It has been way too long since I have posted on our blog. Between the holidays, end of the semester and finals, and traveling, life has been pretty crazy here with the Wards! A lot has happened in the last couple of months, so here's a quick catch up - part 1!
THANKSGIVING
We had Trisha and her family over for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately we didn't get a picture of our spread, but we had a ton of great food! And we got pictures of Jackson, so that's really what matters, right? ;)
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| I tried to get Jackson to try turkey and sweet potato souffle... the
sweet potatoes went over pretty well but he was not a fan of the turkey |
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| Jackson was a lot happier after I gave him some sweet potato and turkey baby food |
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| Our Thanksgiving Day family picture |
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| Isabel, Jackson, and Efram |
JACKSON'S FIRST HAIRCUT
On November 27, Shawn decided that he was ready to get rid of Jackson's comb over and mullet. His hair was getting pretty long, so we bought a nice set of clippers and Shawn went to work! I held Jackson on my lap while Shawn cut his hair, and he did a great job! Poor little guy was pretty freaked out and didn't make it easy, but he looked very handsome afterwards! Here are some before and after pictures.
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After ...
JACKSON TURNS 10 MONTHS!
At the end of November Jackson turned 10 months old! Yeah, he's already over 11 months, so I am definitely a slacker mom ... But here's a quick sum up of what Jackson was up to then!
- Jackson learned how to wave, and is now pretty awesome at it! He waves at EVERYONE and EVERYTHING (even random nothing while walking through Walmart :) )
- Jackson got all 4 of his top teeth over a 2 week span. They had been swollen for almost two months and finally all decided to pop through at once around Thanksgiving. It's amazing how much older he looked with all 4 of his top teeth.
- One night while feeding his dinner, Jackson decided to spit out his food. I was so surprised, and he made such a funny face that I couldn't stop laughing. Well, that was probably my biggest parenting fail to date. It took us over a week to get him to stop spitting out his food EVERY TIME he ate!!! He thought it was hilarious, and unfortunately we did too ;)
- Shortly after he stopped spitting his food, he learned how to feed himself finger foods!!! That was one of the best moments ever! He had been picking his food up and playing with it for a while, but fought pretty hard when we tried to get him to put it in his mouth. Then one day, he just picked up a puff and popped it in his mouth. I got so excited I scared him, but he recovered and was a finger food eating machine after that. His favorite finger foods were Cheerios and Sweet Potato Puffs.
Here are some fun pictures of Jackson from November!
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| One morning we went in to get Jackson and this is what he looked like! |
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| One of Jackson's favorite toys ... Daddy's work badge |
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| Another favorite toy ... Mommy's watch |
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| Looking handsome playing in his activity center |
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| Having a lazy Saturday morning playing with Daddy |
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| Jackson loves to read books! |
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| Discovering the buckle in his car seat ... He sat here for 10 minutes playing with it |
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| Trying on Santa hats at Walmart |
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| Mom, what are you doing to me?! |
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| First time having Ritz crackers and loving it |
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| Looking pretty handsome :) |
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