Worst Blogger Ever!

Yep, that's me! Sorry I have been MIA on here lately. I promise to do much better after this little catch-up. My excuse for not updateing sooner keeps leading back to not having my camera, not having the camera cord, not having the card reader...you get the picture. Therefore, I shall update you all with iPhone photos :) The quality isn't stellar, but Jackson has a way of makeing the picture awesome regardless!

Here are some of the things Jackson has been doing over the past 6 weeks...

He practices standing all.the.time. This kid LOVES to stand up. He can't get there on his own yet, but he'll hang out there for a while if you help him.


He played at Grammy and Grandaddy's one Sunday after church. This was Grammy's Birthday (Jan 10th).


He loves to bang on the his new activity table. He's already becoming Mr. independant. He doesn't really want you to hold him up anymore. He would rather sit on his knees and play with the table or have someone stand him up to it so he can band away.


He saw his first snow! I wouldn't say he 'played' in the snow, but he tolerated it long enough for pictures. He probably would have tried to eat it, like he does everything else, if he could have moved his arms :) He looked like the little boy from A Christmas Story, all bundled up.



He LOVES being on his tummy now. For those of you that remember anything about his earlier days, he used to HATE tummy time. We're talking about 30 seconds, tops, before he would start screaming. Now, he loves it. He'll even face-plant from a sitting postion now, just to get on his tummy. I think it's because he wants to move sooo badly. He's trying to keep up with some of his older friends at daycare. He's not crawling yet, but his prefered mode of getting around is usually rolling towards his closest toy, or spinning around on his belly until he gets there. Just this weekend he has tried pushing up one his toes to get his knees up under him. He hasn't been too successful with it yet, but it is amazing watching him try. He is constantly looking up and around the room to see if anyone is watching him, and then he just giggles!


My baby still loves to nap with mommy!


Jackson has so much fun with his lion. His current obsession is trying to grab the lions face and biting his mane.


Jackson's Grandpa has a little red laser light that Jackson and Blaine love to follow around the room, like little cats.


It's been no surprise that this boy loves to eat! So far, apples and bananas have been his favorite.



Other than that, he just keeps getting cuter every day!




Now that we've updated with some new pictures, I promise to be more diligent about posting updates in the future.

Oh and for some stats. At his 6 month appointment (Jan 18th), he weighed 19lbs, 11oz. He goes in tomorrow for his flu shot, so we'll see what's happened in the last month!

It's been a great year...

2009 has been so good to our family! Here's our year in review...

January

2009 started with a bang! I was newly pregnant and just beginning to show, and our sweet nephew, Blaine, was born on the 19th. My mom (grammy), also celebrated her 60th birthday!

Excuse the hair. We had just gotten a little snow and I had been outside with my 'boggin on my head :)




February

on February 2nd we found our son was indeed a "he." It was such a great experience to see our little guy on that ultrasound machine.
My belly was continuing to grow...






March

This month Jackson's kicks were becoming a little more noticable. We also got to see him again on the ultrasounds machine. This time he weighed almost 1 lb!




April

Jackson's had offically become a soccer player. My bladder...oh my bladder. I had determined at this point that if he wasn't using it as a punching bag, Jackson was using my bladder as his very own pillow. The 23rd is also Al's mom (grandma)'s birthday! Did I mention my belly is really growing now?



May

We had 2 wonderful baby showers in May. One given by Donetta, and the other by Shawn and family. Everyone was so generous, and we are so blessed to have such supportive and helpful friends and family. We love you all! Happy Birthday Uncle Jason!




June

Ahhh June! The month of birthdays and celebrations. My birthday was on the 4th, our 3rd wedding anniversary was on the 10th, and Uncle Nathan's birthday was the 16th. Al also celebrated his big 3-0 on the 17th, followed by his dad (grandpa)'s birthday on the 24th. We also had our 3rd baby shower, given by my sister-in-law (Auntie Leila), cousins(Christy, Sabrina & Leeann) and Aunt Donna. Whew, thankfully Jackson waited until July!




July

The most unforgetable, truly breathtaking month of the year! On Tuesday, July 14th, at 5:27pm, our son, Jackson Lee Anderson was born. Weighing 8 lbs 10.8oz, and 19 inches long, this little miracle changed our lives forever. Mommy and Daddy love you!

