Curious Jackson

Jackson is still working toward crawling, but he is finding many other ways to move around and be mischievous.

His latest hobby is banging objects together and listening to sounds.  The other day, he took an empty water bottle and whacked it against as many different things he could reach and he seemed to be listening to the different tones being produced.

Jackson is also pushing doors open and closed.  He likes to peek around doors, but sometimes he just adjusts them for fun.  Other household items that have caught his attention lately are the vacuum hose, the metal fan, and cables.  As you can guess, Jackson keeps us on our toes more than ever.  Also, it is harder than ever to get jobs done around the house because our little detective doesn't stay in one spot anymore when he's playing on the floor.

Today at the Ainsdale Show, Jackson sweetly leaned towards a lady as if to say 'hello,' but we quickly realised he was leaning in to snatch her chocolate brownie!  Luckily, his plan was derailed in time, but it was a close call.  During the dog show, Jackson also tried to grab a girl's ruffly sleeves.  He was successful at his attempt to rest his hand on a boy's shoulder, but the boy didn't seem to notice.  It's amazing how fast babies can move and also the strength of their grip is much stronger than I predicted.

I hope that Jackson always keeps his curious personality.  Admittedly, it is hard to keep up with him when he's in investigative mode, but I am really proud that he's willing to take risks in his environment and his love of life and everything it has to offer is inspiring to me.  I love to see his fearlessness when he's playing, yet I also love when he looks at me for reassurance when he does encounter something that makes him a little leery.

Cool Dude

Exploring movements and ending up in the splits!

Playing in the ball pit and finding hidden treasures that Mommy put at the bottom

Figuring out his new toys and listening to all of the sounds they make

Watching a puppet show at the Ainsdale Show (annual fair) with Daddy while Mommy ran a friendship bracelet stall during lunchtime.  He loved watching the puppets and only cried when the kids cheered really loudly at the beginning to say, "Yeah!" showing they were ready for the show to start.

Getting ready to watch the dog show

Our favourite dog, a Sheltie named Wilma, was featured again this year

Developmental updates:  Jackson says, "Mama Mama Mama," throughout the day, but I'm not sure that he associates this sound with me.  He went through a phase of saying, "Dada Dada Dada," but now he's switched to a new default.  When we read books, he likes to pick out a certain one to read from the pile on his own.  His current favourites are Dinosaur Roar! and Peter Rabbit Easter Surprise.  When he was in his garden centre this week, he tried to pull himself up but couldn't quite figure out how to position his legs.  He did, however, manage to squirm half-way out of the tunnel in his garden centre and I helped him exit completely for the last step.  The teething process is taking its toll on Jackson and it's heartbreaking to see him in pain.  Aside from Dentinox teething gel and Calpol, we've started giving him Ashton and Parsons teething powder which seems to calm him down quite quickly.  On Thursday, I also ordered an amber bracelet for Jackson so we will see if that will help quell some of the pain.  He can drink from a bottle on his own now.  It took him a while to figure out the right technique, but this week, he got it!

If you see Sammie Miles Davis, Jr. and Bella, give them my love.