Jogging stroller, clapping and NO Sleep!

We've had a good week so far for the most part....maybe I should say our days have been good. Nights...not so much. I think Jax may be going through a growth spurt or something. He hasn't wanted to sleep through the night the last 2 weeks and its killing me! After putting him down at 8:30, he wakes again at 1am then around 4 or 5am then 8ish - what is up with that??

Igot a jogging stroller for Christmas and finally got it out and put it together. The one day this week that we had decent weather, Jax and I took it out for a test drive and really enjoyed it. Our neighborhood is so quiet that we just jog right in the middle of the street. Not only that but it has an ipod attachent where I don't have to use my earbuds so its like jogging with a boom box - kind of cool! So 2 thumbs up for the jogging stroller....good job Mom!






















Every week Jax does something new. He never ceases to amaze me. A couple of days ago, after he finished his breakfast in his highchair, I clapped and said yehhh like I always do and he put his hands together and did it back to me...soo cute! He's also waving bye bye now as well with his whole arm. And the mom and dada thing is just great. It cracks me up when he says mom just as plain as can be even if he doesn't exactly know that Jeremy isn't mom and I'm not dada. He'll get there.


















Mona has now figured out that Jax is eating solid foods and she can get in on that when he drops it on the floor. He eats these puffs and a few have hit the floor and Mona comes running. So now, Mona waits by his chair at breakfast to see if anything will be served her way. This morning Mona got a surprise when Jax reached down and gave a good tug to her ear - she just sat there like it was no big deal.
























My last picture was taken about a week ago or so. Jax's hair is coming in pretty good now and I couldn't resist being the hairstylist that I am. I got some of Jeremy's gel and gave him his first mohawk....pretty funny with the few hairs I had to construct it with.


Well, that's about it for us. Jeremy and I are back in full swing work mode. I finally got my own room at my salon and am currently decorating. I'll have pictures when I'm done. Until then, we'll keep you posted!

A little more Christmas

We celebrated with Jeremy's mom and her mom (Grandma Phillips) a little after Christmas. I had to work the day we went over there but Jeremy was still off and was able to go a little earlier. Jax was able to spend some time with Grandma Phillips and some of Jeremy's cousins/Aunt and Uncle were there as well.


















For those of you that were at or in my wedding, you might recognize these little girls as the ones throwing petals on their heads during our ceremony.....that's right, our cute little flower girls. They've grown up a bit but are still just as precious as they can be. Jax enjoyed playing with the girls and Grandma Phillips since he doesn't get to see them very often.

Well, these are the last of my Christmas pictures. It was a fun Christmas and I can't wait to see what the next one has in store for us ;) We'll keep you posted!

Christmas Morning 2008

Christmas morning we woke up around 7am. Jeremy turned on the video camera and I brought Jax out to the living room to see what Santa had brought him. We opened up toys and a few gifts for ourselves and enjoyed Christmas morning with Amy and Paul as well. Jax had a lot of fun and still is playing with his new toys. He got a baseball set that talks, stacker blocks, shape blocks/bucket, elmo cell phone, the animal says...spinner and a few other things from Santa.

He played so hard, he wore himself out!

After we did Christmas at our house, we loaded up and headed to my parents house down the street for the day. Jax wasn't too happy to be put in his carrier as usual but he enjoyed opening gifts and having fun with Honey and Pappa. We got some great gifts from my family and Jeremy was thrilled to receive his cracker barrel rocking chairs for his new back porch. He's already put them to good use.

As I mentioned earlier, Jeremy's older sister and husband - Amy and Paul came to visit from Arizona for the week. Jax loves his Aunt Amy and Uncle Paul and were very glad that they came and stayed with us....especially since they brought Jax a huge talking Elmo, guitar and mic!

Below are some additional pictures of Jeremy, Jax and I from Christmas. These were taken for our Christmas cards and other stuff. Jax is so funny in some of them - I just had to show ya'll.

Last but not least, I had 2 other pictures from before Christmas that I wanted to put on here just because they are cute. When I took Jax to his 6 mo. check up, I took a couple of pictures of him while we were waiting on Dr. Daniels. He loves to play with my cell phone and it keeps him calm so I gave it to him....what a little chubby cutie! Other than that, that's it from the Jackson household for now. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and we'll keep you posted in 2009!

Christmas Eve 2008

What a great year this has been! We've had a lot to be thankful for and are very excited about the next year and what's to come.....on that note, Christmas has come and gone once again and we have a ton of pictures to show for it.



We moved into a new house this year and Jeremy and his dad recently decided to build a pergula or however you spell it in our backyard. This is just the beginnning of it but I thought I'd include a picture before I begin with the Christmas pictures. We plan on expanding throught the corner of the house and flooring the area as well.


Christmas began for our family on Christmas Eve at Grandma Jackson's house. We go there every year for Jeremy's dad side of the family. Grandma Jackson watches Jax on tuesdays and wednesdays at our house while I work and Jax loves her dearly! Picture included

In the last month, Jax has begun doing many funny tricks. You can ask him if he's cute and he turns his head to the side and smiles - picture included






We had a lot of fun at Grandma's house - we introduced Jax to the piano, had a great dinner and opened presents. We are so thankful for our families! Below are more pictures of that evening. More blogging to come on Christmas - We'll keep you posted

Thanksgiving

We had a great time at Thanksgiving this year. We started things off at my grandmother's house in Dallas for lunch then headed to Grumpa's house in Oakcliff for dinner. It was fun to be around family for Jax's 1st Thanksgiving. He was 6 months old on Thanksgiving day.

We also stopped in at the Turners house. Shelley T was in town with her new boyfriend so we had dinner with them so she could meet Jax for the first time.

Pictures included are of my grandmother and Jax, one of Jeremy's cousins - Melissa with Jax....he gives great kisses, and a few others by himself. We'll keep you posted.

Longhorns in the playoffs

Well, Jeremy's team - the Cedar Hill Longhorns made it pretty far into the playoffs this year. They finally got beat by Wylie but still had a great year. We got a chance to go see a game at Texas Stadium and Jax did great...with a little help from Gigi, Grumpa and Grandma Jackson. He slept through the first half and then was wide awake and happy for the rest of the game. We got to go on the field for some pictures after it was over. Pretty cool considering this is the last year in this stadium for the cowboys. They played Mansfield during the game we went to and beat them...it was a great game and a fun time for us.

New pics finally

Well, I finally got some new pictures on my blog of Jax. He is now 6 months old weighing in at 20.4 lbs and 29 inches long. He's doing great - sits up well, plays with his toys and is entertaining the thought of crawling slowly but surely. Our computer is still not fixed but is in the works so I'm doing this at my mom's house on my day off. I'll write longer blogs when I get a chance. Just wanted to get some new pics up and let ya'll know I haven't stopped blogging. Oh and Congrats goes out to Melinda and Leland on their new baby girl Kate and Vanessa and Nathan on their new son Ethan! We'll keep you posted!