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8 Month Pictures

8 months

I have discovered that we must live boring lives. All I have to blog about is our “status” it seems. Who is sick now and with what, what Jackson is doing now, work, and how is Billy. Sorry, guys…that’s our life….so here it goes…..

No big surprise, we are still having sickness in our house. Jackson is recovering from his second ear infection. He was sent home from daycare last Wednesday. Billy took him to the doctor and we were given an antibiotic and a nebulizer. My mom kept him Thursday, half of Friday and Monday and I kept him home all weekend. So he had 5.5 days to recover and was able to go back to daycare yesterday. He is doing much better and is back to his active self…he kept Mimi on the move Monday. Thanks Mom!!

I am still on the road to recovery. I believe I am now over my sinus infection, bronchitis, and ear infection. I will be going soon to have some tests run to see why I keep getting sick. I hope they are able to get me back to where I was and that I won’t continue to have problems with spring coming and allergies. Thanks for all of you who have been praying for our recoveries as well as Billy’s job situation.

Billy is doing well. He is still job hunting with no leads at this point. He is trying to keep busy doing little things here and there. I have a “never-ending Honey to-do-list” (as he calls it) but I just can’t seem to get him started on it. Hopefully, he can do more if the weather turns nice (and stays!). That would be a full time job in itself!!! No, he actually does a lot to help me. He has become the chef of the home for the past 6 months and does a lot of the housework, shopping and helps with the baby. I’m lucky…he’s good to me!

This weekend Jackson discovered that he could climb stairs. I saw him climb up 2 and quickly got him down. When Mimi kept him Monday, he climbed up 5-6 steps! So needless to say we now have a baby gate on the stairs. We have barriers set up everywhere now it seems. He is so mobile and loves to get into everything he is not suppose to. He loves to open drawers, play under tables, play with shoes, and chase Scout around. Before we know it, he will be trying to escape out the doggie door! He claps and now waves bye-bye. He is so precious. Billy said on Wednesday the doctor was examining him and Jackson started waving at him – he was ready to go bye-bye and the doctor knew it!! He is still holding on to things when he takes steps but he has stood up twice with very little help. I am not ready for him to start walking. He is learning things and growing too fast. It wasn’t that long ago that he sat up for the first time now he climbs stairs…what’s happening to my baby…..

I am looking forward to spring and new adventures to come. I can’t wait to start taking Jackson on walks with Scout in our neighborhood and swinging in the back yard. Thanks to my Aunt and Uncle, we have a nice big swing set for Jackson and I hope to buy a baby swing soon and put it on there so he can start playing on it. Maybe the blog will be more interesting when we can get well and start spending more time outside and doing fun things!

PS. Our computer is still having issues but I hope to have pictures posted soon.