Fifteen Months

Jackson is fifteen months old! Here's what's going on with Jackson right now:

• PICKY, PICKY, PICKY - my has he become picky! He is not eating any vegetables right now. I'm so sad about this. He is no longer eating cheese and some of the other things he's always loved. He's even saying no to fruit sometimes! He still says yes to milk, yogurt, crackers, cheerios, nutri-grain bars, and turkey hot dogs. I really want him to be a healthy eater so I'm hoping this phase passes. We'll see. We even try to sneak things in - like today, I hid one black bean in a slice of banana and he immediately knew something was wrong and pulled the black bean out! I am thankful that he still likes milk and water. I've never given him juice because I just don't see the point in all the sugar and very little nutrient value. I wonder how long I can hide it from him?
• He has 6 teeth (4 on top, 2 on bottom.)
• He is walking so fast these days and is into EVERYTHING!
• He is talking a lot but none of it makes sense yet. I feel like he's on the verge. I've heard him say "ba" for ball once and he will say "moo" after we say it. We still hear mama, dada, and nana for banana.
• This kid sleeps like a champ. I know I am SO lucky. He sleeps about 11 - 12 hours at night (unless he gets to bed late) and 2 - 3 hours in naps (2 naps a day still.) I am very nervous about starting back to day care. I don't want to go back to terrible napping. I'm going to be optimistic for now. I usually sing him 2 - 3 songs, put him in bed and leave the room. He sometimes fusses for a few minutes and then goes right to sleep. Like I said, we are lucky!
• Today we went through one of those carwashes where you stay in the car and Jackson totally freaked out. I've never seen him react like this. He was terrified. He cried, screamed, and seemed to try to scoot as far back in his car seat as possible. He watched those big scary blue things drop on the car with such fear in his eyes. I was so surprised that he reacted this way.

Another shot of his after dinner hair. We cannot take this kid anywhere!



Loves to crawl under everything!

Jackson is thinking, "Hmmm, daddy's computer is better than mine!"

Playing under mommy's sink.



Destructor (as we like to call Jackson) has been through the kitchen. And this is actually better than usual. What's the point in even trying to clean?

Can I just say that I really miss this sweet hair! (This was Feb or March, I think.)

That's it for now. Have a great weekend!