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Workin’ 2 Jobs

July 25- How well can Daddy multitask? He’s workin from home and watching Jackson (with the help of me, his beautiful assistant, to feed, change and entertain the baby).  

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Tummy time

July 24- Jackson has incredible strength. At his first doctor’s appointment at 4 days old, he rolled over when she put him on his belly. Although he didn’t do it purposefully, the doc said it was a 4-month old skill. We’ve been practicing some more but Jackson kind of just leans and thinks it’s hand chewing […]

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Sun’s Out

2 weeks old- Sun’s out, guns out. Joe used to throw his shirt off at the first sign of hot weather on the Bowdoin quad. Here he’s teaching l’il jackson how to deal with the heat and show off some muscle!!

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The Cat’s away…

and the mice will play. I mean, Daddy is back to work and we have to fill our time somehow.   July 21 – Joe went back to work and Jackson and I went for our first walk by ourselves to drop off a deposit for daycare in October. Jackson opened his eyes briefly to […]

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Stripes

July 20- I swear we didn’t coordinate but today seemed to be a day of stripes. We really just wanted to see who wears stripes best. Jackson wins! We gave it to him since it is his 2 week birthday. 

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Just so amazed!

In two and a half hours, it’ll be exactly two weeks since Jackson arrived, and I’m just so amazed at everything about him. As I sit here watching him nap peacefully in his rock and play all swaddled up, I just can’t stop thinking about how beautiful and amazing our time with him has been […]

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July 17: Milk Monster

11 days old Jackson had his second doctor’s appointment today and he gained almost a pound in a week! He is now a whopping 8 lbs (well, 7lbs 15.5 oz) (up from 7lbs, 1 oz at the last appointment)!   Jackson had his first bottle of pumped milk today and took it easily. His proud daddy […]

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Splish splash

July 14- 8 days old and Jackson had his first bath. He was a little upset beforehand but calmed immediately as he touched the water. His came out smelling “so fresh and so clean clean.” July 22- Jackson has had 2 more baths since then, but hasn’t liked them as much. He took one with […]

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July 11-13: The first of many trips

6 Days Old Not even a week old, and Jackson was introduced to what summer is all about. He took is first trip to Cape Cod and what did he want to do? Eat, eat, eat. He ate so often that the one thing I wanted to do — take a walk to the beach […]

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Hello world!

Welcome to the blog dedicated to our l’il Jackson! Jackson entered our lives in the wee hours of Sunday, July 6, 2014. In fact, he arrived at 01:23! His first lessons in counting will have extra special meaning to him.   Jackson weighed 7lbs, 5 oz at birth, and measured 20 inches long.   Did you […]

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