7 hours

7 hours.  That was how long Jackson slept last night.  Seven hours!  How long did he sleep the night before?  7 hours.  And the night before last?  7 hours.  He is on a roll!  Of course, that also means that when he wakes up, he is up for the day.  That can mean that he is up at 430 in the morning or 830...depending on what he feels like.  

So when we first got Jackson, we tried to put him on some sort of schedule.  I've come to find out that you can't really put a baby on a schedule.  The baby puts a schedule on you!  I'm figuring it out, slowly.  He will sleep well at night, but when he's awake, he's awake in the morning.  Good thing he's happy in the morning!  He usually takes a long nap at about 9, noon, and 4.  But that is never in concrete.  He gets fussy before his long naps, but nothing his swing won't sooth.  

They say that a baby cries the most when he is 2 months old.  After that, they kind of ween off and don't cry as much.  This is where you hear about PURPLE crying where they can cry up to 5 hours a day.  There are days where he doesn't cry at all.  There are days that he seems to do nothing but fuss and cry.  Needless to say, he is crying more often.  Not only is he crying more often, but his cry changes week to week.  He now has a lovely scream when he's really upset.  Roger and I tend to laugh though (I know, we are horrible parents) because he'll scream then fall right to sleep afterwards like it's so tough and tiring, he just can't handle it anymore and zonks out.  Roger called it the K.O. scream.  

I've been sick with a cough this week but no one else has gotten sick from it.  I've sanitized our house everyday and kept clean because I didn't want to get anyone else sick!  It's been a rough week in that aspect, but a good one!  My grandparents came down on Friday and my grandma and I went shopping!  Jackson was so wonderful that day and loved to look at all the lights on the ceiling as we shopped about.  

Saturday, I had to drive down to Salt lake city to pick up my mom's dog from being boarded.  They have been away on vacation.  We are staying at their house for the weekend with some of Roger's family for Memorial day.  Other than that, it as been a slow-ish week.  Perhaps we can move onto pictures and videos!

This video is just of Jackson in the morning.  He is super talkative and interacts like crazy!

Sleepy face.  It's our favorite time because it's snuggle time

We love snuggling with Jackson, even Penny.  She will just curl up next to him when he's laying down.

So, when Roger texts me at work, asking how we are doing, I always send him a picture of Jackson crying and then I say "We are just great."  Or, "Just peachy."  

He is becoming more expressive with his facial expressions both in smiles and with frowns.  It breaks your heart, doesn't it?  Why is he crying?  He cries like this everytime he wakes up.  He's like a teenager getting up for school!

I love this video.  My favorite part is the glare that Penny is giving me because I'm only paying attention to Jackson as if she is saying, "This...is so lame.  Pay attention to me!"

Here is an adorable example of the cute, happy noises he makes in the morning.  So cute!