These are some of my favorite photos of Jackson. He is just so gosh darn cute. We went for a walk. I had my camera. He was staring at the grass. Why not? I put him down and he was so happy. He ran his chubby little fingers through the grass. He kept making this silly laugh as he did it. Like the grass was so funny to him. He watched for cars (one of his favorite things to do on walks). He watched leaves move back and forth. He giggled as a cat walked by. He threw his head back to look at the houses next to him. He is so happy outdoors. I love it.

We have a lot to be thankful for this year. Our wonderful family is always supporting and loving us. We have good friends. We have our home and our health. Most of all we have this little boy, Jackson. We were so excited to become parents, but had no idea he would be this awesome! One day a couple weeks ago we dressed him up, bought some pumpkins and made him sit with them while we jumped around to get a smile. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Jackson James is a six month old! Half a year! I can’t even believe it has been this long. Just six months ago I had a little newborn and he has grown into this amazing little baby.

He is still loving sitting up. When he wants a toy out of reach he falls onto his tummy to get it. When we put him on the hard wood floor he turns in circles on his tummy. He just started pushing up onto his knees. Pretty soon this boy will be crawling! Oh, boy. We really need to baby proof! We keep putting it off…

Jackson is wearing 6 month clothes and some 9 months sleepers. We switched to size 3 diapers. We couldn’t get an appointment today, so we go next week.

I started putting him in his crib during nap time. He learned to sooth himself! I couldn’t believe it. Sometimes he goes right to sleep and sometimes it takes a while. I go in and to calm him down and then he finally falls asleep. He takes two naps in his room during the day and still sleeps in the co-sleeper next to me at night.

We gave him solids for the first time today! I made him a sweet potato puree. He didn’t really care for it. He was off with his naps today and he wasn’t in a great mood. He didn’t really open his mouth to try it and when he did taste it he gave us a silly look. He was much more interested in the spoon!

Jackson usually wakes me up in the morning. A couple times. Around 3am for a feeding and then up for the day around 7:30am. I wake up to Jackson talking. It starts out quiet. Little oohhh’s and ahhh’s. I know he is awake, but I’m not ready to open my eyes. Then the little ahhh’s become a bit louder. Aaahhh aaaahhhHHHHHHH!! I look over and he is looking at me through the mesh of the co-sleeper. Once we make eye contact, that is it. He wants out. So, I take him out, change him, feed him. Then we spend some time just hanging out. He looks at the ceiling fan though the mirror. I give him some toys and he plays while I really wake up. The light is always best in the morning in my bedroom, so I try to have my camera ready. He was being extra sweet this day.

This morning I was reminded to slow down remember what is important. Sometimes I get distracted by stupid things and don’t appreciate what I have and what is around me.

Today I am not going to be distracted. I am soaking it all up. I am grateful.