January 2012 and Lots of Pictures of Jackson

We didn't do a ton of things in January. Just hung out a lot hoping for warmer weather. CJ started traveling for his work and it is no fun. He was gone a total of a week and a half. Jackson and I were able to play with lots of family and even had a sleep over at Grandpa and Grandma Johnson's house. The first time CJ was gone, it was a full week. When he got back Jackson wasn't really sure if he wanted anything to do with Daddy. I think he was mad at him for leaving for so long. After about a day he was fine.

Jackson also got sick for the first time. He had a fever of 100, he had diarrhea and he was getting one of his front teeth. It took a full week for him to get back to his regular happy self. He just wanted to be held all the time. It was the saddest thing to just watch him be miserable. He wouldn't play much. He didn't cry a whole lot which I was happy for. He still slept great. The first couple of days he wouldn't eat anything, just drink water. Then he would eat baby food, but no bottle and then he would finally eat, but not as much as he used to. He had at least one bath everyday for that week because he just seemed to be happier when he was in there and plus he leaked out of his diaper quite a few times. And to top it off I got sick with a fever and threw up. It wasn't a good week, but mine only lasted a day.

Here is a bunch of pictures of my Sweet Jackson!

Jackson falls asleep in the funniest positions now. In this picture he has his left leg bent like he is sitting Indian style and the other one bent like he is kneeling. I think to myself "How is that even comfortable that he could fall asleep like that." Another day he was asleep on his back and had his right leg crossed over his left while his left leg was bent up. It is a good thing he is so flexible!

I had to put this picture up because he looks exactly like me when I was little. I will have to see if I can scan mine in and post it. I just started laughing when I saw this.

I didn't think Jackson knew how to open up the wipes, but apparently I was very wrong! I was in the kitchen and when I came back over to him he had pulled out the whole container of wipes and had them in a nice pile next to him. I thought it was so cute! I am okay with those kind of messed, not bigger ones though...

Jackson always does this with his tongue. He will stick it out while he plays. I think it is so cute!

Jackson loves to snuggle his blankie. He will lay on it and roll all over with it and he thinks it is the greatest thing. He likes to bite it too so when he comes up from laying down he usually has it hanging from his mouth.

Cory and July let us borrow Cooper's toy truck and Jackson loves it. The seat goes up so he can stand behind it and push it while he walks. He did it the first time, but after that he just grabs the side and pushes it while he crawls. He thought it was really fun when we put the seat down and had him sit on it while we pushed him. He laughed and laughed.

CJ's work has season tickets to the Jazz and they pass them around to the employees. CJ got tickets for the Kings game. The seats were awesome. We sat on the second row right behind the basket. The tickets came with dinner and free snacks at half time. The dinner was really good and it seemed so fancy. This was the game that Jimmer was going to be playing so I guess it was a big deal. It was funny because a lot of the fans had Jimmer jerseys on and were cheering louder for Jimmer when he made shots then they were for the Jazz. We didn't take our camera so we have no pictures of us there, but we are famous now because our family saw us on tv! The two blow up sticks that Jackson has were underneath our seats when we sat down. So we brought a bunch home and gave them to our nieces and nephews. Jackson was smart and started banging them together. He thought it was pretty cool. We had a great time at the game and it was so fun to go on a date.

This is Jackson's scrunchy face. He has started doing this all the time now. It makes CJ and I laugh every time. It reminds us of his cousin Kenzley who would do it when she was in distress or wanted something. At first Jackson only did it when he wanted something. He would point and scrunch his face. Now he does it for everything! He has the funniest expressions now.

He has started giving crusty looks. He will just stare at you with this ornery look for a long time. Don't be sad if he does it to you, he does it to everyone. He just needs to warm up first.

Jackson hasn't really gotten into anything. He will open his dresser drawers and only go in the bathroom if CJ or I are in there. He doesn't wander in there to explore which I am grateful for! He saw me get in the cupboard Saturday morning and pull out the griddle so he wanted to see what else was in there. He loved playing with the pitchers and cups.

Jackson is getting so big and he still loves the bath. He will stand up and crawl all over while in there. It scares me because one of these days he is going to fall and really get hurt!