Wee Wilson Tales

After showing Jax how to do a big smile to show off his beautiful teeth, he gave me this look that said "I don't know what's wrong with you, but I'll have no part of that." Then he allowed just 2 of them to show! That's better than the usual hand-in-mouth pictures that show none, so I'm not going to complain!! His Daddy gives me this EXACT same look sometimes! See Mommy, I can smile without showing any teeth!! Daydreaming . . . "I wonder if I'll get to eat those yummy sweet potatoes tonight???" Yet another Daddy look . . . Photo shoots are apparently sometimes sad . . . I am always chewing on my tongue . . . hey, i've gotta do something with my 6 teeth. I look just like my Daddy here! Maybe if I don't look at her, she'll stop taking pictures! Nope, it didn't work! I'm getting out of here!!!

We had a really busy weekend!! Friday night we went to the Rendezvous in Downtown Memphis. We went with some of our friends who were in town for their 10 Year Class Reunion (Wes & Jaime Crawley, Wes Davis & Taylor) and B & Amy Lauren Lucius. We had a great time! I have to admit that the evening ended with a wild-goose chase for McDonald's Dip cones at 1:30 a.m. Amy Lauren, who is 19 wks pg, is 100% to blame for infecting us all with her craving. Unfortunately, the one McDonald's that was open had broken ice-cream machines. Saturday, Jax and I rode to Memphis with John for his aikido class. Then Jax & I went to Target, Babies-R-Us, and Old Navy. Jax was wonderful through the whole shopping trip! We bought his new crib mattress so we could give Corrie's back to her! Saturday evening, Troy Keel treated us with his amazing hot wings, banana pudding, and bratwursts. Sunday we headed to Grenada after church to return the crib mattress. John's mom cooked a feas...

My sister, Karen, is having a baby!!!!!!!!! We are soooo excited! She found out Thursday (7/19)! It looks like the baby will be due March 27, 2008. I am thrilled that Jax will have cousins to grow up with. It will be so fun for him because I remember how fun it was for me! I remember how she cried when she found out I was pregnant, and I was no different!! I got to spend a lot of time with her this weekend (filling her full of all my pregnancy tips)! I hope she'll have an easy pregnancy! I can't believe my little sis is going to be a MOM!!!!!! Whewww, it has been a busy weekend. It started on Thursday night with the big consignment sale in Memphis. Karen, Corrie, and I were there for about 3 hours! John had Jax sound asleep when I got home. Then Friday we didn't get dinner until almost 10:00! I don't even remember what we were doing - just working around the house. Saturday , I was supposed to get out of the house early and buy a crib. Of course nothing worked out. M...

July 11th, Karen & I sat on the 3rd row to see Poison in concert!!! We absolutely love them and have been to see them 4 times now!! Never, have we been this close though. It was so great! Unfortunately, Karen's phone camera would not take good pictures. This was the best she got:

Jax has gotten really good at sitting. He still props himself up with his hands a lot. I thought he was a asleep, but got this big smile when I peeked in to check on him. He wants to crawl everywhere . . . even in his crib.

John is freaking out becuase Jax keeps rolling onto his stomach during the night. Sometimes he puts his nose straight down on the mattress and I wake up b/c Ican hear the loud breathing. I snapped these pics night before last because he was cuddled ontop of his sleeping blanket. This is what his cuddle blanket looks like. The top is a stuffed bear and the bottom is a little blankie. Sleeping boy! His little blanket is underneath him! Giving his Daddy sugar!! Scratching Daddy! Kissing his eye! He found a friend!!

Jax turned 6 months on the 9th! Here are his stats from his checkup yesterday: Weight: 16 lbs 1 oz, 25th percentile Height: 26 1/4 in, 49th percentile HC: 43 1/2 cm, 40th percentile He drinks 4 7oz bottles a day (7,11,3,7). He eats solids twice a day (Level 2 fruits & veggies, or cereal). He drinks water from his sippy cup. He sits by himself - but not for too long b/c he still tips over sometimes. He does a combo crawl - sometimes he's up on all four and crawls on his feet, sometimes he crawls with his knees, sometimes he rocks and lunges himself forward - but he can get all the way around the room now. His poor knees stay red. He sleeps 10 to 11 hours every night. He loves to JUMP!!!!! He loves playing in the bath and the pool. He loves to lay on a quilt outside and watch the dogs. He loves to play with his toys in the floor. He has 4 teeth now - 2 on top, 2 on bottom. He reaches for people when he wants to be picked up. He mocks me with fake screams and fake coughs. I will...