Rub a dub dub

Cutie in the tub.  

29 Weeks

No age sign this time.  Jackson ate it.

 Can you say slobber? Yowsers.  

Toys!

All of the Christmas toys that Jackson received in Kansas City showed up this week and boy did he have a good time testing them all out.  Thank you to all of our family and friends who showered Jackson with gifts (or should I say spoiled!) for his first Christmas. We are stocked up at the Teach household!

One of Jackson's favorite toys is the walker.  Watch out- once this kid is mobile he is going to be everywhere.  When we put him in it for the first time he just wiggled his feet and laughed.  Then he figured out what he was supposed to do and no one was safe in the house.  I'm starting to re-think this toy.

Cute and innocent before he figured the toy out 

He figured it out!  Going ... 

Going ... 

Gone.

But there is one thing Jackson hasn't figured out yet.    

How to back up!  He got himself stuck under the kitchen table :) 

28 Weeks

The weekly pictures are getting harder and harder to take the older Jackson gets.  Here are my attempts at the 28 week picture.

Yum, yum, yum.  If I knew how much Jackson would like his fruits and vegetables, I would have given them to him way before now.  No funny faces, no spitting the food out.  He takes them down like a champ.

Grandma Wine came out to visit us after Christmas and help us move in to the new house.  She was such a big help.  Jackson loved snuggling with grandma on the swing outside and falling asleep with her!

We took a break from cleaning and unpacking to watch the sunset on the beach and enjoy some yummy Mexican food in the Carlsbad Village. 

 Jared, Shari and Grandma noshed on some chips and salsa ...

... while Jackson noshed on the table. 

Best Friends

Kendall, Jackson and Oliver became good friends during our visit to Kansas.  There is nothing cuter than kids and dogs and the below pictures prove it.

 Kendall showing Jackson which buttons to push

 Lets play together ya, ya, ya 

 Kendall exploring the dog food

Kendall and Jackson comparing gifts 

On the look out for Santa

Four Christmases

No, I'm not referring to the Vince Vaugh/Reese Witherspoon movie.  I'm referring to the Teach Family Christmas 2010!

Jared, Jackson and I traveled to Kansas for two weeks over the Holidays.  It was so nice to spend Jackson's first Christmas with our friends and family.  Here are some of the highlights below.

Christmas #1 Topeka, KS

 Family tree necklace for Granny Annie

 Baby's first Christmas

 Someone had too much egg nog

 Jackson enjoying dinner with the Weilers

 Oliver's Christmas outfit

 Pulling Oliver's ears on Aunt Nancy's lap

Fun gifts from Aunt Nancy and Granny Annie

Christmas #2 Hope, KS

 Hanging with cousin Dwight

 Dwight, Jackson and Dustin

 Aunt Emma and Great-Grandma Davidson

Playing with Great-Grandma Davidson

Christmas #3 Salina, KS

 Grandpa Teach

Great-Grandpa and Grandma Teach and Jackson

Christmas #4 Vassar, KS

 Grandpa and Grandma Wine and Cousin Kendall

 Grandma Wine and Jackson

He spits up a lot on this one :)

 Not so sure about the dancing candy cane

Blackmail in about 16 years

Santa's little helper

Ho Ho Ho

Jackson was able to meet Santa twice during the Holiday season.  Once in California and once in Topeka.  Santa sure gets around.

The first meeting.

The second meeting. 

Stubborn! Wonder where he gets that from?

Jackson has been eating rice cereal now for about 6 weeks.  Recently he has started to refuse to eat his cereal.  He sucks on his lower lip and won't open his mouth.  I had read somewhere that when babies refuse to eat or try something new, let them explore the food and eventually they will want to eat it.  So, I let Jackson take the spoon and stick his fingers in the cereal.  Sure enough, after he played with his food for a bit he started to eat.  I spent quite a while cleaning up the mess he made.  

Jackson took the spoon and tossed the cereal everywhere.  

Jackson playing with his cereal. 

Jackson 24 Weeks- little explorer

Our baby boy is almost 6 months old!  He is such a delight to be around- he has the best smile and his laugh is hilarious.  I'm excited to go back to Kansas City for Christmas so our family and friends can see how much he has grown!

Jackson has really started to explore the world and become more aware of his surrounding.  He loves to explore mommy and daddy's faces and stick his finger up our noses (awesome) and loves to reach out and pet Oliver.  Since he is so fascinated with everything, we have had to make sure he is not near anything valuable, as you can guarantee he will pick it up and put it in his mouth or bang it on the floor.

 Mommy turned her back and Jackson grabbed a pear decoration and started chewing. 

After he was done chewing the pear, he decided to bang it on the side of the table.

Jackson has also become quite the little explorer in this bouncer.  He whips himself in circles and jumps up and down laughing and grinning.  On the particular day when I took the pictures below, he decided he needed to suck on his pacifier, watch tv and play in his bouncer all at the same time.  

Jackson multitasking- pacifier, tv, bouncer.

Sweet baby blues.