Jackson Visit

Matthew and Terri celebrated their 3rd wedding anniversary last week (Happy Anniversary!!!!) , and to celebrate, they left Jackson with my parents and Nate with his dad, and had a couple days together without the boys. Kevin and I of course jumped at the opportunity to get a visit in with the families on Bainbridge, and loved getting to help babysit Jackson. Kevin sort of threw his back out at the end of last week, so he didn't get quite as much play time as he wanted, but he is now on the road to recovery and hopefully will actually be able to hold Jackson next time we see him! Not that he can be held for long! He is a crawling machine, and can stand up really well when he is next to a chair or couch, and is figuring out how to walk alongside things as well! He might be an early walker like his Auntie May May! He almost has a tooth out, you can definitely feel it when you put your finger in and he chomps on you, so it should rupture anytime now! And of course he's yapping away still, and is a terrific mimic! Here are some pics from our visit:

He has perfected the art of carrying toy in mouth to crawl elsewhere where he can continue to stick things in his mouth!

Aunt Lo gets some love!

Yay football! Next up, soccer!

Trying out his new Phil and Teds clip on high chair. These things are great! He can sit at the table with everyone. Corbin has one, too, and it seems like such a no brainer when you have limited space or are traveling! And they get to sit with everyone!

Looking a little boozy, I don't know what they put in his milk! :)

Banging away to the sound of Grandpa playing the guitar!

Grandma couldn't resist this adorable rocking horse! He liked it for about three seconds, and then wanted to crawl some more!

We also had a great visit with Kevin's family, played some games and ate lots of good food! We've decided that we like our families too much, because it makes the idea of moving remotely far away very unpalatable! Not that we have figured out anywhere to go, but if the case came up, we'd be torn!

In other news, I've decided I want to read 52 books this year. At the moment, I'm a little behind, but have no doubt I will catch up and average a book at week. And I would like to make at least 1/5 of them to be nonfiction, which is always hard for me to pick up. I love getting lost in a good novel, but tend to read nonfiction at a much more leisurely pace and with a novel alongside it! So we'll see how it goes, but I'm excited to give myself a little reading challenge!