Laughing Jack

This week was pretty amazing.  We got Jackson to laugh for the first time!  Of course it was something that daddy did.  I was in the bedroom, putting away some laundry when Roger came reeling into the room saying, "Watch this! Watch this!"  He then started to bounce Jackson up and down.  At first I was like...Roger!  What are you doing?!?  You're going to kill our baby!  But then the glorious sound of Jackson's laugh filled the room.  I made sure that he wasn't being jarred too much, but the boy was loving it!  We were lucky enough to catch it on camera.  Now it's the only way we can get a giggle like that out of him.  Needless to say, I've watched the video multiple times.  

Jackson has also changed his voice yet again.  He's taken on a squeal type noise that gives us promise of many loud tantrums in the near future!  Right now, it's pretty cute.  He's also gotten old enough to get bored.  He likes attention!  And a lot of it.  If he's left alone for too long, he starts to fuss.  Not crying, but making sounds of displeasure as if he were saying to me, "Mom, pay attention to me!  I'm right here and clearly I'm displeased."  Of course, I always give in.  With a face like his, how could you resist?

Jackson has also started to suck on his two first fingers.  He has to being his hands together then up to his mouth to get the fingers in, but he does it!  He's also has figured out how to hold onto one of his feet.  Not both feet yet, but he's determined to grab them both in his hands!  

One thing he's perfected is spitting.  He pierces his lips together like a tight kiss then blows really hard, spraying spit everywhere.  He thinks it's hilarious (Which it is).  I don't mind at all until he's in the middle of a bottle and he does it...spraying milk everywhere including my glasses.  -_-;  

So this little boy who used to sleep through the night, no longer sleeps through the night.  He usually wakes up at 3 and then depending on the night, he'll wake up at 5 and 7 or just 7.  Last night though, even though he was awake, he wasn't crying.  He was just...talking to himself.  He'd be talking to himself then all of the sudden, he'd let out a scream like yell as if yelling 'HEY!"  But then he'd go right back to talking to himself again.  We thought he was pretty funny because he'd just be yapping with the occasional 'hey' to let us know he was awake.  He eventually went back to sleep happily and we hope it's a new trend and that he'll sleep through the night again soon.

Pool party fun

I have so many videos this week.  I couldn't get enough of this little guy.  This week has been pretty normal except for Saturday.  On Saturday, we spent the day with Jackson's birth family!  We had an epic pool party where Jackson got to swim with cousins and have a great time!  He was so tired at the end of the day, but he seemed to enjoy every moment.  It was so fun to get everyone on both sides of the family together.  He is so important to so many people.

We love dressing Jacks up in tshirts because then his belly button shows...which we all agree is adorable.

He was freaking out over this noise I was making with my lips.  It was so funny to watch him react!

We are already working on animal sounds.  Let's just say...what does the doggy say...it never ends silently.

Okay...this is mean.  But in the future, he will laugh at this.  For some odd reason, he doesn't like the song happy birthday.  We don't sing it often, but I had to get it on film once.  Now you might think...oh Michelle...he should be fine!  It's just a song.  This video is proof.

I turned the phone on so he could see himself being recorded.  You can see him reaching out to the phone...or at least trying to.

Jackson was fussing and not enjoying not being held.  I decided to try to entertain him by putting on a basket over him.  He thought it was the coolest thing!  I promise, I didn't have him under there for more than five minutes...but it was so cute to see him so interested in how his world changed with a simple basket!

Smiley bug!

I have a giraffe costume that was just his size.  We had to dress him up and take pictures!  So cute!

These have to be my favorite Jammy's.  

Adorable smiles...

This is just us having fun and hanging out!  We always have a good time, especially when we make funny noises with our mouths!

We found out that his feet fit perfectly in build a bear shoes!

Jackson spends a lot of his time sitting.  We try not to lie him down because of his flat head, so we spend a lot of time sitting or being carried.  I was sitting, reading a book outloud and he was just sitting against me, cooing and experimenting with his voice.  Then suddenly...he stopped.  I looked down to find this!  I was stuck...

Family, family, family.

