marc and michelle

New found loves

Jackson is getting quite the personality. Yesterday, I was trying to video him doing his sign language. I would ask him a word and he would sign it to me. Eventually, he laid his head down and I asked him another sign, which he did. Then when I asked him to sign, book, he slid out of the chair and started walking away. I asked him the sign again and he looked and me and signed "all done, all done" and went to play with his toys. It cracked me up that he just told me that he was "all done" and walked away.

(Jackson signing Monkey)

Here are a few of Jackson's new loves....

Every time we get in the car and I put my sunglasses on, Jackson starts crying and reaching for them, until I give in. Here he is in all his sunglass glory.

He is also really loving this new Giant coloring book. He thinks it is great to sit right in the middle and color all around him.

He is still loving his stuffed animals and seems to have one under his arm at all times.

He is loving "fishy" crackers and will sign, fish, and then stick his finger in his mouth and tip his head back. It cracks me up. A few weeks ago, we were watching his Baby Signs video, when suddenly he got out of my arms and walked away. A few seconds later he returned with the fish crackers in one hand and signing, fish, with the other.

He loves to be in the kitchen. The second that anyone steps in the kitchen he starts signing, food and saying, "mmm, mmm.....", and follows closely behind them until he gets whatever treat they are eating. This is a picture of him "helping" my mom make Texas sheet cake the other night.

Jackson can label all the parts of his face. Diaper changing had become next to impossible, when one day I thought I would just start asking him where everything was on his face. He now lays very still and waits to hear what I am going to ask him to find.

(Jackson signing book)

When Jackson wants a drink he walks over to the fridge and signs drink and then waits for someone to open the fridge. I have put his sippy cups on the bottom shelf, so that as soon as the fridge is open he can reach in and get what he wants. When he is done, he will usually put the sippy cup back on the shelf and then help me close the door.

Jackson has to wave goodbye to anyone leaving the house. If he doesn't get to say goodbye or he realizes someone has left he will throw a fit. And it's not good enought to just stand inside the house, because then he thinks that the person is just outside and he bangs on the door they left from. So everytime someone leaves we walk outside to the car with them and walk goodbye, give hugs, and kisses unil the car disappears from view.