Eating and Drinking...

For the past several weeks, Jackson has been working on his fork, spoon and cup skills. He does really well with them all and really enjoys the experience.

F O R K

So proud of himself!


S P O O N

C U P

1st spaghetti! It was disgusting but he had fun. It was all the way around the back of his head/hair. Lesson learned: Do not give a sleepy toddler something as messy as spaghetti! He kept rubbing his eyes with spaghetti-sauced hands, hence the saucy eyebrows.

And just for laughs, he also enjoys a cool drink from the doggy water bowl. As well as getting pen caps stuck on his lip. Always interesting around here and we're getting closer and closer to adding to the adventure! Less than 4 weeks until London's birthday!

Daddy's work...

The weather is hot, I am exhausted most of the time and poor Jackson pays the price by being somewhat cooped up in this 3rd floor apartment and it gets increasingly more difficult for us to leave. He's a very independent little guy and does not always enjoy being CARRIED most places which makes navigating the 3 flights of stairs even more challenging than it already is, considering I'm also carrying his gear, my gear and another child in-utero. Being able to see my feet is a luxury that I lost several weeks ago. I completely took that for granted before when it came to using those stairs. Combine those things with the triple digit temps we've been experiencing as of late and I think I am justified in my decision to stay up here in the A/C as much as possible. I have said a number of times that I will no longer venture out alone with Jackson so when Dusty is home (remember how hot it is, and remember his job revolves around the weather, meaning he isn't home a lot these days while the sun is still up) at a decent time, I really like to take advantage of the extra hands to get Jackson out into the fresh air. One evening this past week just after Dusty got home from work, he got called and had to run back in to check on an irrigation issue. He invited Jackson and I to come along so I jumped at the chance. Jackson had such a good time the 1st time we went out there and he needed the opportunity to stretch his little legs. We spent the evening riding on carts and sitting on mowers but what he loves to do more than any of that, is pretend that he's driving either the cart or the car.

Off to check things out on the course! Exciting!

That's right folks. Jackson has enough hair at 18 months to blow in the wind!!

A few loops around the shop area with Jackson riding passenger like a big boy...

... then a mad dash to the fairway units!

You'd think he would look a little more enthused wouldn't you? He likes his daddy's boss cart much better :0)

Time to head home... Bummer.

but not before a few minutes behind the wheel of the car! I don't think it was a good idea for us to introduce him to the driver's seat of the car. Getting him into the carseat is even more of a nightmare now that he knows where he would rather be spending his car-time.