My Little Boy is Growing Up!

Two big things happened this morning. First of all, we discovered that one of Jackson's front teeth has broken through, and we never even knew he was teething! He's been a tad more fussy since Sunday and didn't sleep well last night, but nothing so out-of-the-ordinary that we suspected teething. We had even felt his gums and they didn't feel any different to us than they had in the last few weeks. We could feel his gums swelling and were getting ready to be dealing with a screaming, teething, baby- but it never happened. I hope the rest come up so easily... and that as this one continues to migrate out of his gums that he remains a happy little boy.

The second big thing is that Jackson pulled himself from sitting to standing for the first time today, by using the side of the tub as leverage. He was trying to grab my razor. He must have just been in the perfect spot to do it, or really determined the first time, because he tried again and tipped sideways or would let go before he got all the way up.

My little boy is changing so quickly. I was talking to McKelle yesterday ( I babysit her son Brigden on Monday evenings while she's at school- him and Jackson are only 2 days apart). I was telling her how quickly Jackson is changing. We came down to Utah just over 2 months ago. At that time Jackson had rolled over maybe twice, wasn't saying consonant sounds at all, and wasn't even really reaching for things. Now my baby can sit on his own, say "ma", "ga" and "ba" very well, reach for things, scoot around, pull himself up, reach for people he wants to hold him and has a tooth! There's probably even more things that I'm leaving out. But it is just so amazing to me how fast he is growing and changing. My baby won't be a baby much longer!

I got a few cute pictures of Jackson and Brigden playing last night. Brigden is a bit ahead of Jackson when it comes to crawling and such. So he uses Jackson as a crawl toy and Jackson steals all of brigden's toys. Lots of fun (really- it is!)

Reading a book together- how sweet
Typical of these two. Brigden crawling on Jackson, and Jackson just leaning on my leg

Posing in the middle of the living room. Jackson was trying to come and get the camera. That boy just loves anything electronic!

They are so stinkin' cute