Strong As An Ox

Here's Jackson showing off for the ladies. He'll be doing one-armed push-ups within a month. Look for him on the cover of next month's issue of Bulked Up Babies. Everyone says you can't start solid foods until 4 to 6 months, but Jackson seems to be doing just fine on 5 raw eggs and a protein shake every day.

Working Woman

Everybody's got to pull their own weight around here.  Just because you're "getting up at all hours of the night" or "feeding this stinking kid every two hours" doesn't mean you get a free pass.

Denise reluctantly agreed to do a few kitchen drawings for work last weekend.  Who knew motherhood required so much multitasking?  

In his defense, Jarrett made dinner.

The Many Faces of Jackson Ward

This kid is getting more and more lively every day.

He and Denise had a photo shoot the other day.

I could look at these all day.

Ho Ho Ho...

We all celebrated the approach of Christmas (and Christmas Break!)

with a little holiday dress-up, followed by some culinary festivities.

Jackson was pretty upset when we told him that he couldn't have any cookies.

Woohoo!

Snow Day!

The snow is Beans-deep, and the wind blew all night. All the roads are buried; the county never even had a chance. Jarrett gets the day off, and some kindly soul with a skid steer came by and plowed out the driveway this morning. Hooray!

In other news, Denise made it all the way to December 8th before breaking down and opening all the early Christmas presents under the tree.

Thanks Nana & Papa!

Growing Like a Weed

Our baby boy is growing fast. Compared to a month ago, he spends a lot more of his day awake and alert. He's noticing everything, and he is very excited about it.

He still can't reach out and grab things, but if you set a toy on his chest, he'll shove it into his mouth.

Jackson really likes toys.

He's a pretty happy kid, generally.

And we're pretty happy parents, generally.

For anyone who wants to look at 6 million pictures of Jackson, there's a new batch up at Shutterfly.

Jackson Makes a Friend

Playing Games

The Couch Potato

Happy Baby

This is a toy I had when I was a baby.

Playing with a rattle. He doesn't really shake it on purpose.

He just holds it and waves his arms around.

Jackson's New Discoveries

Things to talk to and hit.

Snuggle buddies.

Sitting up...with a little help.

Beans's new discovery.

Sleepy Saturday

It gets kind of lonesome around here before 10:00 a.m.