Jackson's Eight Months

We are perpetually about a month behind.  These photos were taken almost a month ago and alas, Jackson turned eight months old a month ago!  That's okay, since this is our way of capturing some of those precious moments and milestones with our boys, better late than never!

And so, what's up with Jackson at eight months?

 He continues to search for the number!

 He enjoys striking a pose!

 Oh, he is developing more and more independent desires...sometimes he gets upset when he does not get his way!

But, he quickly recovers and expresses much excitement!

• Jackson is wearing a size three diaper and size 9 month - 12 month clothing;
• Jackson has four teeth on top and four on bottom with more on the way (as evidenced by drool and fussiness);
• Jackson continues to take his bottle, but he recently found his older brother's sippy cup, rolled over and took some swigs!;
• Jackson continues to do an army crawl--not yet pulling up, but he is so fast;
• Jackson wants to be where the action resides--quickly crawling to discover the source of any commotion in the Anderson household (which is usually his older Brother, Dustin);
• Jackson is a mommy's boy and is definitely jealous (yes, already!) of any attention that mommy gives to older Brother;
• Jackson quickly recovers from the roughness periodically asserted by his older brother;
• Jackson loves his older brother and for the most part the two boys play together so well;
• Jackson is eating 2 and 1/2 jars of baby food each day, along with one serving of whole grain cereal--he generally enjoys most food that he is given;
• Jackson has been waking up in the middle of the night for at least a month now (time for mommy and daddy to engage in some "sleep training"); and
• Jackson is so pleasant--is ticklish and has the most infectious laughter (and lots of it).  He is just a ray of sunshine and a joyous part of our family!