The Gosmas

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Our Weekend

We had such a fun filled weekend! Friday we decided to go to furniture shopping. We finally found a dining room table and side chairs! Now we just have to find end chairs, a rug, china cabinet, sideboard, chandeliers, and art for the walls! All in good time. We also stocked up on some RL Polo shirts for Jackson for next summer because the sales were so good. After a nap in the car Jackson headed to his swim lesson with daddy while I went to the eye doctor. I have to be contact free for a couple of weeks but on the upside I am going to have a LASIK consult :)

Saturday we headed out to lunch at Goldberg's and for some shopping/errands and then went to a neighborhood block party with Jimmy's family. Connor and Jackson had fun hanging out in the wagon. Jackson ate his weight in watermelon. Nothing like setting up a portable booster seat on the driveway for your child to eat dinner!

Cousin love

Kissing Cousins

Today we met Danny, Candice and Sofia for brunch and then headed back home. Jimmy and I did some yard work and washed cars and then headed to the park for a little exercise. After some walking and jogging we went to the splash park to cool off.


First snow cone treat! It was cold but he loved to lick it.

We had a fun weekend and enjoyed watching the last couple days of the Olympics. I will be sad now that its over but might be able to get more done in the evenings without staying up late to watch the events. After a couple days of cooler temps I am already looking forward to the fall - pumpkin patches, football, baking my pumpkin choc chip bread and more! I love spending our weekends being busy but having fun with friends and family.

Monday, August 6, 2012

1st Day

Jackson did great at his first swim lesson this morning! She began working with him going under water right away. He opened his eyes under water as he is supposed to and reached for her hand every time! She was really pleased with his first day!

Let's hope he continues to do well! He was happy once it was over and he was able to drink his milk and eat his breakfast!

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Catch Air

It has been so hot out lately so we are finding some new indoor things to do. We have gone to a place called Catch Air a couple times.

Jackson loves it. There is jumping, climbing, toys to ride on, and more! And that is just on the toddler side.

Will and Jackson loved this spinny thing

Swimming

Jackson is a little fish in the water. He actually tries to lunge out of our arms thinking he can swim on his own. I love that he loves the water but also worry since he doesn't know how to hold his breath and float on his back.

We decided to start swim lessons. These are different than your typical swim lessons. They teach them to hold their breath under water, how to roll over and float on their back if they were to fall in and more. It is called ISR, Infant Swimming Resource. It is a 4-6 week program for about 10 min a day. There are limits on what they can eat during the duration of lessons and since we are doing morning lessons they are not allowed food or milk for 2 hours before in order to allow them to better hold their breath.

We start in the morning and I am nervous! Jackson is at a very clingy stage and is always ready to eat first thing in the morning so this is going to be a big adjustment. I am excited for the program though and will feel so much more comfortable afterwards when he is in the water.

Wish us luck! I'll update later this week as to how its going!

15 Months

Jackson is 15 months old! We went to the doctor for his well-visit this past Friday. He is 22 lbs, 31 inches long and his head circumference is 18 inches. He is a healthy happy little guy! He wasn't wild about the shots but luckily there were only 2.

These last three months have brought on a lot of changes! Jackson started taking steps in May but it would just be a couple here and there. He started walking on July 9th. Yes, its crazy once they start walking but I think I prefer it to crawling. He is walking up the stairs while holding onto the railing with one hand. He wants to walk down while holding onto either our hands or the railing but he does much better when I get him to turn around and crawl down backwards.

He has started playing with his toys by himself a little more. While I encourage independent play he is also a little young to want to play independently for long. He often wants to see what I am doing instead. He loves to put a toy into another and then take them out again. And he empties out a bucket and then proceeds to fill it up again. He is also working on learning how to put the shapes into his shape sorter.

Jackson is talking more and more. He babbles and jabbers on as if he is having a full conversation with different intonations and pauses and all. He says several words now such as dada, ball, doggie, yaya for cat, baby, yes, no, this (sounds more like "dis" while pointing at anything and everything). He said mama a while ago but has since stopped saying it :( I'm hoping he starts saying it again. Jackson is signing "more" "all done" and sometimes "eat". We watched a baby signing video some a while back and he wouldn't look at the tv for more than 2 minutes. I stopped putting it on since he obviously wasn't into it but sure enough he did learn some signs.

Lots of travels these past 3 months. We celebrated Memorial Day at the lake, went to Durham, NC for David and Lis's wedding and went to the beach for July 4th. Jackson loved it! We also went to Iowa to visit his Grandpa, Mimi, Great Grandma Helen and many more relatives.

Jackson is sleeping 7-7:30 or 8am and is still taking 2 naps a day most days. Sometimes we skip the morning nap if we are having a playdate or something where we want to get out early and beat the heat but he still obviously really needs and wants this nap so I'll let him decide when he's done with it! He sleeps for about an hour to an hour and a half in the morning and about 2 hours in the afternoon.

Jackson is still a good eater. He loves his organic whole milk and drinks about 24 oz a day. He could live off of blueberries, strawberries and pretty much any other fruit. One of his newer faves is peanut butter crackers. These days we don't have to cut things up as much. He still only has 8 teeth but chews his food up much more. I have noticed that he is occasionally picky. One day he'll love something and the next refuse it. I know that is pretty typical for this age though and we just continue to serve him nutritious meals and always look for new foods to try. We had our last nursing session on May 23. It was a little bittersweet for me. I am proud of myself for making it through the first year - we had such a rough start and it was probably one of the hardest things I have ever done!

Jackson loves to climb the ladder on his slide and go down all by himself. He has lots of fun playing in the backyard these days. He pretends to talk on the phone. His new thing is pulling anything and everything behind him...Cooper's leash, Cooper's dog bed, towels, shopping bags. Jackson loves to give hugs and kisses these days. We love it even when they are a big open mouth kiss drooling all over our face!

Is there something on my face?

He loves snuggling with his Curious George doll while he sleeps. He puts his arm around George every time he sleeps!

I loved Stephanie's description of this photo... this photo pretty much sums them up...Bryce is crying because Jenna walked 3 steps away, Will is taking Jackson's hat off and Jackson is oblivious to everything