Merry Christmas!

We hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas because we sure did! Our celebrating started when we got to Greenville on the 23rd. We got together with Drew's family and Jackson got some great toys and enjoyed seeing his Gram,Granny and Poppa. Back to Columbia on the 24th where we celebtated my birthday and Christmas with my family at the Aitchison's. Santa came and brought some great gifts for Jackson. We are having a lot of fun going through and playing with everything today. We went to Nan and Gandy's last night for dinner and then came home to have some birthday fun. Jackson's two top teeth are really giving us a time - they have started to break through and Jackson is not too happy about it. We had such a great first Christmas with Jackson and look forward to the New Year!

9 Month Check-Up

Jackson had his 9 month check up today. He has to think that he is having the worst day ever! First he woke up at 5:00am with the lingering cold that I feel like is never going to go away. Then he decided that he was not going to take his morning nap before the doctor. Then we hit the doctor, his two top front teeth are getting ready to cut, so that is really not helping his cold situation. Next he got a prick on his heel to test his iron and then two shots. He is not used to getting hurt so he really thinks this is the worst day ever. He was 18lb 10 oz and a little over 29 inches long. He is our tiny boy in the 20th percentile for weight and 75% for height. He obviously gets his height from his mommy! Thank goodness he passed out for his afternoon nap. We are scheduled to go to Greenville tomorrow to stay with Gram, but we will monitor our health situation tomorrow because I REFUSE to be the reason why little Tanner gets sick for the first time between Jackson and I. Here is a picture Leslie took yesterday. You can see he has little watery eyes!

William Arthur Milliken

A big congratulations to Walks and Caroline Milliken on the birth of their son William Arthur Milliken yesterday. He was 7lbs 2oz and 19 inches long. He looks precious. Mommy, Daddy, and Baby are doing great. Jackson can't wait to meet his new friend!

Happy Belated Birthday Big Daddy!

Happy belated Birthday to Big Daddy. We went out to Blythwood last night to celebrate with hotdogs and brats. We had a great time. Jackson loves being around all of his cousins. We call them the "loud people"! We love our stand up toys that Leslie brought over - thanks Lolly. He is getting to be such a ham.

Da Da - DaDaDaDa

I know it has been a while since I last posted - we have been busy! Jackson loves the word Da Da. I can not tell you how many times I hear it a day. Drew calls sometimes just to listen. He is still low boy crawling on his belly - but he gets around pretty well. The teeth are for sure present at this time and razor sharp. We go for our 9 month well check up on the 21st. I can not believe that my little baby is going to be 9 months old. We have been visiting Morgan on a daily basis and she is doing great. Her last bone marrow test showed a zero! We were so excited. Here are a few pictures from the Carolina/Clemson game at our house. As usual Jackson and Addie like to play and little Tanner slept in the bouncy. The other pictures are of when I got Jackson up from his nap today. All I heard was a very long song about Da Da when he woke up - too sweet.