This week has been all about family.  We had three different family get togethers, all in one week!  We had a Gurney family (Roger's Mother's family) on friday which we ended up not going because it was an hour away, outside, and it was raining.  Saturday it was the Beckstead get together (My Mother's Father's family).  We met at a park and had yummy food all together and got to know each other.  Even though it was windy, the sun was shining and it was just lovely.  On Sunday, we went to Roger's Father's Mother's birthday party.  She turned 90 today and is moving in with Roger's parents in October, so we wanted to be there for her.  I was able to meet Roger's half sister whom I had never met and her family.  Even though it was grandma's birthday, Jackson was the one who stole the show.  He was so talkative and smiley!  It's fun to know that he has a grandma Betty and a grandma Debbie!  We get their names mixed up sometimes.    On Thursday, my mom came down with Taylee (Jackson's cousin) and we went out to a movie.  Inside out is such a cute movie and it was my second time seeing it.  Jackson didn't make it through the whole movie, but he sure did try!  His first movie!  Lucky for us, we were at an early movie with lots of young kids so if Jackson talked or made a little noise, it wasn't that big of a deal.  Plus, Inside out was a pretty quite movie.  No explosions or motor chase scenes.  Tuesday, I made fruit pizza.  That always brings family over, no matter what.  We all sat around, cooing over Jackson and playing Mario cart.

This week, Jackson found his toes.  He keeps lifting his legs to look at them and tries to grab at them.  But, so far, he's only grabbed them once.  He hasn't laughed yet, but he has giggled a few times!  We still get lots of smiles!  He also tracks me or Roger in whatever we do.  He is very attentive, happy, and smart!

We were able to take some three month old pictures!  he is getting so big!

We bought a chair for him to sit in and as you can see, he's not quite sure what to think of it yet!  But he does like to sit and watch mommy do dishes!

 We love just laying around, giggling and talking!

Jackson no longer makes a fuss when getting in the carseat.  He knows it means we are going on an adventure!

Have I mentioned what a messy eater he is?  He usually has a bull on milk beard by the time he's done eating.

I know this sounds weird, but Jackson loves to watch tv.  If it's looking at my phone, if my computer is going, if the tv is on, he is watching it.  It's kind of weird how much he can focus on them!

Cousin party, Spencer visits

This week started out crazy!  As told in last week's post, we had a great pool party that was a big success!  We were able to go swimming and eat lots of great food.

Tuesday and Wednesday were spent at mom and dad's house and boy it was a blast.  Tuesday, we were able to have lunch with Abby and Jonathon before he headed out for Alaska for work.  We were able to go to Sconecutters which is Abby's favorite place to go.  It was good to catch up and talk about the killer pool party that where we are going to have on the 18th!

Wednesday, we drove home and got ready for the Spencer family to arrive!  Roger's sister's family arrived on Thursday.  Roger's Mom and Dad got here on Friday.  We had a great fourth of July weekend with them filled with food, games, bonding, and visiting.  Jackson slept right through the fireworks but Penny sure didn't.  She HATED the fireworks and would snuggle up to someone, hiding her face, and just whine away.  Poor thing...  We played risk and had lots of family pictures taken since it was really rare for all of us to be together at the same time.  It's been a fun and busy week full of doting Aunts, Uncles, cousins, Grandma's and Grandpas.  Needless to say, Jackson spend little time by himself and most of the day in someone's arms.  He loved it!

Such a handsome boy!

 This is what happens when dad is in charge of taking care of him in the morning.  Both are sleeping away the day!

We missed daddy so much when we were in Kaysville!  He spent the entire night just holding his little boy.

Grandpa was a big fan of Jackson.  He loved to hop in and help out, feeding and burping him whenever we was able.  It was so adorable when Jackson fell asleep on him while being burped.  We were all surprised because Jackson dislikes being on his tummy so for him to fall asleep on him like this was really funny.

Penny did NOT enjoy the fireworks.

I promise that Jackson was having a lot of fun while in the pool...but he does hate it when I change outfits on him.  He's still mad at me in this picture.

Grandma loves!

Grandpa having a little too much fun in the pool.

Jackson with cousin Cooper!  It was his birthday on Monday and some of his presents he said he'll take special care of so Jackson could play with them when he's old enough.

Family pictures!