Teeth... they make unhappy babies

The poor little man has gotten his first tooth. At first I was extremely excited about this. It's a big milestone in a babies life. And then the other bottom front tooth started coming in at the same time. This means that there is a large amount of screaming and unhappiness on Jackson's part and a feeling of helplessness on my part. Orajel does not work. And the teething ring that I thought was going to save us all is now being chucked across the room after two minutes of viscious gnawing. I thought that I had found the answer in teething tablets that a nice lady at Target told me about. I told Mike about them and he researched them and found that they contain belladonna which apparently contains poison. Better not use those!

Hopefully we can just do one tooth at a time from now on! I have however managed to document the few happy times that we have had during the past week. Here they are... enjoy!

Grabbing his feeties.

Enjoying naked time on the floor.

Loving his rice cereal.

It's been waaayy too long since I've updated this. I'm going to blame it on the busy holidays. They really were quite busy! We were in Anaconda with Mike's family for Thanksgiving as well as for Christmas Eve. On Chirstmas Day we got up bright and early and drove to Kalispell to spend time with my side of the family. Then a couple of days later we went to Deer Lodge for a Briggeman get together. All in all, I have to say that Jackson's first Christmas went well and I'm glad that we got to see so many people.

Right now we are in Kalispell for three weeks while Mike is doing one of his internships at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Today is his first day so no word yet on how he likes it! School starts for both of us on the 26th and I actually have to attend classes this semester which means Jackson has to go to daycare. We're not looking forward to that change but we have found a daycare that we really like so we're comfortable leaving him while we are at school.

Jackson had a doctors appointment last week and he now weighs 18lbs 3oz and is 26 inches long!! He's a giant :)

I hope everyone had a great holiday season!!

Just being his cute little self

In his New Year's bib... "Trust me, I can make it til midnight"

Trying on his hat before a bath. Thanks for the hat Auntie Malarie!

He loves his paci.

A happy boy with his Daddy.

He likes his old school Johnny Jump-up!

His first sled ride!

Christmas Day in his new hat.

In his Bumbo with his new hat.

Getting ready for a bath.