Monday Madness

Yesterday was a bit of a crazy morning! Josh was getting ready to go out of town for work for four days, I was trying to get ready to take the boys to Monday Storytime, and there were two little boys who had not agreed with my idea for a morning nap... While I was outside switching car seats into Eliza so Josh could take Petey to PA, Jackson was Mr. Fuss Bucket. Smart Daddy got out the magic tool: the dust mop! Jackson was happily mopping when I came back in. He continued to sweep while I finished getting us ready and said good-bye to Josh. Phew! Potential crisis averted!

"James, I can't sweep if you are sitting in the middle of the floor! Could you please scoot over?"

"I think I'll give it one more pass..."

Those chubby toes are SO yummy!!!

For the past week, Jackson has not been himself, to say the least :( Last Tuesday and Wednesday he had a pretty high fever (102.3!), and was just really lethargic and pathetic looking. He would just stand and watch me, whatever I was doing, with these super sad eyes. While we were in the family room one night he pushed Scout's paw to turn on the quiet music and just stood there listening to it. Both of those nights he was in bed by 5:50pm and slept until 7ish in the morning. The fever finally broke on Thursday, but then the crankiness set in. There have been many, many tantrums, lots of whining, and very little eating going on here :( Last time Jackson got like this he was teething big time AND sick. That's not really helpful when trying to decide what's going on this time... Luckily, we have our 18 month check-up tomorrow so we'll see what the deal is. Today was actually A LOT better! Jackson was much happier and ate the best that he has in days, maybe weeks! That made for a happy mommy :)

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

We had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend with Larry in town! He and Michelle flew in Friday night and spent the long weekend with us. Jackson enjoyed doing touristy stuff with them :) Saturday night was a beautiful Spring night and we took a tour of the memorials and monuments in the city. It was a really pretty night! Sunday we spent watching the Nationals win against the Orioles! Go Nats! (Don't worry! He's still a Cubs fan and even wore a Cubs outfit to the game. We did decide that as long as they aren't playing the Cubs, we can root for the Nationals. They might not be very good, but they have a great new stadium with wonderful food!) Jackson thoroughly enjoyed his first baseball game. He ate and slept very well! We borrowed a Baby Bjorn from friends and it was a lifesaver! Jackson loves riding around in it facing out, but he also slept really well facing in while we walked around. Mr. Jackson doesn't spend much time sitting still so I don't get a huge quantity of snuggle time. This was great!

Jackson is working on tons of new tricks! I'm secretly hoping it's a long time before they get mastered... He continues to love sitting up and playing with his toys. He loves to grab on to anything within reach and try to pull himself to standing. He also is a fan of holding your hands and just using them as a brace to stand for a while. He is so darn cute with everything he tries! He has this huge cheesy smile he puts on when he knows he has our attention...pretty much all the time!

The big news is I am almost positive I felt a tiny little tooth poking up this morning... Needless to say we are on our third nap of the day and it's not even 2:00pm. Just a little tired and cranky :(