St. Patty's Day

Here are a few pictures that I took of Jackson on St. Patty's Day. He wore this outfit to school!

To Uncle Greg

When I told my brother Greg that Mark and I were having a boy he was very excited! For Christmas of 2007 Greg bought Jackson, a pair of Micheal Jordon basketball shoes (I would have never spent that much money for baby shoes). I have finally put shoes on Jackson. All the teachers at his daycare siad Jackson's shoes were awesome.

Doctor Update

We took Jackson to the ENT doctor and yep, he needs tubes. The wonderful doctor was talking and decides to check out his ears and say "Oh My, little guys has yuk in his left ear." I said, "he has an infection?" Doctor says yes he does. How in the world does this happen? The poor guy just got off of antibiotics shots two weeks ago and he now has another one. I personally think the last one never cleared up. Jackson's surgery is March 27th. I sure hope this helps Jackson.


Poor Jackson had pink eye and an ear infection. I guess that explains why he just wants to cuddle.

Pink Eye

Today I stayed home from work with Jackson as he has pink eye. Last night when I picked him up from daycare his right eyes was gross looking. However its already looking much better today, thanks to the wonderful antibiotics he is taking. Oh the joys of him being in daycare. Believe it or not he does better with eye drops than take medicines orally. Tomorrow we take Jackson to the ENT doctor to see about tubes. I'll let everyone know what the ENT doctors tells us.

Love ya!

Our little guy!

Saturday while Mark and I were making dinner Jackson decided he would climb inside the bar stool. We thought it was to cute not to share.

Monkey PJs

I love these PJs on Jackson. I can't believe is getting so big and in 5 weeks he will be one. Time has just flown past!!

Update

If you remember Jackson didn't gain much from 6 months to 9 months and the doctor wanted him to come back in six weeks to make sure he is gaining weigh. Well, Friday was our appointment and Jackson now weighs 19lbs. and 9oz. Jackson gained just shy of 2 lbs in six weeks. The doctor was very pleased with his weight gain. That's all for the good news. For the bad news...Jackson has double ear infection----AGAIN---- . We didn't even know. He was acting like himself. We couldn't do oral antibiotics again as Jackson just finished antibiotics a week and half ago. The other option was antibiotics via shot. This antibiotic is known to clear up 99% of ear infections. Its a three series shot and how it works is, you receive the first shot, then return to the doctors 24 hours later to see if the infection clears up, if not you receive the second shot, then you return 24 hours later to see if the infection clears up, if not you receive the third shot, then you return to the doctors to see if the infection has cleared up. The doctor said you can only receive this antibiotics once. Well, we decided to try this to get it he infection cleared up. Jackson received the first shot Friday afternoon, we opted to wait until today to see the doctor as she was the on-call doctor. We wanted her to see Jackson since she knew exactly how bad the infection looked behind his ear drum. Today we went in and it's better but not perfect, so Jackson received the second shot. We go back tomorrow to see if it's cleared up. I pray to God that the infection is cleared up as I can not handle seeing Jackson get shots. Since this is Jackson 5th and 6th ear infection we are going to go and see an Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor to see if Jackson needs tubes inserted into his ears. I made the appointment for March 16th. If I was a gabbling woman I would bet Jackson is recommended to get tubes. I believe that is all that is going on.

Look Who's Walking...

Jackson and Sierra

Sunday Mark and I took Jackson to Fun Set BLVD with our Friends Jeff and Jessica and their daughter Sierra. Here are some pictures of Jackson and Sierra.

Odd Picture

I took this picture at the Key West Airport. I thought this picture was very odd since everyone knows alcohol and pregnancy doesn't mix.

Valentine's Day Photos

Here are some Valentine Day photos

Going Shopping

Mark took this video of Jackson tonight. Hope you enjoy!

Cute Pictures of Jackson

Here are some cute pictures of Jackson!

Mickey Mouse

This past week Mark went on a business trip to Fullerton, CA. While there he was able to go to Disneyland and pick up Jackson some Mickey Mouse Ears. Mark even had Jackson put on the back of the hat. Isn't Jackson cute in his Mickey Mouse hat?

Jackson and Mommy Playing

Here 's how Jackson, Mark, and I spend our evenings. Its such a blast!!

Jackson Cruising

Here is a video of Jackson cruising along the coffee table.

9 Month Check Up

This morning Jackson went for his nine month check up. He received a clean bill of health!!! He weights 17 lbs and 14 oz and it 27 1/2 inches long. He hasn't really gained any weight from his 6 month check. The doctor is not to worry about it because he is moving and burning off more calories now. However, we do have to take him back in 6 weeks to ensure he is gaining weight. The doctor also gave me the go ahead that I can switch Jackson to whole milk at 11 months when I run out of frozen breast milk. I'm so happy!!! That means Jackson pretty much has been breastfed exclusively with the exception of a little bit of formula here and there. Doctor also said that Jackson is right where he should be for development. She was pretty happy to hear that he is pretty much on table food. I've been holding back a little on the table food, but she said if he wants it give it to him. We just can't give him the typical no-nos of eggs, peanut butter, honey, and seafood.

Note to Grandpa John - Doctor told me to light up and let you take your grandson for ice cream!!!! Next time you come to WI, yes, you may take Jackson for ice cream!

Who likes Spaghetti?

Last night Jackson had Spaghetti for dinner. Tonight we were able to take a few photos of Jackson eating Spaghetti. He just gobbled it right up!

Happy New Year's!!

Happy New Year's!!! We didn't do anything for New Year's except spend the night in as a family. :) Jackson was in bed at 830 and Mark and I were in bed by midnight. It sounds lame, but that's okay as I'm still having issues with my Crohn's disease and Jackson has a cold. 2008 was wonderful as Mark and I became parents for the first. Jackson is such a blessing! Jackson adds so much enjoy and happiness to our lives. I'm sure hope 2009 will be just as wonderful as 2008.

Day Off

Today I took the day off from work. It was my last day of vacation of 2008. I really need this day as I have been fight my Crohn's disease for the last five days. Then yesterday afternoon my back and neck started to ache as if I was coming down with something. I'm pretty tough, but really why do I need to fight both Crohn's and the flu at the same time? The two hour nap this morning was well needed. I felt better after my nap so I decided to do some scrapbooking. Then late this afternoon my Crohn's started acting up again. Here are the pages that I completed today.