Looks who's 6 months!

Wow, has it really been six months since Jackson was born? It's funny how quickly you forget what life was like before a new addition. I can barely remember what it was like to be a mother of 1 much less not a mother at all.
Jackson had a great 6 month checkup. The dr. said he looks wonderful and assured us boys are a different beast so keep our eyes out for all the trouble he will get into. I had already figured that one out. Jackson is a ball full of energy. He only has 2 speeds, full throttle jumping or crying cause he is hungry. Every once in awhile you can throw sleep in there but he isn't too fond of that one. When we were at his appointment it was hard for the dr. to listen to his heartbeat since he was jump jump jumping all around. Haley had been diagnosed with innocent heart murmurs before so I was interested to see if Jackson had them too but he wouldn't sit still long enough. Good thing they are "innocent" so no concern even if he had them. One funny story from his appt. I had to take Haley with me and when the dr. was checking out Jackson she tooted loud. I laughed and said, "Haley, did you toot?" She responded yes and the dr. laughed and told her it's ok to blame that on Jackson!

Here are his 6 month stats:
Weight: 17.3 lbs - 50%
Height: 27' - 50-75% (although he was squirming when the nurse took his height so I'm pretty sure she added a little to it)
Head: 17' - 25-50%
Sitting on his own
Rolling like crazy
No teeth yet
Eats EVERYTHING!

Matt calls this Jackson's "I wanna cheeseburger" face


Little man


What a big smile


Haley loves to give Jackson hugs. Looks like she is squeezing his food right out of him in this pic!

Never too early to start practicing with a football. The cheeseburger look is back. I think he wanted to eat the football but Haley quickly took it away so she could play with it :)

Haley gave Jackson keys instead, which was easier for him to eat

Haley playing on her tricycle in the garage while it was raining. Earlier in the day we went to a bike store to look for a bike for me and Haley found one she wanted. We were amazed how well she rode it. It was a big girl's bike with training wheels.

A couple of funny stories from this past week.

Every morning I have to put Haley's hair back so it isn't in her face. On Friday I managed to get them in pig tails and it looked so cute! Once she realized she had "two" pony tails she protested. I got her mind off of it somehow and off to Grandma's we went. Well, once she got to Grandma's house she said, "I not WANT pig tails" and took them out! I don't think I am ready for her to have an opinion yet on her hair styles! I want her to have cute pig tails forever.

And finally, the other day I dropped a full glass far of baby food on the tile. Well, as you can imagine the orange food went everywhere and the glass shattered too. I thought I got most up until Haley said Friday night, ouch! I looked at the bottom of her foot with Jackson on my lap and it was bleeding. Then I smelled something, looked down and noticed poop on my jeans?? Wow, Jackson's diaper had leaked and poop was EVERYWHERE! Which child to take care of first? Luckily Matt was there and he decided blood was better then cleaning up poop, which I don't blame him. We got everyone all cleaned up and off to the bath we went.

Good times at The Vara's!

Have a great week.