He's Growing Up So Fast

So many new things this week! All of a sudden, he's growing up super fast *sniff*. I know I've posted pictures of him on his tummy before, but I thought this one was pretty cute:

 Hmm, fascinating

One of the most exciting developments for me is that he is sometimes napping on his own now, woo hoo! For some reason, the only place he'll go down for a nap on his own is the couch, but hey, whatever works!

 Sleeping like an angel

Okay, 5 minutes after that particular picture he woke up (making a grand total of 6 minutes of nap time), but we're getting there. Although I will admit, I don't mind nap time snuggles with my babe (and a nap at the same time), so I'm in no rush with this one.

Probably the most exciting news this week is that:

Wait for it . . .

Drumroll please:

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap!

 Jackson started eating baby food!!!

 Carrot face! It's good for the skin, ya know

We were gonna wait until 6 months, since a lot of experts seem to think that it can help avoid allergies, but I tell ya, that boy was looking at me with his big blue eyes, smacking his lips together and generally looking like "mmmmmm, foooooood" whenever I would eat in front of him, so it was time.

Another small thing this week, Jackson is getting better and better at sitting up (though not quite there on his own yet), so we've switched from baths in the big bathtub with mom to baths in the kitchen sink. Warning: baby nudity ahead.

 He loved his first bath in the sink

And lastly, today he figured out how to pull off his socks (oh joy). So far he's only been pulling off his right sock. Repeatedly. Over and over. All day long (I think you get the picture :D).

Check out the sock-pulling action

Ohai Mom. Just workin' on my sock.

He is so cute, even with drool all over. No, especially with drool. Love that babe.

Cutey McDroolerson

First, a cute picture of Mr. Droolface:

This is so going in his yearbook

Jackson found his feet a couple of weeks ago. Here he is sitting in his Bumbo chair, trying to decide if his feet, Doggie, or the fire is more interesting:

I can't believe how well he's sitting up these days. That boy is STRONG! I forget, because I see him every day, but Brian and Cathie pointed it out to me when they were here earlier, working like rented mules (thank you again!). I will try to remember to get a new video of Jackson standing too, because he has gotten so much stronger in a week, it's pretty amazing (to me, anyway). And boy, when he arches his back when I'm cradling him, well I'm definitely getting some resistance training there, in addition to the rest of my baby weight training. He thinks he's getting rides, when in actual fact mommy is counting reps. Arm wrestle, anyone?

Jackson has also been greatly amusing himself with his new noise, which I can only describe as the dramatic gasp (it's on the next video). He loves it when mommy and daddy do it, but now he can do it for himself. And he absolutely loves the quilt that was made for him by someone my dad knows. He has tummy time on it, and we drape it over his play mat so that he can look at all the different colours and patterns:

Baby's first fort

Looks kinda like stained glass in here

All in all, a pretty good week so far. Some tummy troubles for Mr. Man, so a bit of fussiness, and he may be teething, but pretty much we have the cutest baby ever.