Happy Birthday Aunt Shawn! It's a good month!

This picture was taken right before we left for the hospital




August

August 27th was my dad (granddaddy)'s birthday. Jackson is growing before our eyes. He's learning more and more about the world around him every day.




September

September was the beginning of Pirate football. Jackson loved to dress up in his Pirate gear on game day! Jackson also began sleeping through the night in September, which meant mommy and daddy got some rest too!
Happy Birthday Auntie Leila!



October

Jackson dressed up as a monkey on his first Halloween. We also went to Briley's Farm and visited their pumpkin patch with Aunt Shawn, Uncle Jason, and Blaine. We plan to make this an annual tradition, and hopefully be able to track how the boys are growing! I was also able to catch on of his first intentional rolls on video.





November

Jackson got his first taste of cereal this month! He didn't care much for it. He prefers his veggies (sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots). Greenbeans are next. Happy Thanksgiving!



December
This Decemeber is a month to remember. Jackson's first Christmas was so much fun. This month he also got his first tooth, began rolling from side to side more, and now he's sitting on his own. It's amazing how much he has changed and how quickly he's growing.





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I can only pray that God will continue to bless our family in 2010, as much as He did in 2009!

Oh Christmas Time...

What a blessing it was enjoying Jackson's first Christmas! Our celebrating began on the 23rd. Every year we go to Al's Aunt Deb's house to visit with friends and family. The party usually doesn't get started until about 7pm, but with Jackson needing to be in bed between 7:30 and 8, we had to go a little early so we could be back to Greenville in time for bed. Luckily, we still got to see a lot of people before we left.

Jackson got another visit with Santa


Blaine LOVED playing with this Santa. There was a button that made the Santa sing and dance!


We spent Christmas Eve with Al's family. We had a great time, as usual. The boys did so well and had so much fun. Jackson was in awe of everything going on around him and Blaine was in.to.everything. It was hilarious! There was a huge pile of paper and Blaine kept playing in it. I think he liked that more than some of his gifts!



Jackson got lots of cool stuff. Grandma and Grandpa Anderson got both Jackson and Blaine their new Britax convertible car seats! Jackson LOVES his. He likes his infant seat, but he just loves this new one. I think he likes that it sits much taller and he can see everything that's going on. He's become quite the nosey little fellow. He also go a really cool walker toy with an activity center on the front. He already loves playing with it. Aunt Shawn, Uncle Jason and Blaine also got Jackson a really fun LeapFrog activity table, a book and some fun blocks that his can pull around in a wooden cart. He's going to have so much fun with his new toys!








Growing up, mom and dad always allowed Nathan and I to open one gift on Christmas Eve. It was usually a present that we already knew about, but we still got excited to open it up! We are going to do this same with Jackson, and this year his first gift was his 'My First Christmas' pajamas. He got his bath, we put on his new pjs and cuddled up and read him "Twas the Night Before Christmas" (thanks Aunt Shawn!), and off to bed he went.

Christmas morning was so exciting! Jackson was grinning from ear to ear and so overwhelmed with all that was going on.








We spent Christmas Day with my family. After we finished opening and playing with Jackson's toys from 'Santa,' we headed to Smithfield. There we exchanged gifts with Grammy, Granddaddy, Uncle Nathan and Auntie Leila! Grammy and Granddaddy got Jackson so much fun stuff. He got a Radio Flyer wagon, lots of clothes, toys, blocks and sunglasses, just to name a few. Uncle Nathan and Auntie Leila got him some drums, a fun punching toy and a Polo shirt (which is very fitting, if you know my brother)!

That afternoon we went to Jackson's Great Granddaddy's house to have lunch and visit with all of our extended family. We played a little dirty santa among the adults and watched as all the kids opened all their gifts. It was a full house with 7 kids (age 5 months - 8 years) and about 14 adults! It was such a great day spending time with family.

Here is a picture of Jackson with all of his Christmas goodies!

Here Comes Santa Claus...

Here are the pictures from Jackson and Blaine's visit with Santa!





Aunt Shawn with Jackson



It looks like he is screaming at Santa, but really...he's yawning :)






Blaine with Santa! He loved him!





Santa had his hands full!





This last one is hilarious. Jackson looks terrified as he grabs Santa's beard, and Blaine...well he just loves his fingers :)