Jackson and his new bed

For the past couple of months Jackson has been sleeping in his pack and play because he really didn't like his crib. He would get up and scream in the middle of the night. Therefore, Mike and I decided to let him sleep in his pack and play because he would sleep all night and not wake up. This past weekend, we decided to put Jackson in his toddler bed because he is getting older and the pack and play was getting a little cramped.

Jackson and Brooke with Baby Makenzie

I had the opportunity to watch Brooke and Makenzie on Saturday night. It was a lot of fun and I have to admit, I can't wait till we have another little baby in the house. Makenzie smelled so good and was so adorable and content being held. I think Jackson is about ready for a little brother or sister. I still had to remind him to be gentle and as you can see Brooke loves to be snug as a bug with little Makenzie :)

Happy Labor Day!

We went to an early picnic today and Jackson hung out and lasted without a nap. He crashed as soon as we got in the car. After he woke up from his nap, I caught him grilling buns. He has seen daddy grill but today he saw our friend, Jason, grilling buns. It was so cute because Jackson actually used a wooden spoon as a spatula to try to get the buns off the grill and kept saying hot, hot.

Jackson and his encounter with a bird

We have been taking care of our friends animals for the past two weeks. Jackson loves to go see the dogs, the bunnies, the turtle, the bird and the fish :) It is like going to the farm or zoo :) OC, the bird, loves to sit on your shoulders and Jackson wanted to try in on the fun. However, he didn't like it too much as soon as I started to video it :( Thank goodness I at least got a good picture before I videoed.

Jackson and his boo

Jackson has started to request ice whenever he hurts himself. He refers to his booboo as an "ouchy" or a "boo". Here is a short video of him putting the turtle ice pack on his "ouchy".

Jackson and Mike's first project together!

Jackson helped daddy with the painting.

Jackson absolutely loves portuguese horseshoes, so daddy made him his very own.

Jackson's favorite snack, yummy homemade banana bread

Jackson loves to help mommy bake in the kitchen.

Stirring the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients.

I then pour the mixture into this pretty cool tin that you can make cakes into trees and gingerbread men. However, the size is perfect for little Jackson so we use the tin all through out the year, instead of just at Christmas and we call them little boys and go green trees :)

Jackson and the papaya

We had gotten some papayas from our day care provider. Jackson had watched Mike cut it in half and scoop out the seeds the previous day. Therefore, Jackson wanted to do it himself the next morning :)