The Waldron's

Last weekend we spent Saturday evening with Steve, Rebbecca, Lauren and Patrick Waldron. The Waldron's are the family I nannied for while I was in PT school. It is crazy to think of how old they are now and when I first started working form them Patrick was 4 and Lauren was 6. We went over for a BBQ, but ended up eating inside because of a thunderstorm. Regardless the food was delicious.

Patrick is going to be a Junior at East High School and plays basketball and football. He always tries to keep is distance from Jack, but I don't let that happen!

Lauren is home from college at Cal State Berkley where she excelled her freshman year. She is teaching Jack to longboard! Hopefully she will be able to babysit for us while she is home from school.

We always have a fabulous time with the Waldron's and hope that they will always play a big part in Jack's life.

Grandma Leslie's Visit

Grandma Leslie came for a visit 2 weeks ago. The last time she was here Jack was only 6 weeks old. The last time she was here the only real interaction was for her to hold him. This time she was able to read him his bedtime stories, play on the floor and giggle and laugh with him.

We had a lot of fun hanging out at the house. We went to the park to walk around and enjoy the beautiful weather. We enjoyed ice cream and snow cones! We were fortunate to have beautiful sunny weather in the high 70's/low 80's.

On Sunday we took some time to take in a Salt Lake Bee's (Anaheim Angels AAA Team). We are so lucky to have such a nice facility only 10 minutes from our hous. Jackson does pretty well at the games, this is his second game this season. Usually around the 5th inning I have to get up and take him for a walk, but other than that he makes it all 9 innings. This game he actually fell asleep in the bottom of the 8th.

On Monday I had to go to work but Leslie, Jack and Dustin took some time to go the aquarium. Jack just loves looking at all the fishies! It was sad to see Leslie go, but hopefully we can take some time this summer to go to Spokane for a trip so Jack can meet Grandpa Allen and Uncle Eric.

Bigger and Bigger

Wow! I have been on an extended hiatus. My plan was to blog more consistently and it hasn't panned out very well. I could make excuses saying I was too busy, but too lazy is more like it. Jackson is growing like a weed and I wish he would slow down a little bit. He is growing out of babyhood and into boyhood. I just want him to stay a baby a little longer.










So...what have we been up to? Since last I blogged I had my first Mother's Day. We went over to our friends John and Jeannine's parent's house for brunch. We had a nice time there and ate delicious food. Of course I was not prepared and I forgot the camera so no Mother's Day pictures. Later that day Grandpa Pete came over to watch Jack while Dustin and I went and saw Star Trek. It was a great movie and I had a wonderful Mother's Day.


Grandma Leslie came for a visit a couple of weeks ago...see next posting. We had a nice time.

What has Jack been up to? He is moving all over the house. Not in a conventional manner however. He scoots on his butt everywhere he wants to go. It is so cute. I don't think he is going to crawl, I think it will be straight from scooting to walking. He is pulling himself up on all the furniture and pulling everything out of every drawer he can reach. We have worked on baby proofing the house and have just a few more drawers to lock up. It frustrates Jack a lot that he can't open the refrigerator.


Teeth! Jackson had no teeth up until last week. Last Monday we had a miserable night. Jack was up crying several times and he was very hard to console and get back to sleep. The next day I was poking around in his mouth and behold a small sharp point on the bottom left. The next couple of nights were bad too and I then noticed the top right tooth had broken through and it looked like the top left one was on the way. You can't see the teeth very well yet, but they are on there way...I am going to miss that gummy smile! We are still having some rough nights, but if we give him some Motrin before bed this usually will get us peace until about 3 a.m. I just feel bad for him because there is very little we can do. I have tried rubbing some Ambasol on his gums and I am not sure if it is the Ambasol or me rubbing his gums, but this just seems to make him scream. As much as I will miss that gummy smile I will be glad when his teeth are in.