Jackson turned 6 months old.

Jackson turned 6 months old yesterday and what a milestone it was.  He is now in “little scientist” mode and trying to grab and study everything. His legs are pretty strong and he really likes to play Push Off and Just Out of Reach games. When the toy is sitting…just…out of reach, you can see his frustration build until he musters his his knee underneath him to….puuuuuush. “He got it! Yeah!!!!!” So much fun . 

When he wakes at morning’s first light, I scoop him out of his crib. I hold him looking over my shoulder and, out of the corner of my eye, I see a giant grin is on his face. Oh no, it’s not for Daddy. It’s for Ruby who followed me in. Ruby is his buddy and little shadow.

Jack has now tried sweet potatoes, carrots, sweet peas, apples, pears and…..prunes. The prunes are, by far, the most disgusting looking. They taste okay and I personally like prunes. They simply look -literally- like raw sewage. The sweet peas are his favorite and he devours them.

Let’s see, what else….he can grab hard, loves rollie-pollie, only sleeps on his tummy and his butt up in the air, kicks his feet while Daddy jams on guitar, splashes in the bathtub and pacifies himself with thumb-sucking. And finally, tonight, he started sticking his tongue out at mom and I. LOL!