Jackson Is 3 Today!

I can't believe our little boy is 3 today! Where did all the time go from when we brought him home from the hospital?

It seems like yesterday we brought Jackson home from the hospital. I remember looking at him the day we were getting ready to come home and crying my eyes out over how much I loved him already and we had just met. I can't even explain how much I love him now. If your a parent or a mom, you can only imagine the love you have for your child.

He made his grand entrance in to the world on March 8th, 2007 at 10:30 am. He weighed 7 lbs 11 ounces and measured in at 21.5 inches long.

He has brought great joy to our lives and we couldn't imagine what our lives would be like without him. This picture below is of Jackson the day we brought him home. He was 2 days old!

From birth, Jackson was a good sleeper and eater. I nursed him every 2 hours during the day (in the begining) and every 4 hours at night. As he got older the feedings moved to every 3 to 4 hours during the day and he was sleeping 6 hours + at night. At 5.5 months is when he started teething and that's when things started to change for him.

This is when he started eating solids and the only one solid he didn't like were those yuckie pees. I didn't blame him, it's not something I'd put in my mouth either!

At 6.5 months he was sitting on his own. Crawling at 7 months and he never stopped after that!

He spoke his first word at 8 months! It was daddda and not to long after that it was mommmma!

He took his first steps on Jan 2nd, 2008.

This picture below is of Jackson on his 1st birthday, March 8th, 2008! It's crazy to think back at all of the milestones he has achieved in just his first year. He went from crawling to walking, cooowing to babbling and saying our 2 favorite words (daddda & mommmmma) he also went from not knowing what any of his little limbs were to clapping and discovering he had toes. All in one year! I do have to say that we've always thought he was a little advanced on somethings, but he did just fine figuring things out for himself.

From 1 to 2 he had a lot of change. After his first birthday, I started weening him and were fully done with breastfeeding in April. I think he was ready because he never fussed or wanted it afterwards. He started eating with a spoon and fork just a month after.

He attended his first minor league baseball game in May, The Fresno Grizzlies!

We enrolled him in Little Gym. This helped develope his fine motor skills and discover his strengths and tubbling. He loved it and it helped him become more independent as a toddler.

Climbing out of his crib at 13 months.

Moved to Mississippi at 16 months (drove across the United States)

As we adjusted to Mississippi life, Jackson discovered lots of new things. These were also firsts for playing in the mud, water parks and bugs. He made lots of new friends during this year and we got to do a lot of traveling as well. We visited Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. We went to the Georgia Aqarium, Graceland and the Jacks Daniels Distillery.

He had a Hernia repaired in October, his first surgery.

He also had his first airplane ride back to California for Christmas. We also drove from Mississippi to California to celebrate his 2nd birthday.
This is Jackson at his 2nd birthday party!

From 2 to 3, he had changed so much. He was talking so much after his 2nd birthday and now he talks in paragraphs and has a complete conversation with us. Shortly after his 2nd birthday we started potty training. I believe this was in May. It was pretty easy and a little scary!

We had lots of attempt at getting Jackson to sleep in his own bed this year, but we never got for longer then a week.

He started school at the Child Development Center on base in Columbus.

We visited Florida with daddy while he attended water survival school. After Jeff finished that phase of training we drove home to California. This is when we discovered Jackson would have a sibiling!
As we waited for Jeff to finish IFF, we celebrated halloween in Fresno, visited Sea World and ended up flying back to Columbus for thanksgiving. We got to visit with Jeff for a couple of weeks and flew back to California to get ready for Christmas.

In January we moved to Arizona. We got Jackson back in a routine and enrolled him back in to school and Little Gym.

This is Jackon yesterday at his little birthday party we had here at the house with some friends. Now we will see what he has in store for us in the coming year! Happy Birthday Jackson, we love you so much and we are so proud of you!

Jackson is now sleeping in his own bed and we will attempt pooping in the toilet!