This year is a BIG year for me...I have TWO special Valentines in my life, which is fitting because my love doubled this past year! I just love my hubs, and his "mini me". Not only did Luke get a heart shaped themed lunch..I was finally able to let Jackson in on the holiday fun. He enjoyed heart shaped grilled cheese and cucumbers for lunch :)
Of course a photo session was in order this morning...
pucker up, ladies..
heartbreaker? I think so....
Jack tried to pick up a Valentine in the grocery store on Friday. We were in the pasta aisle, and he was flirting with an "older woman" (she was 1 year) - haha..However, she wanted NOTHING to do with him. He was laughing and babbling to her, and she just looked at him with a straight face. I told him that when all else fails..he always has Wizabef.
hum drum...
once he realized she would ALWAYS be his Valentine..he came around! :)
I feel like there is a ticking time bomb in our house. Jack is ALMOST crawling....and our lives are almost o-v-e-r! ;) He is getting down on all 4's from sitting position..and scooting backwards. Yikes! If you have ever been in our home..it is a very open floor plan, and I don't know how I am going to keep this child contained. Our next home will be chosen with "baby eyes". He is pulling up with the help of our hands. It is SO neat to see the daily changes. He truly is changing every day. His personality is surely flowering...he even gets frustrated with me at times, which is actually humorous (I know, this will only be temporary). He woke up last night and I went into his room-- after his non-stop crying antics that he pulls. I started to pat him and "shh" him ( I have been trying not to pick him up (knowing that is what he really wants), and he kept reaching his hands out like.."pick me up, Mom...NOW". I refused to pick him up and he took both of his fists and slammed the mattress..with a great big grunt. At that moment..I thought.."Oh sh**...this is what happens when you combine a Guinane and a Wheeler..and so it begins". Ugh! Good news- I didn't pick him up..and he eventually went back to sleep! :)
We have been trying to stay busy so that cabin fever won't get the best of us. Jack goes to the child watch at the gym about 3 times a week and I workout for about an hour. He plays with a couple other kids/babies there, which is nice for him. We also have some "play dates" with his friend Finn, who is just a few days older than him. I met Finn's mom at our birthing class. It is so weird to see the boys so big..it feels like just yesterday we were sitting in that god awful class watching our husbands faces turn white as ghosts while watching births on videos :) hehe.
With the weather being so nice this week, Jack and I went to the park and he tried out the swings for the first time. Think he liked it? OF COURSE!
Daydreaming about the amazing January weather! Bring on Spring!
We also started a music class called KinderMusik. Music day is Jack's favorite day of the week! He LOVES music. It is 40 minutes long, and he laughs and smiles the entire 40 minutes. I love it, too! Jack has a girlfriend in there...her name is Vivian, but in Chinese she is called "May-May". Jack pulled May May's hair last week, so we had to have a talk about how to treat women! :) I think it worked because this week he was petting May-May, just like he does Bailee :)
Here are some pictures of Jack at Music, and of course..May-May!
Jack took a nap 2 Saturdays ago, and woke up saying "Momma" and "Dadda". We couldn't believe it..it just all of a sudden happened. It is so cute! Well, it is not so cute at 5:45am when you hear the pacifier clinking up against the crib rails, as if he is in jail..along with "mom mom mom momma momma" over, and over again.
Press play.....this is basically my life:
Now he talks jibberish non stop. He often gets very excited and screams out with excitement, and he is also clapping, which is precious. I just love, love, love him and can't get enough of his silliness!
Here are some other random pictures I have snapped over the last couple of weeks:
Baby bananas have got to be the CUTEST thing, in the grocery store at least, I have ever seen! They are the perfect size for Jack's breakfast...
He likes them so much that he can't even wait for them to be peeled ;)
"Oh yes..I am over here..and you are over there..and I am standing ..ALL BY MYSELF!"
I took this just to show how flippin' cute baby jeans are. oh. my.
Within the matter of 4 days, Jackson became a BIG cousin x 2, and even Anthony, just 4 days old, became a big cousin! Graham Brady Campbell was born on January 20th...he weighed in at 7lbs 9oz and was 20in long!
Graham decided to arrive 11 days early, which made for two babies in ONE week! We had the chance to meet him last week, and we instantly fell in love. He is so handsome, and SO tiny. I kept saying.. "are you sure Jack was this little..are you sure?". I just couldn't get over how little his..well, how little his everything's were...head, hands, feet...oh my gosh! We are 4/5 of the way to the Wheeler basketball team!
I was a little hesitant to bring my rough and gruff big baby around such a little, fragile baby, but Aunt Haley and Uncle Josh insisted! Jack LOVED Graham. He yelled and laughed, it was very cute!
