as you can see :) He's now sleeping at least 5 hours a night thank goodness and he's continuing to be a very laid back child.

We never do much in Galveston except relax, hang out at the beach and go eat/shopping. Not much else to say. Below are some pictures. Glad to be back home and look forward to my bed tonight.

Say a little prayer for Jax on Tuesday. He has his 2 month checkup and all those shots. I'm not looking forward to this. Well, that's about it. We'll keep you posted!

Fourth of July Week

What a fun week we've had. There were a lot of firsts for Jax this week. First fireworks show...slept right through it...first swim in the pool.....and first smile at mom without passing gas.

Jax is always most alert in the mornings. On July 3rd we woke up as usual and had breakfast. I usually put him in his bouncy chair while I do some things and I started talking to him and thought I'd give it a try....I said "Can you smile at mommy" and his face lit up. I thought "surely that didn't just happen" so I tried again and again and again. I got 4 smiles from him and then I cried as usual. He has done it every day this week and even smiled for my mom today. He's making good eye contact and making a lot more noises.

We went and watched fireworks in Midlothian with Trey, Wanissa and Cooper on the 3rd. We had a great time as usual. We got a picture of Cooper and Jax below along with some of our family. I also took another picture of Jax after his bath one night. He always looks so cute after bath time....I couldn't help it.

On Sunday's, we usually go to my parents for dinner and swim time with the cousins. I haven't been allowed to get wet due to my surgery until this next week but who's counting. We got in today. Jax did very well. Even though it looks like he got mad in the picture, he really enjoyed it once he was in. I kept him in for about 5 minutes until his teeth started chattering and then my mom took him out.

Well, that's about it for the week. I'm doing this post at 10:45 on Sunday night because all I plan on doing tomorrow is holding my son. It's our last full day together before I go back to work. I know I've said this before but its going to be a rough week for me. I love what I do for a living but nothing beats being a mom! Gotta get some sleep before the first feeding....We'll keep you posted!