3 months!

I know, I know... a little late, but time is scarce when you have a little one! Our little Jackson has turned 3 months. Time sure does fly, and it's amazing to watch your little one growing up before your eyes. It's fun, but also bittersweet. We didn't have a pediatrician appointment this month, but will have a visit for our 4 month birthday. He gets a kick out of playing with his toys (reaching for them, as well as sticking them in his mouth), and does really well with his tummy time - lifting his head all the way up and pushing up on his elbows. He rolls over from his tummy to his back a lot, and loves to chat with us. He smiles at everyone and everything (toys included), and really likes to stand up when you hold him. Here are pictures from our 3 month photo shoot! He's a poser, for sure! And you probably can't tell, but Nick made me do the writing on his 3 month sign in orange and maroon. Go figure :).

Pumpkin pictures at Homestead

I may not work there anymore, but I still think it's a beautiful place to enjoy the different seasons. After the zoo last weekend, we decided to swing by Homestead to take some pictures with Jackson and the pumpkins, and get some pumpkins for our front steps.

Zoo Boo

For Jackson's first Halloween adventure, we went to the Baltimore Zoo on 10/28 with all of his local baby friends! It was the annual Zoo Boo where kids are encouraged to come to the zoo dressed up in their Halloween costumes and take part in different activities and go trick-or-treating. Needless to say, the babies weren't trick-or-treating this year, but they still got all dressed up for the event!


Jackson went as Tigger - borrowing his friend Preston's costume that Preston wore 3 years ago.

All of the mama's with their babies. Nathan the Cow, Rebecca the Penguin, Caleb the Spider, Jackson is Tigger, Jonas the Octopus, and Caroline the Chili Pepper!

This picture was just too cute not to post! Look at Caleb!

Little Jack was pretty tuckered by the end of the afternoon.

Growing up so fast

All of a sudden little Jackson doesn't seem so little anymore. He's looking much more mature, and when he cries it doesn't even sound like a little cry anymore - sounds like a much older baby. Which is both good and bad!

In the past week he's taken a new interest in his toys. Not so much "playing" with them, but rather punching and swatting at them. He has such a good time with it! A couple of pictures of him this weekend, and then playing with his toys tonight...

The Baby Group

As most of you know, I have a group of friends that have all had babies from March to August of this year. Jackson was the last to arrive of the group. We all met when we were planning our weddings, and our friendships grew as we became pregnant one by one, and then had our babies. Jody, Kelly, Jenn, Dani, Anne, and Carrie - thank you for your never ending friendship, support, and advice!

As each of the babies have been born, the other mama's sent along an embroidered onesie with the baby's name on it. What a sweet thing to receive shortly after coming home from the hospital! Here's Jackson modeling his :).

Family picture time

Shockingly enough, we hadn't taken a family picture since the hospital. Can you believe that?? We finally took one this weekend. Nick needed a family picture for his newsletter at work, and we actually remembered to take one! Look at how our little man has grown in the past 11 weeks!

PS - I swear Nick owns other shirts and hats besides these :).

No one likes needles

This past Saturday morning we had to take Jackson to the hospital for some bloodwork. He hasn't been gaining weight quite like he should, and we feel like we pretty much live at the doctor. As most of you know (or if you don't, you should), Saturday was a Hokie football day. Before we headed out, we took some pictures of our little man. He had yet to wear his Hoke bird hat since we bought it on our trip to Blacksburg when he was only 5 weeks old. So he wore his little hat since his VT onesie was dirty. Jackson showed us what he thought of needles with his left hand.

And then he smirked about his witty gesture!

He did so well after getting his little heel pricked, and all of his bloodwork came back normal. The day really wore him out! After we watched the game and had dinner, he decided he'd had enough and took a snooze on daddy.