Hello everyone! I know it's been forever but life gets crazy with a baby in the house! I don't have any pictures to share today but thought I could at least update you all on some of the things that have been going on for the past month or so. Where to begin......?
Jackson turned 10 months this past Saturday. He celebrated by having his first bottle of formula. A pretty sad day for mom as I was hoping to continue nursing until he was 1 year but the supply was getting low and I figured it was better to try it out at home than to send him to daycare with a bottle of formula that he'd never had before. He took some of it (only about an ounce and a half) without question but then exhaustion got the better of him and all he wanted to do was sleep. I think it was probably more difficult for me than for him - he didn't seem to even notice! I'm still pumping and giving him all the breastmilk I can but don't know how much longer I can keep up with him. So far he's only had 2 bottles of formula since Saturday and hopefully we'll only have to give it to him sparingly over the next couple of months.
Jackson is now all over the place! He crawls everywhere and pulls himself up on everything! He's waving hello and goodbye and we're working on clapping. He LOVES his finger foods!! I tried to feed him the stage 3 baby foods and he would just spit everything out. I don't think he liked being fed "chunky food" on a spoon. He'd much rather pick it up and put it in his mouth himself! Because Jackson is now basically eating the same dinner that Brady and I are, we've been forced to actually eat dinner at a decent hour (we can't wait until after Jackson falls asleep anymore....) as well as eat something fairly healthy! These don't sound like too horrible of compromises! :) It's also nice for all 3 of us to sit at the table and talk about our day instead of Brady and I just vegging out in front of the TV. :) Since our venture in table foods, Jackson has really been packing on the pounds. As you may recall, at his last appointment we were told to try and get a little more meat on his bones (he was only in the 3rd percentile for his age for weight) and it feels like he's already gained a couple of pounds. Hopefully we'll get a good report at his 1-year check up.
Other than that, things have been moving along at lightning speed. I can't believe it's August already! One of our best friends got married last weekend so Brady was in Denver for that and another one of our great friends gets married this weekend so we'll be in Illinois for that one! We're excited to have a short getaway - we're skipping over to Chicago for a couple of nights to visit some of our other wonderful friends before we head back to Seattle. Can't wait for my friend to get married and see everyone...and Chicago.....and the FOOD!! Hopefully I'll have some great pictures of our trip! Until next time.....
