Smiles, poops, and giggles.

It's been a good and busy week for Jackson!  He smiled at me for the first time.  I don't think it was because he was happy because right after he gave a big toot and it was only one side of his mouth, but he smiled!  At least I know those muscles work.  He coos sometimes and he sticks his tongue out of his mouth when you stick your tongue out at him.  It's great fun!  It's amazing to see the focus that is now present in his eyes.  When I talk to him, he searches for the source.  And when he looks at you, he will focus on you for longer periods of time.  He is gaining weight and in size everyday.  He has outgrown 2 newborn outfits already. : (  Including his church onesie.  But then again, we did have this charmer to fall back on.

Please don't pay attention to the unhappy face...he had just wet himself through and I wanted to take a picture of his outfit before changing him!  Jackson can't stand dirty diapers.  If he's wet or poopy...it doesn't matter, he'll be crying.  We have gone through so many diapers...  He won't eat if he's wet.  So we change his diaper before he eats if he is wet. But then he wets himself right after eating!  One day I counted changing 32 diapers in one day....I shutter to think of that day...   it's usually not that bad.  Hopefully, this is a sign that he will be easy to potty train?

Roger and I have a fun thing going this week.  He hasn't been home much because of the last week of school.  Roger would text me all the time wondering how I was doing and how Jackson was doing.  I would always send him a text with a picture of when he was crying with the message, "We are doing great!"  Or, "Couldn't be better!"

One thing that Jackson has become obsessed with is the ceiling fan.  Now I know why people use mobiles.  I'll put the speed on low and he'll just stare at the fan all afternoon.  I'll be there of course, talking to him and trying to get his attention...but I guess I'm just not as exciting as a ceiling fan.  

 It's hard to believe that Jackson was one month old on Thursday!  I tried to take some pictures with some sort of expression but all I got was this solemn looking kid.  He is so serious all the time!  You can see how his face is filling out and his head is growing.

 Daddy was 'helping' me take some pictures to put on facebook...but I don't think he was too much help.  He kept trying to snuggle the babe and Jackson wouldn't look at me, just daddy.  Jackson's priority of interests are now as follows: 1-Daddy  2-Ceiling fans  3-Mommy

Penny has really taking a liking to snuggling up to Jackson.  She rarely sleeps anywhere else.  She is very gentle and will sometimes lick his feet or hands (something I discourage...gross).  It is kind of cute though.  We'll see how long this lasts after Jackson starts to pull on her fur.

We were lucky enough to have Roger's family come up and visit this week.  Roger only has one nephew and he is 20 years old.  He is going to school at BYU-I and made the trip down to see him.  This 6'9 man holding a wee little baby is almost silly looking.  He gets super upset when we call them cousins and strongly urges us to call him an Uncle.  Roger's parents also came from Arkansas to see little Jackson.  They stayed from Thursday to Sunday and will be here again in a few weeks on their way back.  They are both just in love with Jax.  Grandpa Spencer claims he was the first one to see Jackson smile...but I refused to believe him.  After working so hard to get Jackson to smile at me, he goes and smiles at grandpa?!?  I don't think so!  He did do a half smile at me and grandma though!  And at least I had a witness!  Everyone would tease me saying that he was smiling when I was busy with something else.  I would always drop everything and come running....to find they were just pulling my leg.