Day 109- lots of pictures

Jackson took 6 naps today. 4 of them were 1 hour and 2 were 30 minutes. That medicine is really wearing him out, I'm glad we only have to give it one more day! I'm going to let today's pictures with captions be my post because I was pretty happy with the expressions in the pictures today and I think they tell a pretty good story of our day when Jackson was actually awake.

Good morning Joe Dog

Let me tell you about my night

Please?

Mom, Joe won't play with me :(

I'll get him then!

What? I'm helping you with the diapers!

See I'm a good helper!

Haha- evil face

What? I'm innocent

Mom, Bernie won't play with me either :(

Please, Bernie- I'll be gentle!

He gave me a kiss when he went by

I know you're trying to entice me to crawl with puffs, but this sucks!

Jackson's dinner

Jackson's appetizer- yes he ate the entire can and I didn't get any fruit for dinner

Working on eating rice, though he wore a lot, he did eat quite a bit

Yummy hamburger :)

Day 25- Jackson and his BFF

Basketball started today. I love to coach, but it does make my time with Jackson shorter in the evenings. So I took a couple of videos of our night time fun to show you all that we really try to make the most of it.

In addition to the video I have 2 pictures of Jackson and Joe dog. This week's challenge was BFFs. Jackson loves his dogs and while Bernie is protective of Jackson, he still prefers to do that from a distance. Thank goodness for Joe- he will sit there through every ear pull, nose grab, and tooth exploration with patience and a kiss.

So since it took me forever to focus on this rambling post due to not enough sleep- I'll leave you with the pictures and videos. Oh and have you figured out that Jackson's favorite toy is his WVU basketball- thanks JRES folks!

Everyone do your snow dance tonight so that Jackson and I get some quality time together this week (and all my teacher friends can enjoy one of our professions greatest benefits!)

**Edit- I"ll add the videos tomorrow b/c they are taking forever and I need to get to bed!!

Day 17- I love 3 day weekends

Today's will be short. We went to eat with some good friends and got back late. Jackson didn't get to bed until late and I've got to work tomorrow sooooooooo no time to work on the blog tonight! I promise this blog won't be all- "I have the greatest kid ever" because I'm a teacher and I know how those parents sound. However, I do have to say that I'm really lucky because we stayed an hour past his bed time, he was around new people, and only had 2 toys to play with, but he was awesome. A little fussy here and there but easily settled and still laughing as we walked out of the house. I love that I don't really have to worry about taking him places, handing him off, or straying a bit from schedule. He's an awesome kid and I just love when I get to be reminded on nights like this.

So today's picture is of Jackson and Joe. Jackson has begun to learn how to pet Joe. He was rubbing his hand up and down Joe and being very gentle with him. He still loves to grab ears, which we are working on, but it's so neat to see how much he has grown to love his dogs. He'll reach out for them when they walk by, laugh when they come to see him, and pout when the don't. I'm not trying to make anyone mad, but I feel bad for the babies that never get the chance to get to play with pets because their parents get rid of them. It took a lot of work, but seeing Jackson with Joe and Bernie makes it totally worth all of it.