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Mother's Day

Mother's Day at the farm in Jemison

Here's some pictures from our Mother's Day outing on Sara and Jerry's

Farm in Jemison. We fished for catfish and ate what we caught. Jackson
played. Mimi and Papa carried a pool out to the pond for him to keep
him cooled off and even brought water, but the water was too cold for
Jackson. He didn't like his toes to touch it at all. He played in it
with his hands for a little bit but then spent a lot of time playing in the shade.

First Tooth

Jackson has a tooth!!! On Saturday night, 05/05/07 (his Daddy’s birthday), I was rubbing Orajel on Jackson’s gums before I put him to bed and felt a little tooth!!!! He wouldn’t let me see it, though, and wouldn’t let me put my finger in his mouth after I got all excited over the tooth- he kept his lips pursed together tight! The next day we were at Blanche and George’s house and I had just told Blanche about the night before. She got Jackson to open his mouth and she said “I see a tooth!” There it was, on his lower gum- looking at him it’s on the left- a little white part of a tooth sticking up out of his gum. It’s so cute!!! It looks like you may can see where one is coming through right next to it too. It feels sharp- but maybe that’s just because I’m not used to feeling new teeth come in. I bet it feels really weird to Jackson. J I guess this explains why he was fussier than normal last week and pulling on his ears a lot.

Jackson at Jacob's 3rd birthday party

I will be crawling before they know it.

Jackson's Baptism

Jackson at Jenn's Shower

Updates

ON 03/27 as I was getting Jackson ready for bed, I was rubbing orajel on his bottom gums and he said “Yuck!”. I’m sure it was an accident but it was so cute and such perfect timing!

On 03/31/07 Jackson was starting to fuss and he said “Mommmmmmeeee” almost in an English accent! It was very clear, though, and then later said “mama” clearly as he was starting to fuss. Again, probably an accident but it still felt good. Wayne didn’t get to hear this so he doesn’t believe it. My mom and Leanne heard it, though, so I have proof! J

Yesterday Jackson went in for his 6 month check up. He weighs 15.11 pounds and is in the 15^th percentile (finally out of the zero percentile- YEAH!!! This rice is really chunking him up!!!). He is 25 ½ inches long, also the 15^th percentile. His head circumference is in the 50^th percentile. He had his immunizations and his last of the oral rotavirus immunization (hopefully he will never get rotavirus again- twice was MORE than enough of that mess!). He was rolling all over the table playing around and was just talking to the wall and the table and the paper on it. He talked to the doctor and kept trying to take her shiny instruments, making it hard to check him out. He did great, though, and didn’t fuss at her when she checked his ears, nose, or even when she put the stick in his mouth to check whatever she checked! We thought he had an ear infection b/c he’s been pulling on his ears and not wanting to suck on his bottle. She said his ears look fine and thinks that he’s teething and that’s been causing his ears to hurt and him not to want to suck. We still can’t see any teeth, though. What we thought we saw before weren’t teeth, they were “mucous pearls.” I know, sounds really gross. We don’t have fluoride in our water, as apparently a lot of cities don’t, so she wrote a prescription for fluoride drops that we are to start using now that his teeth will start coming in. We are also to continue using his Axid for his Acid Reflux, which we were told before he could possibly grow out of. His next appointment will be at 9 months.

Random stuff: Jackson LOVES shiny stuff- he loves his daddy’s police badge and loves glasses and will pull them off of your face. He also loves his daddy’s hat and will play with it for a long time. He also loves “spirit fingers.” If you don’t know what that is, watch “Bring it On.” His uncle, Chris, and Leanne show him spirit fingers all of the time and he just grins at it. Jackson loves to jump in jumpers and loves his exersaucer. He also loves putting things in his mouth. He tends to like guys a little more right now. He likes playing on the floor and is close to crawling and is sort of “GI Joeing” it in that he keeps his tummy on the ground (and his face) and swims his arms and legs and can get far enough to retrieve toys but moves so slowly you don’t realize he’s moving. He gets frustrated because it’s a pretty hard task and makes him tired. He’s like a roly poly sometimes because as soon as you put him down, he rolls onto his tummy. You roll him back over and he rolls back to his tummy immediately. Jackson has started to like to play with the water with his hand as I’m rinsing him off in the tub. He does really well with baths. He’s also sleeping really well at night and has to be woken up most mornings to get ready for daycare. They love him at daycare and refer to him as a “Chick magnet”.

