A few updates...

I havent gotten any better about updating this blog in the past couple of months. But, as I said in my last post, out laptop computer died so I havent been able to upload any new photos! I promise I'll try to get on that soon.

Jackson is growing like a weed! He'll be turning 2 on April 3rd, so just a couple of weeks from now. I can hardly believe how quickly time has gone by. He's so smart and very active--he's very big into repeating things that he hears mommy and daddy say so we're really having to watch our tounges! He has come out with some not-so-great things to say and it's so hard not to laugh when he says them. He loves to sing and dance and loves watching his shows on TV. Some of his favorites are Super Why, Curious George, and the Backyardigans. Of course, he's still completely obsessed with Toy Story--Buzz and Woody are a huge hit in our house!

He amazes me every day with new things he can say and do. And he is so incredibly sweet when he says he loves you--it melts my heart!

About a month or so ago Jackson learned to climb out of his crib, so now he's in a big-boy bed. Unfortunately, now that he can get up and move around at any time he's still in the habit of coming into our room at some point during the night and getting into bed with us. I'm just not seeing any light at the end of the tunnel with breaking him of this so we're just dealing with it.

Jackson and Brian were in the Savannah St. Patrick's Day parade again this year! The parade was Friday, March 14th and Jackson had an absolute blast this year! Last year was a little weird because he was still so young, but this year we really geared up for the big day! We practiced marching in the parade for weeks and Jackson decided he wanted to wave and say "Hi and Bye" to people. He loved all of the bands in the parade and broke it down a couple of times. I have video (not that I know how to upload that) and pictures--I promise they'll be posted one day!

I saw in another friend's blog that they started "tagging" their other blogging friends to write 10 things about their children. So, I'll start mine here...10 things about Jackson:

10. By no fault of his own, Jackson still needs me to sit in the room with him to fall asleep at night. I take all the blame for this activity, but I dont mind it at all--I'm usually in his room less than 5 minutes before he's out like a light! Plus, he always says I love you before he falls asleep, and I wouldnt miss that for anything!

9. He really isnt much of a breakfast person at all (just like his mommy). I always offer him things to eat in the morning, but he'll usually only eat a couple of bites and that's it. I stopped making "larger" breakfasts for him, so now we usually have a bannana or a few bites of a waffle or something else small.

8. Another terrible thing--Jackson drinks absolutely no milk at all. He used to suck it down like it was the only thing available to him, but now all he will drink is sweet tea and juices. But, on the plus side, he LOVES cheese so I load him down with that so that he'll get some calcium!

7. Jackson is also a very picky eater and wont try many new foods. We exist mainly on chicken nuggets (I buy the all-white-meat breast nuggets because it makes me feel like it's better for him), cheese quesidillas, an occasional corn dog, and potatoes of any kind. He'll also eat tons and tons of fruit. He gets a vitamin every day, so I'm just not one of those mothers that freaks out about his weird eating habits!

6. 6 weeks ago was the first time Jackson had ever been watched by anyone other than my parents and also the first time he had been in a "nursery" situation. Usually when we'd go to church we'd just leave him with my parents, but we started taking him to the nursery. He had sort of a hard time at first, but now he loves going to "church school" (as he calls it).

5. Jackson is currently obsessed with 2 of our friends, Nick and Jennifer (well, mostly Jennifer!). Literally every single time we get in the car he says "see boo-boo and Nick" (funny story about the boo-boo thing...that's what he calls Jennifer. We were at Disney with Nick and Jennifer last September and Jackson accidentally walked in on Jennifer in the bathroom as she was getting out of the shower. Obviously he saw her chest--which he previously called boo-boos--and now he calls her boo-boo and has ever since then). Luckilly, Jennifer just had a baby and is on maternity leave so we get to see them much more often than we used to!

4. Jackson likes dogs at a distance, but has become a little afraid of them if they come close.

3. One of Jackson's favorite things to do when we're laying on the bed together is blow on my stomach! I blow on his tummy to make him laugh, so now he'll say "mommy's tummy" and I'll let him blow on my tummy. He literally slams his face onto my stomach and blows as hard as he can to make that silly noise and he gets a kick out of it every time!

2. We really like Disney movies, so we've let Jackson watch several of them. One of the newer ones we've watched is A Bug's Life. After the first time of watching it, Jackson came to us and said (completely unprompted) "grasshoppers eat food"--if you dont know the movie, the grasshoppers are the "bad guys" and eat all the ant's food. So now, if you ask Jackson "who eats all the food" he'll answer every time "grasshoppers eat food." Very cute that he picked that up from watching the movie...

