All Smiles at School

Here is a pic from Jackson at school today:

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have been blessed with a house full of family this Thanksgiving. Jackson has loved all of the attention from the grandparents!! We snapped a few photos in front of the Christmas tree yesterday while Jackson was playing on the floor:



Then my stepdad took a few great photos of Jackson today:




I took this last one, Jackson was very wiped out and had definitely had enough of the paparazzi:

Park Photos

I took some photos of Jackson this afternoon at the park. It was a beautiful day but he didn't have much patience for my camera so I only got a few. Here are some favs:

Happy Half Birthday Jackson!

Jackson is 6 months old today. I cannot believe how quickly the past 6 month have flown by! Yesterday we were at the hospital visiting baby Ella and I hardly remember Jackson as a newborn, he never seemed that tiny. Crazy!!!

Jackson's doctor appointment went well this morning. Thankfully, Jackson has slowed down a little bit on the growth charts...he weighs 19 pounds 10 ounces (90%). He remained consistent in the height department at 27 inches (75-90%). Overall Dr G gave him an A+ (I always wonder how the conversation goes if you don't get an A+ on the "report card"...). Dr G instructed us to start working with him on crawling. Really? I'm not in a hurry for him to start crawling, I'm perfectly content with him just being able to sit at this point. At the end of the appointment, Jackson received 4 vaccinations. He cried louder and longer this time, not fun. Fortunately, he fell asleep in the car on the way to school, but then was very unhappy when I had to wake him up to take him inside. We are hoping that he doesn't have the same bad reaction to the shots as he did 2 months ago, that was the worst I have ever seen him.

Here are a couple pics from the appointment. He was thoroughly entertained with the paper!

Shaving Cream!

Jackson's school just sent me this photo from earlier today. They are exploring the texture of shaving cream and Jackson is having a ball! Who knew shaving cream could be so fun!?!

Welcome Ella Caroline Thompson!

We are so excited to welcome Baby Ella! She arrived on Tuesday, November 10th at 9:47 AM weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces and 20 inches long. Congrats to Catherine, Brad and big sister Amelia! Jackson can't wait to meet his new girlfriend!

A Few Random Pics

Here are some quick pics that we took over the weekend. Nothing special, just some fun ones to share...

Diana gave Jackson a soft stuffed soccer ball awhile back, it has recently become one of his favorite toys. He loves to pick it up and try to find a way to shove it in his mouth or bury his face in it in his attempt to see what it tastes like. Can't say that I really understand the baby stage where they are fascinated with chewing on everything.

In this one, we are throwing the ball up in the air. He is highly entertaining watching it move.

Jackson had a few unexplained crying fits on Sunday, we caught this picture in the midst of one. The dramatic look on his face made me smile.

And finally a family pic from Halloween that I recently received:

Peas Please

We started Jackson on baby food late last week! His first experience was with peas and I was incredibly impressed. After he got over the first strange taste, he actually seemed to like it! These pictures are his first and second bites:


After three very successful nights of peas, we moved on to carrots last night. He LOVED them!

Big Boy Car Seat

Jackson has graduated to the big boy car seat! He was about to outgrow the infant car seat, almost exceeding both the weight and height limits. But more importantly, I could no longer lift the infant seat with him in it...way too heavy! So we bought two new seats (same seat, just different fabrics) and installed them yesterday. Here is Jackson on his way to school this morning:

Happy Halloween

We had a wonderful Halloween! Jackson was a little monkey and was surprisingly patient in his costume. As I mentioned in a previous post, he wore his costume to school on Friday. His teacher said he was the hit of the school, everyone loved his adorable outfit! Then we dressed him in it again on Saturday evening. We had a great set up outside in our driveway...enabling us to greet the trick-or-treaters and still catch all of the Texas OSU game. We surprisingly had only a few trick-or-treaters, but a ton of parents wanted to stop by to check out the score of the game! All in all it was a very successful first Halloween for little Jackson!

Jackson hanging with Mallory the Monkey

Hanging with Jackson in the back of the truck

Scott was "invisible" for Halloween

Jackson watching us eat pizza and wondering why we aren't sharing