3 Months!

Three months and a seriously spunky, happy and giggly personality!  

I honestly can not begin to explain what a happy baby we have on our hands...  Yes, (in the voice of Phil Robertson) happy, happy, happy!

Jackson is growing up so quickly!  Our "little" baby is smiling, giggling. holding his head up, observing EVERYTHING and eating like it's no ones business.  

Monthly Stats:

Weight: 17lbs!  

(yes, you are reading that correctly)

Diapers size: 2

Clothing size: 3-6 month (mostly 6mo)

A little more about our little (big) boy

Unlike Jameson, Jackson is not the best sleeper but can eat all of us under the table!  No joke, Jackson would eat all day and all night long if I were to let him.  He LOVES his milk (and his mommy) ;-)  We are working very hard to get on more of an eating schedule, but right now it's mostly "on demand".  I am hoping we have a little more of an "eating routine" report by next month!

On a positive note (this actually happened just past the three month mark, but it's so exciting to us, I just had to post it) Jackson is now officially drinking out of a bottle!!!  OH MY GOSH!  I truly did not think the day would ever come.  It wasn't easy, it wasn't fun, but we did it.  He still prefers to nurse, but at least we have options now!  And this is one happy mommy reporting this amazing news!

On to the sleep situation.  Yes, Jackson would definitely prefer to eat rather than sleep.  Jameson - the complete opposite!  Luke and I made the decision to start sleeping training ASAP!  We have been working on it for a couple weeks now and we are seeing SOME progress.  Jackson will go down pretty easy for bed time, but after he gets up for a night feeding he doesn't seem to want to sleep much longer. One thing we have figured out is if he nurses during the night, getting him to stay asleep the remainder of the night is not all the easy... (he really likes the comfort of nursing-that's for sure... there are times I will get him all set to nurse and as soon as he lays down next to my chest he falls asleep) On the other hand, since we have started bottles and if he were to get a bottle during the night, the chances of him falling back a sleep and staying asleep for a few more hours is much greater.  (you can guess where we are heading with this situation!)

Naps, now thats an entirely different story... Jackson just simply does not like to nap.  It takes every single ounce of energy to get him to sleep during the day.  Again, we are working VERY hard on this... 

Overall, we most certainly have an amazing little man on our hands!  He brings so much joy and laughter to each and everyday!  He has 100% completed our family and we could not be happier!

And to top it all off, Jameson is the BEST big brother!  (sometimes a little on the rough and tough side, but he always wants to know where the "baby" is!)