1st Beach Trip

Traumatic week

Daycare called Tuesday b/c Jackson was throwing up and diarrhea. Wayne picked him up and took him home. Wednesday morning he was still having diarrhea so I had to take him to Edgewood on my way to training to drop him off with my mom who then took him to her house and kept him the rest of the day. That night he tugged on his ear a little. The next morning, still diarrhea and he was tugging on his ear a lot so I called the doctor and we went in. She said that he didn’t have an ear infection but did have a stomach virus and then sent us home. I stayed home with him the rest of the day. Friday morning we got up to go to work/day care and things were going ok. He still had diarrhea but the doctor said it was ok to send him to day care. I got to daycare and was about to leave when I noticed Jackson’s lips looked blue. Ms. Tara was holding him and she agreed and looked at his hands and feet and they also looked blue. We took him to the office and wrapped him up thinking he was cold. That didn’t help. So the paramedics were called. They did a whole bunch of stuff and then told us that we’d need to go to the hospital or doctor right then and that the ambulance could take us if we wanted. We just went straight to his doctor b/c we knew going to Children’s ER the waiting time could be hours. The doctor was able to see us immediately b/c of the circumstances. She said that he does have an ear infection now and thinks that maybe his nasal congestion mixed with his acid reflux may have blocked his airway and she wanted him to go to Children’s for a 23 hour observation. We then had to go to Children’s- not through the ER- and he was admitted into the Special Care Unit which is a version of the ICU but not as bad. He was monitored constantly by an oxygen machine and several other machines (luckily no IV required) and nurses. B/c it’s a version of the ICU, there are no private rooms, just those cloth divider things. We had to leave for 2 ½ hours every shift change b/c of confidentiality reasons- they would fill in the next shift on what was going on with each child. So, he was monitored over night Friday night and did well. They put him on an antibiotic for his ears and congestion and ear drops. We are to start putting 1 tbsp of rice per ounce of formula now, make sure he’s eating almost upright, not let him lie down for 30 minutes after he eats, burp him every 2 ounces, and raise his mattress so he doesn’t sleep flat to help with the reflux. And continue the Zantac which has now been changed to Axid. Well, this is all a pain b/c the rice stops up the bottles and we’ve cut the nipples, which now makes it come out fast so we have to pull the bottle out every few sips. The bottle is also so thick that it has to be almost completely straight up and down for it to go into the nipple which is hard when we’re having to keep Jackson upright as well. Then as far as him sleeping with his mattress lifted- doesn’t work so well. He turns all different ways in his sleep. Sunday morning Wayne woke me up b/c he went to check on Jackson and he was upside down with his feet on the lifted part and his head on the flat part so basically, doing the complete opposite of what he should have been doing, and his face was against the side where the bumper pad is- but his nose wasn’t covered up. Jackson is no longer having diarrhea and his ears seem to be getting better. His gums seem to be getting a little worse but that’s ok- we’ve got Tylenol and Orajel. He’s taking the antibiotic ok and doing really well with the ear drops. He hasn’t had anymore blue spells and went to the doctor yesterday for a follow-up and she said he was looking good. So anyway, today is my first day back at work and Jackson’s first day back at day care. It’s been a long, stressful, scary, hectic few days.

My first portraits

Rolling Over

I went to wake Jackson up this morning to get him ready for daycare and he was sound asleep on his tummy in his crib! So apparently, he can turn over that way now. It scared me, though, b/c I know they aren’t supposed to sleep on their tummies unless you’re with them to keep an eye on them.

I'm a BIG boy now.

What is this stuff you are putting in my mouth???



Kisses from Aunt CoCo. :)

Our little Chatterbox

Jackson was so funny last night. We were in the office looking at pictures of him on the computer. I would hold him up in the air and lean him in toward the wall, which was casting his shadow on the wall. As I’d lean him in toward the wall and his shadow would get smaller and darker, he’d laugh. It was SOOO cute!! Daycare said yesterday he was just laughing and talking up a storm. They said it’s funny that such a loud voice can come from such a small person. When Ms. Tara walked in this morning to daycare Jackson was at the opposite end of the room in Infant 3, where he goes until Ms. Tara arrives. There were about 4 infants in there. As soon as she walked in from the other side of the room she said “where’s my baby?” and then went straight to Jackson and kidnapped him out of the swing. I just love that. When I asked her yesterday if Jackson had been talking/screaming she said “Oh, GIRL, yesterday I was changing Calum’s diaper and had Jackson in an exersaucer. I all the sudden heard this loud screaming and I turned around thinking- ‘what is that?’ and realized it was Jackson playing! I said Jackson, am I not talking to you enough? And he just kept talking/screaming at the toys on the exersaucer.” He also did this last night while we were eating dinner. It’s nice he can entertain himself now when we eat---- although he doesn’t always want to. He’s also still sleeping through the night- I had to wake him up this morning at 6:20 to get ready for daycare. He was turned to the side and his legs were all curled up against the bumper pad. It actually took several minutes to wake him up- he’d just stretch and squeal and grunt and kept his eyes closed. Have I mentioned he’s cute?

Cutie Pie

4 month check-up

On 02/01/07 Jackson had his 4 month doctor appointment with his new doctor, Dr. Denton, at the Hoover Greenvale office. He weighs 10.14 pounds and is still in the zero percentile for weight. He was exactly 2 feet (24 inches). I don’t recall them measuring his head. He got his 4 shot immunizations and his one oral immunization. He screamed, but not as bad as the last time, and stopped just a few minutes later- I think b/c his daddy was there this time to hold him and comfort him. He is to stay on his Zantac twice a day for his reflux. We are to continue the rice in the bottles but start him on fruit baby food at 4 1/2 to 5 months and vegetables at 5 to 6 months. He ran a fever several days after his immunizations- getting up to 102 one of the days- but it eventually went away. He’s sleeping through the night now, for the most part. There are 4 little teeth buds on his bottom gum. He’s slobbering a TON

WSUP YA'LL

Bubbles

Jackson's first laugh.

Jackson laughed for the first time last night. (Although I am sorta sad because it shows he prefers his Daddy.) I was holding him and Wayne had just gotten home from work and was changing out of his uniform. I took Jackson to the office so he could say hey to his Daddy. Wayne looked at him and said "hey Jackson" in the voice he uses. Jackson grinned and let out his "huh" laugh. It was TOO cute!!!