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My little snow baby

(Blizzard #1)

Where is Jackson?

In blizzard 1 we recieved 29 inches of snow... we are in for another 20-30 more inches by tomorrow night!! Where will we put it all?

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Tempertantrums

And slience

Pictures

My friend Andrea (a WONDERFUL photographer), is doing a weekly photo project where she captures a snap shot of her family's everyday life or a portrait of her kids, etc. I thought it was such a wonderful idea that I think I am going to do the same thing too. So here are my 1st three weeks.
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Bathtime

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Second Christmas

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Little Chef

(PS. Be sure to check Andrea's blog in the next week or two for some belated 1st birthday pictures of this cute little boy!)

New resolution

OK, my new resolution is to post something at least once a week... we'll see how that goes since most of the "Jackson is a sleep time" is spent on school work (and he loves to play with the computer when he's awake... or have Mommy read books to him).

I just finished 3 weeks (49hrs) of newborn nursery clinical. I got to do all the 1st assessments on the babies (only a few looked as small and scrawny as mine did). I did get to see some interesting things like babies with extra fingers, extra nipples, drug withdrawal, and jaundice. I loved working with the other NP's and the new families.

Jackson is getting more 'toddler like' every day. He almost never crawls anymore and he is starting to look more like a big boy and less like a baby, and he's talking up a storm. He has over 50 words in his vocabulary! He LOVES to read, and by LOVES I mean that's what we do 80% of our awake/non eating time. The other night Dan asked if Jackson plays with any of his toys anymore because all Jackson wants to do is read a book, many times it's the same book in a row. I have actually taken to hiding books halfway through the day so that Jackson is forced to pick a new book to read (there are only so many times in a row that I can read "Old McDonald" or "ABC's" or "Helpers are Heros". Jackson is even starting to anticipate the letters in the alphabet because we read his ABC book so much. Ex. If I say "'A' American Ants" Jackson then says "B", and so on with most of the letters A-O. "F" Fox with fish" is his favorite letter. I am thrilled that Jackson loves books and I hope that this love will continue as he gets older!

Jackson is also a huge fan of belly buttons (thanks to his "Belly Button Book" Sandra Boyton). Not necessarily his own button but definitely Mommy's and Daddy's buttons, he pokes us in the stomach and yells "Button!" (it make me realize how out of shape my button is) :-)

Classes start again on Tues so I am gearing up for another semester of papers, tests, studying and clinical... only 16 months to go (not that I am counting :-) ).

Here are a few new pics of my boys and fam that I have been taking with my new camera...

Jackson and Aunt Megan

A Christmas gift from Dan's Uncle and family



And last but not least......

My boys!!

Snow

I am writing from the hospital where I have been for the past almost 24 hours (with 12 more still to go). The snow is beautiful (well what we can see of it). Yesterday AM I walked through 6in of snow with my suitcase to meet wonderful friends who gave me a ride to the hospital for the start of one long weekend. After 12 hours of work we made a "dorm room" for the 5 of us nurses on our unit who were staying the night. It was quite cozy in our room and the hospital provided meals for us who stayed overnight.

Throughout the day we were able to see the snow from our windows (I know it is a lot but it doesn't look as deep from our windows as I am sure it really is).

I can't wait to get home to see my family, I will definitely be ready to leave here at the end of 36hours.

One!?!

I can't believe Jackson is 1 already! The year went by so fast!! He's growing and learning so fast. I love that he can talk some and sign a few words... though sometimes the words he likes to learn are a little funny (yesterday he decided to learn the word hiney "eye-nee" when I was changing his diaper and then proceeded to say it all day long... :-) He's cute in the morning when he signs eat and asks for his "oh-mow" (oatmeal) and when he hears any noise at the door he immediately asks if that's dada.

Stats: 19lb 2oz, 28 1/4inches. 4 signs, 15+words and 5 animal sounds.... and counting.... Walking.... um only 2 or 3 steps, maybe someday we'll realize it's a good mode of transportation.

Here are some pics from his 1st birthday and Halloween.

Jackson's cake (the one the guests ate) he loves his pirate bath duck so we decided to make that his cake.

Time for cake! Jackson got his own little cake.

Yummy.



His 1 year shirt I made

At the petting zoo/farm on Halloween

The cutest pumpkin in the patch!

No, we haven't fallen off the face of the earth....

It just seems like it....

It's been over 3 months since I've posted and things have changed dramatically! After working very part-time and subbing Dan now has a full-time teaching job at the H.S. near our house and is LOVING his fellow teachers and students.
I am cutting back my hours at work to 2 weekends a month and am going to school part-time for my PNP (Peds Nurse Practitioner) degree (18 more months!). And Jackson....
Can climb stairs, stand, walk, stack things, has 6 teeth and can say- Mama, Dada, All done, Amen, Up, Bye, Hi, Teeth, and make animal noises for sheep, horse, cow, dog, and lion(his favorite).
He is growing up so fast and definitely looks like a toddler now... no more baby here.
One week from today is his 1st birthday!! I can't believe that it's been a whole year since he was born (or since I was hugely prego and couldn't remember what my normal body even looked like).
I have truly treasured each and every moment with my little guy and am so thankful to have him in my life. (Though grocery shopping would be easier on my own... :-) ).

I'll be sure to post some pics soon.
~Lindsey