1. Jackson knows everyone's name: he knows (and will say) Jackson Dart, Nancy Dart, and Brian Dart, among others. But his most-favorite of the bunch is daddy's name, Brian Dart. Sometimes when Brian is sitting around and Jackson tries to get his attention, he'll just say "Brian Dart" rather than daddy. He also calls himself "Jackson Brian Dart" (which is not his full name!) and sometimes calls me "Mommy Brian Dart."

Whew...it was hard coming up with 10 not-too-boring things to put down! Not that I think anything about Jackson is boring, but I'm sure some of the more mundane details might be boring to someone who is not his mommy!

So, I'm going to tag Jennifer to write 10 things about her new beautiful baby girl, Addison!

I promise we're still here...

I know it's been forever since I last blogged, but we've been SO busy!

First, our laptop computer died on us so we had no computer at all. We dug Brian's old desk top out of storage and we're using that right now.

Second, WE MOVED! Yeah--we love our new house!

As soon as I get a decent computer, I'll post some pictures of us!

'Tis the Season

Jackson got to meet Santa tonight! The bank where Brian works had a family night with Santa--food, fun, and pictures with the jolly old elf!

Jackson is obsessed with Santa--he actually calls him "guy" for some reason! Every time he sees a picture of Santa or sees him on tv he says "guy"--it's funny the names kids give things!

We had a great time and Jackson loved getting to sit in Santa's lap.

Jackson and the Big Guy...

The fam and St. Nick...

Jackson had his yearly follow-up appointment with the neurosurgeon today (he had surgery when he was 11 weeks old to correct craniosynostosis). He had a cat scan yesterday and everything looks good! There is still a little bit of extra protrusion of his forehead, but it will most likely correct itself over time as Jackson grows. He could have another surgery to correct the cosmetic look of it, but I really dont think it's worth it! He's so beautiful and sweet and I think he looks fabulous!

A day at the park

Yesterday, Brian and I took Jackson to Forsyth Park downtown for a picnic and to play. We had a wonderful time! The weather was great and Jackson had a blast running around playing football with daddy and seeing all of the people walking their dogs.

Brian and Jackson playing football

Me and Jackson

Playing at the playground

The static electricity from the slide had Jackson's hair doing funny things!

WAY behind on blogging!

I have really hit a road-block with this blogging thing! I really have had every intention of posting some awesome pictures of our trip to Disney World last month and of Jackson getting bigger, but I just havent done it yet!


I have about 300 pictures from our trip to Disney World. Our friends Nick and Jennifer went with us and Jennifer is a professional photographer! So, we had a picture-taker with us the entire time and got some amazing shots of Jackson meeting Mickey and other Disney characters for the first time. I have to admit that I almost got a little teary-eyed seeing my little boy run up to Mickey Mouse for the first time and give him a big hug and kiss! It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience--seeing your child meet Mickey for the first time! Needless to say, we had an awesome trip and we actually went to all 4 Disney parks and 1 water park! We cant wait to go back!


Jackson is now a year-and-a-half old (actually, almost 19 months). At his 18 month appointment he weighed in at 25 1/2 pounds and was 32 1/8 inches long! It is truly amazing how quickly they grow! He is so smart--he just talks up a storm day-in and day-out and LOVES watching football--especially the GAMECOCKS! He even cheers with his fist in the air and says "Cock-ee!" He loves playing football, too. He is actually really great at kicking and throwing his football.

We took Jackson to his first Georgia Southern football game several weeks ago and he loved it! I was worried that he might be afraid of the loud crowd, etc. but he just had a ball! He especially loves the band when they play!



Here are some pictures from today (10-21-2007)...

My hair is slowly going back to blond...

Vegas baby!!!

FINALLY some pictures of my Vegas trip! I've only got 4 right now, and I had to hijack them from my brother's camera! But, I do have some on a disposable camera that I need to have developed, so I'll post more then! We had such a blast!

Me, Brian, and Steven at Voodoo Lounge at the Rio

Nick, Eric, Steven, me, and Brian at Toby Keith's I Love this Bar and Grill at Harrah's

Me and Nick at Voodoo

Eric and me at Ellis Island

I know, I know...

I'm back to being a total slacker on the whole blogging thing...but, I have been busy!

We finally took our trip to Vegas! We were gone for 5 days and had a blast, but I was so glad to get back home to my little boy! Brian and I both agree that it's going to be family-vacations for us for awhile! I'll have pictures of Vegas to post soon--just have to steal my brother's camera to download them!

Jackson is still growing like a week! He's 16 1/2 months old and is just the smartest little boy alive! He still has some sleeping issues (like, he doesnt...) but I just keep praying that it's some sort of phase! He's doing pretty well sleeping in his crib, and we just moved him to his own room yesterday (I know it's crazy that he's been in our room for his entire life!). He slept semi-OK in his own room yesterday, but I dont know how to get him to stop waking up in the middle of the night!

Oh the joys of sleepless nights...