First Tooth!!

The screaming started at 2:25am this last Friday night. I heard Jax through the monitor and knew something was wrong because it sounded horrible! He wouldn't stop but I had a feeling he might be teething so he ended up in bed with us that night...I felt so bad for him. Sure enough, the next evening on the 21st at my nephews birthday party, I discoverd he had cut his first tooth. Its still coming in but I can feel that its broken the skin. He's doing better now. And for the most part, he has only had 2 bad nights and no symptoms of cutting teeth other than the 2am screams. I know you can't see much in this picture but he rarely lets me get into his mouth. Its on the left side looking at him.

Jax turns 9 months on the 27th but we got the party started early. He had his first cupcake at my nephews party and loved it! My dad (Papa Sam) got a few good pictures. Jax eats so well...pretty much anything you give him, he'll eat. I hope he keeps that up!

Not much else going on. Have a good week. We'll keep you posted!

Latest Accomplishments and other funny things...

Jax will be 9 months old next week. Its flown by so fast - I just can't believe it! He's got such the personality and is for the most part a very sweet boy.

Within the last month, I've noticed that he's become scared of certain noises. It took me a few times vacumming to realized that he was screaming and crying because he doesn't like that noise. He also hates when I bring out the ironing board and the noise it makes...horrible screech. And now, all of the sudden, he doesn't like when I turn on the hairdryer..it just freaks him out. Poor little guy - I'm hoping he will grow out of the scary noise thing.

And no, my child is still not crawling. I'm hearing more and more about bigger kids having crawling problems but my doctor says not to worry...its not a milestone. I walked into his room the other morning and found him standing in his crib. I was a bit shocked. He likes to play with the ribbon on his bumper. He likes to stand up and I've let go a few times and he just stands there....until he falls. So more than likely, he'll walk before he crawls.

I'm trying to expand his vocabulary. You may think this is funny but he's very chatty. He says mom, momma, dadadada, bye and I'm now working on Mona. He'll say Mo and then na but hasn't put the 2 together yet....it'll happen though. I'm sure of it. He loves his doggy! He even pulled up on her the other day and Mona just stood there like it was no big deal.

Last but not least, he has begun to throw some major fits. If I'm holding him and want to put him on the floor or in his highchair, he arches his back and kicks me and screams. When I finally do put him down, he throws a major temper tantrum. If I don't feed him fast enough, he screams or grunts and if he doesn't get what he wants, he'll lay down and kick and scream. I'm like...where the heck is this coming from. Soooo Jax is getting little pops on the diaper and its amazing...he immediately stops throwing fits. Sometimes, I can even look at him with a very serious look and he'll stop as well. I'm not spanking but just enough to know I mean business.

He's still being spoiled rotten by Grandma Jackson on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and we are sooo thankful for her. He just loves when she walks in the door. He's slowly getting use to going to sunday school at church. He cries when we leave him but the same lady always takes him and makes sure he gets a little nap and then he's ok....or so we're told.

Well, I guess that's it for now. Jeremy is doing well with baseball and I'm working hard at the salon and staying super busy. We'll keep you posted!

Its finally here!!

Well, today is an exciting day in the Jackson household! We finally broke down or I guess our dryer did....and bought a new washer and dryer. It just arrived and is already in use. As you can see in the pictures, Jax is excited too. Has my life really come to this....major excitement over a new washer and dryer :)

Happy Valentines Day!!

We'll keep you posted.

Addicted to facebook...neglecting my blog

As you can see, I haven't posted in a while. One problem is my stupid camera that's not doing so well and the other problem is facebook...its so addictive! So I thought I'd finally post a few new pictures of Jax and give you an update.

Jax is now 8 1/2 months old. His newest trick is giving high fives. He had a temper when he doesn't get what he wants and is finally attempting to crawl and pull up all at the same time. He's fun to watch - that's for sure! My first pic is of Jax pulling up on his toy. He's been trying for a while and finally did it this past week.

























Jeremy started baseball last week and this time of year, he always comes home with new longhorn clothing of some sort. He walked in with this beanie hat on and I don't think Jax knew who he was. So he put it on Jax's head....he looked much cuter in it than his father :)

Not much else exciting news right now. We're just working and enjoying life. I am excited about my massage tonight. My mom knows a lady from our church that will come to your house in our area ofcourse - I also cut her and her husbands hair. Anyways, Jeremy and I are both getting massages tonight thanks to Dedra.























I wish you could see what I'm seeing right now - Jax is trying so hard to crawl...good times. That's about it from us...oh and big congrats go out to Michele Cone on her pregnancy. We are sooo excited for them! And congrats to Kelly Chambers on finding out she's having a boy this summer. We'll keep you posted!