8 Months Old!

Jackson's eight months old!

Jackson's dedication at church was on Mother's Day. We were thrilled to have our families there!

"And Hannah said, For this child I prayed and the Lord has answered me what I asked of Him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given to the Lord." 1Samuel 1:27-28

He LOVES his new swing!

Words cannot begin to express how thankful I am to celebrate Mother's Day with my little boy this year! I hope that Jackson grows up knowing that before he was conceived he was wanted and before he was born he was loved. Each day that love grows. I am so proud to be his Mommy. Before having Jackson I never understood what others meant when they said "after having a child, your heart forever wanders about outside of your body"...now I do.

We're back!

Yay! The blog is working again!

Without further ado, here are some of my favorite pictures from the past month. Can you see my teeth? My lower central incisors are coming in!
Mommy and I went on our first road trip to visit the Hill family. While there, we went to the Montgomery Zoo. I had SO much fun and was thrilled to see a real giraffe.

Here is Mommy's best friend (and college roommate), Shelley, and her new baby Cadie.

This is Shelley's oldest daughter, Carlie. I love her!

This is me on April 8th, I am seven months old!

Easter

Look what I can do!

I went on my first boat ride this month. Here's me helping P drive.

The shirt says it all.

He is risen!

There is something wrong with the photo uploader. I have tried numerous times to post new pictures with no luck. If you click on the follwing link you should be able to view photos of Jackson's first Easter.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=162033&1=395968e237

All is well at the Wade house. Jackson is growing each day and loves to sit, play with his blocks, eat (I know that's a surprise!),"read", and "sing". Yesterday we went to an Easter egg hunt. Jackson enjoyed meeting the Easter bunny, a petting zoo, puppet shows, and train rides. He learned how to pick up eggs and watching him was pretty funny. I zoom around with him as he grabs them and puts them in his basket. He is pretty impressed with himself.

Happy Easter, what a glorious day. He lives, He lives, salvation to impart...you ask me how I know He lives....He lives within my heart!
Thank you God for the ultimate sacrifice...the ultimate love!

6 months

Half way to a year...wow! Jackson is full of personality these days and loves to sit, be read to (and "turn" the pages himself), eat in his highchair (So far he's had carrots, apples, and butternut squash. Apples are his favorite!) , roll all around, play peek-a-boo, put everything in his mouth, laugh, and play. He is such a little ray of sunshine!

Fun at the Park

Today we went to the park and Jackson had a blast, as you can see. ;) He really enjoyed "riding" this dinosaur. This was his first time in a swing...he loved it! I adore this picture of my tiny boy with only his bald little head poking out of the top of the swing.

What a great day!

Baby Food Making

I have been so excited about making Jackson's baby food. (Yeah, I know...I guess I'm easily excited.) I had planned to wait until he was six months old but with only one week to go I couldn't stand it anymore. He has been doing so good with his rice cereal, I thought he was ready for some "real food".
I decided that his first food would be carrots. I wanted to start with a vegetable and thought that Jackson would enjoy their naturally sweet taste.
Not only is it exciting to know what ingredients are in his food, but homemade baby food is also a huge money saver! For 79 cents I made him about ten servings of carrot baby food!
Let the adventure begin...

Jackson, who is teething, enjoyed chewing on a cold carrot. This was his way of participating.After peeling, chopping and steaming the carrots it was time to puree!

(I LOVE my new Kitchen Aid hand blender...it's perfect!)Here's the finished product.

After pureeing the carrots I poured them into an ice tray and froze them.

(For the record, I realize that the picture of the carrot isn't necessary...

give me a break, I taught first grade.)Now for the test.

Jackson, what do you think?

"What do you mean I'm eating this again tomorrow!?"

Oh, well. Maybe carrots will grow on him. Let's hope so! We are going to do carrots for a few more days and then we're on to apples. I think he'll like them better. I felt so domesticated today. Not only did I make baby food, but I also made laundry detergent! That's about as Martha Stewart as it gets for me.

Trip to the Bay