Today we woke up and had a 21-month-old yelling to us from his crib "Good nap! Good nap! Cockadoodle-doo! Cocka-doo!" It seems like just yesterday that he was a tiny newborn snuggled between us in bed because we were too enamored by him to put him in his pack 'n play located just inches away.
21 months. Wow. That means Jackson's already three quarters of the way toward his 2nd birthday - which translates into 2nd birthday party - which means I'm starting to browse on Pinterest for party ideas - and that means that things are about to get crazily crafty here at the Blankenship House!
Life with 21-month-old Jackson is just plain fun. Dan and I laugh constantly at the funny little character that is always busily running around our house and simultaneously melting our hearts as we fall more and more in love with being his parents. I'll try to give you some snapshot views of what Jackson is like these days...
Jackson's favorite things...Favorite color: No crayon seems esteemed over the others. He's color neutral as far as I can tell.
Favorite number: definitely the number 6
Favorite letter: W
Favorite activities: playing basketball and golf, coloring/drawing, throwing rocks at the beach, spotting airplanes and helicopters in the sky, splashing in water/puddles, seeing the ferry boat dock, eating, looking at photos of particular friends on Facebook, and reading books
Favorite food: chocolate chip cookies
Favorite place to go: the post office (I'm not sure what is so fun about it.)Favorite bedtime stories: currently we read Snuggle Puppy and The Going to Bed Book each night and before each nap (Except when Jackson "reads it himself" but I'll get to that in a minute.)
Favorite golfer: other than his daddy, it's John Huh (because it's so much fun to say his name)
Favorite thing to watch on TV/DVD: he still will only actually watch his 80's kid's worship songs DVD but he does look forward to seeing Ellen dance each afternoon at 4 o'clock
Favorite song: it's sort of dependent on the day but lately he's favored Jingle Bells, Happy Birthday (because it usually involves eating cupcakes), and a couple of randoms from his 80's praise DVD like "Rock My Soul" and "God Said It, I Believe It"...it's HILARIOUS to hear him sing any of these!
Favorite clothing: He's pretty much against wearing pants these days but I force him into them anyway. His favorite shirts are his Elmo and Buzz Lightyear shirts.
Some common phrases:
"Booyah!" or "Pi-yow!" when he's sinking baskets in the hoop.
"Da-da lay down!" is what he demands of Dan so that he can stand on his stomach and shoot baskets from his perch.
"Squeaky floor" is the excuse Dan taught Jackson to use when he lets out a toot.
"The human head weighs 8 pounds." Dan taught Jackson that line from Jerry Maguire.
"Hold you" which of course is supposed to be "Hold me" but it's so cute when he says it wrong.
He LOVES bath time and would spend hours splashing away in the tub if we'd let him.
With Jackson constantly learning new words and stringing them together in sentences more and more, conversations with him are becoming more fun and funny. Here's an example of a talk we had recently...Jackson (singing): "Happy birthday to you..."
Me: "It's going to be my birthday soon and you can sing that to mommy."
Jackson: "Cupcakes!?"
Me: "Yea, maybe we can have some cupcakes for my birthday."
Jackson (shouting very excitedly): "So fun! Good idea! Happy birthday to you!"
Seriously, he cracks me up.
Now, the past couple of days Jackson has been seeking his independence at nap time and bed time. Usually our routine has been to "snuggle" in his rocking chair while reading a story or two before bed. Now Jackson says he wants to "snuggle self" and he's reading his own story while he sits in his chair all by himself. Tonight Dan and I were listening from the other room as he sang and "read" through his Snuggle Puppy book alone in his bedroom. Thankfully, his independence is limited and he still seeks a few minutes of snuggles and hugs before succumbing to sleep. Oh man, I'm going to miss these snuggles when he's outgrown them altogether!
Jackson still likes to sleep with his Goodnight Moon book. Well, most of it anyway. It fell apart awhile back and has since been replaced with a brand new copy (thanks to Grandma Jean) but he likes to sleep with half of the well-loved copy.
And he's still sleeping with his little buns up in the air!
Here is some more photo fun:
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