Jackson Visits Seattle

Yesterday when we were in Seattle Jackson got to meet a bunch of his family that he had not yet met. He had met some of my side, but now it was time to meet some from the maternal side. He met his Uncle Mike, Uncle Josh and Aunt Cam, great gram, tia abuela (great aunt) and tio abuelo (great uncle). I was able to get a few pictures [ there are a lot that I missed, an issue that I will fix next time, which I am afraid will not be until Thanksgiving.] But of those ones that we took here are a few of the good ones. Jackson was real trooper. The drive up on Friday was very long, including 2.5 hours just north of Fife on I-5, where we only went two miles. A tanker truck had flipped and spilled gas on the roadway. [All in all our drive from Eugene to Seattle took over 8.5 hours. I had anticipated a 6 hour trip which included two x half hour Jackson breaks.] He likes the car [or did before then] when it is moving. Being stagnant was not fun. The drive back today was a shade over five hours, including one stop for Jackson. The point of this was Jackson travels well and did great with so many new people. This post will not replace the weekly update which will be later tomorrow.

Seattle Birthday Party

Yesterday we had a belated Birthday for Mary and her mom in Seattle. It was good day in Seattle. I was able to snap a few pictures from the party. Mary and her mom both got suet bar holders and a suet bar for feeding birds.

Jackson 9 Weeks old

I first need to say that we will get better about more frequent posts. We are doing the smallest bit that I promised of the once weekly posting. So here are this weeks pictures. [I just love this picture here, it is like he needs a scepter as he addresses his subjects or he is an actor from Apocalypto] And the update to the week by week page. This has been a fun week as we look ahead to how Jackson will be as we watch Miguel grow up in Ann Arbor ( he is a few weeks older). This week also has a bit of history as a good friend of mine from NC had her baby last week.

From Jenn (and Taylor) blog-

"On Friday, July 13, 2007 at 2:40 a.m. we got into the car and headed to the birthing center. We arrived at the center at 3:00 a.m. and the midwife met us at the car. Then at 3:16 a.m. Dylan Jason Poole came into this world. Yes that is right 16 minutes from when we arrived at the center he was born. He is a beautiful little guy, 5 lbs. 11 ounces, 19.5” tall."

So we have been looking at old pictures and reminiscing a little. This just proves that there is something in the water. So many boys. We have yet to hear from our friends Jeff and Kelly but they are expecting a boy as well.

Jackson 8 Weeks old

Sorry for the late update [see previous post for details]. We have some great pictures from the last week. I have also up dated the week by week comparison. Mary and Courtney will post pictures soon of their field trip to the wineries around town some time soon. Jackson had his 2 month check on Monday. All is good. He got some vaccinations and was not too pleased after the first set. But does not appear to be too damaged. He is still very lively and getting more and more interactive every day. He smiles, laughs and looks around most of the time during the day.

Baxter - The broken puppy

I know that Jackson's adoring fans were in anticipation of his weekly update. That did not appear yesterday as regularly scheduled. That is because I had to take Baxter to the Emergency Vet clinic last night for a 2cm laceration to his leg. When I got home from my internship I was greeted with the normal excitement and then some. My sister and Jackson's aunt was here. She is out from NC for a few days visiting family here. I was informed that Baxter had gotten out of the yard, again..somehow. After a few minutes we noticed blood on the floor and he was bleeding all over. But he did not seem to be bothered. We we packed the cut with quick stop and I took him to the emergency 24hr vet. After some cleaning and staples we came home for dinner. He appears to be okay, but because of this we did not get the update done.

July 8th, Jackson is 7 weeks (almost)

Today Jackson is almost 7 weeks old is just amazing how time flies. We have the week by week update. It is crazy to compare them side by side, since we see him everyday the changes are not as large to us. But recently they seem to be more drastic and we are noticing the difference. Today we did "tummy time" [...drop and give me twenty...] , no real push ups but as you can see from these pictures there is some head control. We have been doing a few minutes at a time of supervised exercise. This morning Jackson and I went for an errand to get Mary her morning decaf latte. Then we read the paper [just the comics], then some journal articles before he decided that he had had enough chemistry and Mary should not be sleeping any more. Then we handed off. Since then we have naps, "tummy time" and more relaxing.

July 4th & 5th

Yesterday we went to Salem for a fourth of July party at one of my aunts. There was some great grilling as usual. I made some Deviled eggs. And Mary has now informed me that I am to make then for every social event we attend. She then qualified that to "when appropriate" [I guess that means I will not bring them to the opera, not that we go....] We have some pictures from yesterday and today. Jackson is getting baths often now. They seem to help calm him down in the evening. He looks so cute under his towel. We are doing well, he is getting more and more interesting as he interacts with us more. There is voice [maybe tone] recognition and we are getting more smiles from him.

Jackson 6 Weeks old

I know that officially it is not weekly update time (till tomorrow) but I have so many good pictures from last night and this afternoon to share that we could not resist. So here are some (more than the normal amount of) pictures. And I have used this as a chance to update the weekly photo list as well. More music and dancing (wigging) he is very involved and looking around at everything. I am still not to sure how much he actually sees. But none the less he is very interested in his surroundings. We are going to have more music playing in the house for him.