Fun Times as a 10 Month Old

We're getting settled in the new house and finally getting into a routine.  Jackson goes to a preschool right up the street two days a week now and loves it.  The first few times he didn't even look up when we dropped him off.  When we pick him up he's eating lunch and he just looks up and waves at me with a huge smile.  I'm back training for a half marathon in October so he runs with me a few times a week.  We normally meet up with my mom's group one day a week and he loves Mother Goose on the Loose at the library so we stay busy that's for sure!

He is a mad man with his push toy still although now he also pushes around the popper and small trucks.  He can walk a few steps alone if he isn't thinking about it but sits down the second he realizes he's walking all by himself.  I guess we can say he's walking at 10 months for all intensive purposes!    

 Jackson and his buddy Grant at Grant's first birthday party.

Best game ever. 

He insists on crawling into the middle of the six chairs in the kitchen then gets stuck and screeches until I pull him out. 

First day of school!  What a cutie

Still working on "Touchdown Hokies!".  He loves watching the football men on the TV and tells them "hi!". 

Poor Grace never gets a moment of peace.  Her bowls are on the other side of "baby jail" where Jackson can't normally get them.

Such a good eater.  He uses his fork and spoon very well and will only drink from the cup if it has no lid. 

Holden Beach with the Wolf Pack

Last year for their 30th anniversary (I think) the Wolfords rented a huge beach house at Holden Beach, NC where they used to go when Matt and Erin were little.  They loved every minute of their beach week and told us all that this year the only improvement would be if we joined them for a few days.  You don't have to ask me to the beach twice.  The house was right on the Intercoastal and had a huge picture window over the kitchen sink.  The coolest feature was a crow's nest where you could look at both the river and the ocean (and into the neighbor's house but that was an accident). 

 He wasn't spoiled at all.  Grandma brought him a beach tent and the Go Pod so he wouldn't get too much sun.  We all looked like pack mules going to and from the beach.  It's funny how the older you get the more it becomes going to the beach to sit in the shade instead of the sun. 

 Grandma made him a little outfit out of an old shirt.  It is the cutest thing ever.  We did a beach photo shoot so it promptly got wet.  I'm glad it's big enough he will probably be able to wear it next year too!   

 We got Dad this hammock for his birthday.  If only there was a picture of the rope untying and him plummeting to the floor.  Good thing it was an 8" drop.   

Beach Time

 A very close friend of ours got married at the beach in September about an hour from my mom's house so we planned a trip for Jackson to come down and see everyone.  The last time we went he was barely three months old.  You may remember the disaster on the plane?  At least this trip Jackson was thoughtful enough to take care of it in the car on the way to the airport... nothing like a full outfit strip in the gas station parking lot on the way to catch a flight.

Although he went to the beach our first trip to FL, that was in Jan so I couldn't even stick his little feet in the water.  This trip a Tropical Storm decided to hit the same weekend but we managed to make it to the beach during a break in the rain.  Jackson absolutely loved it and wasn't scared of the waves a bit.  If he could have wriggled down into the water he would have!  

Holding hands :)

Sweet baby James with Uncle Matt

Reading with Nana

 My sister came over to my mom's for the weekend with Meredith and James.  Meredith remembers Jackson now and gets excited about seeing him.  Well she did until this trip when she realized that now he wants to play with her toys and be held by her Nana!  It was very cute to watch the two of them together and she is a big help bringing you anything you need for the baby and checking on James in his crib every so often.  One morning she woke up early so she and Jackson shared the ipad to watch Sesame Street together and I wish I had taken a picture of the two of them side by side but of course didn't think of it at the time. 

 Rachel and Tom have a 106lb Doberman named Chief.  He thinks he is a lap dog.  Really.  He will curl up on the couch next to you and edge over closer and closer until he's half on your lap.  The only thing you have to worry about from Chief is being licked to death or passing out from his shrimp breath.  Jackson is used to his dog wanting nothing to do with him so having Chief around made him very happy.  He even got a ride. 


 
  
 Since the weather was bad we let Jackson and Meredith play "at the beach" on the sand by the dock.  They don't know the difference and it's such a novelty Meredith could barely contain her excitement. 

We can't wait to go back and have Christmas in shorts!  As it should be.