Happy Halloween

Jackson is snug as a bug in his bed, but he wanted me to tell everyone Happy Halloween. He said it wasn't his favorite Halloween b/c we didn't get to really trick-or-treat, but that he liked getting to dress up and hopes that next year will be better! Here's our little tiger:



So...our 1st Halloween was kinda lame this year. First of all, Stillwater moved trick-or-treating to a Thursday night and I of course had to work late that night, so by the time we got home that night, it was bedtime. We did make our way over to Megan and George's, but that was it. I had really hoped we'd be able to make the rounds in the neighborhood, but there weren't many lights on anyway. Hopefully, next year will be much better! This past Tuesday I had taken him to downtown Stillwater in his costume for their Halloween thingy, but it was a little crazy down there. Too many people and rude kids running around and bumping into poor Jackson. He almost got knocked over by some kid who looked at me after he did it like I ran into him. I almost told him to go find his parents b/c I wanted to talk to them. Kids are so RUDE these days...no manners...no common courtesy. Gosh, I hope I teach Jackson a huge amount of manners b/c I can't stand rude children! It just amazes me how incosiderate children are these days! Ok...getting off my soapbox :0)

We did do something really cool last weekend. Justin and I took the bean to the Oklahoma City Zoo. It was a gorgeous day and I wanted to go walk around. Not the best zoo I've been to, but not the worst either! It was pretty funny to watch our little man look more at the people that were around him than the animals in front of him. He did like the bats and the orangutans. One orangutan came right up and sat in front of us on the glass. Then he turned around and put his hands out on the glass and Jackson put his hands on the glass next to the orangutans hands. It was awesome! I had fun b/c I love going to the zoo :0) Here are some pics of Jackson's first zoo trip:


I'll end this round of blogging with a quick blurb about my little man and his new foods. Jackson did so well with rice cereal we decided to try some other solid foods, so last weekend we tried rice cereal with applesauce and he did really well with that. His face though was priceless the first time he tried it though. It looked a little something like this:

Then, on Wednesday he tried some sweet potatoes and he just scoops up whatever he can get of those. He really likes them A LOT! He actually gets excited when he sees the baby food jar. I'll post pictures of this adventure on the next blog.

October was pretty awesome, but I think November will be better. We'll get 2 sets of visitors: Justin's parents and mine. It'll be good to have family around us for awhile! We're also hoping to learn a little more about where we might be going after our Oklahoma adventure is over. Justin has had 6 interviews so far and he has a 2nd interview scheduled next week. There for jobs all over the place. Please pray for us...especially for him! I just really want more than anything for him to find a job that he'll really like in a place that we can stand being in. The sooner we know where we're going...the better! Thanks for the love and support everyone. We'll keep you posted...

October Fun

Hi everyone! Long time no blog...

So the Gerbers have had a VERY busy October so far. The month started off for me extremely busy with work. We had book fair for the first 2 weeks of school and I was actually pretty surprised at how well we did. If we would've had 3 more days like we normally would, we would've blown our last year's fall book fair profits out of the water! I'm kinda proud of myself and all the hard work that went in to the whole shabang.

After book fair was over, it was time to head out to Cincinnati with Jackson to go to Erica and Kenny's wedding. First of all, let me say CONGRATS Knasels! Secondly, that had to have been one of the top 3 most fun weddings ever (sorry...mine is #1). I was so incredibly happy to see my friends and get to spend time with my parents, too! It's getting so hard to be away from them and not get to visit them when I want. Going back to Cincinnati made me miss living near my friends and family (not that we haven't made friends here too), but my family can't just hop in a car for the weekend and get to spend it with us. Anyway, it was an absolutely awesome weekend...totally didn't want to leave! I'm so happy for my Erica and it's so evident by watching her and her husband together that they belong together! It was just so fun and absolutely beautiful! Here's a few pictures from that event:




By the way, Jackson was just absolutely wonderful on the airplane....MINUS THE EXPLODING DIAPER ON THE WAY HOME. Talk about panic...less than 5 minutes after leaving the Dallas airport and getting into the air, KABOOM! Jackson lets the diaper to end all diaper explosions out! Luckily, they had a changing table in the bathroom on the plane or it would've been a miserable flight. After that, he was as happy and pleasant as could be. Gone are the days of the quiet flight :0)

October is so much fun! We also got to go in early October to the local pumpkin patch. I'm absolutely positive that Jackson's favorite color is orange b/c everytime he sees that color, he just gets absolutely grinny and wobbly. I wish I could capture his expression on our camera b/c it's absolutely adorable. He loved the pumpkin patch and all the big pumpkins. He was excited to touch them and sit by them. It was adorable! I'm glad Justin decided we could go as a family...definitely starting a family tradition. Here's some pics from that:



I just can't wait for Halloween! I won't tell you what Jackson is going to be...you'll just have to wait for the pictures :0) I can only tell you that his costume looks absolutely fantastically adorable on my little man!

As for development, he's 5 months old now! Growing like a weed. He can sit up on his own, roll over both ways, and is just working so hard to crawl it's not even funny! He gets his arms moving and his legs moving, but he can't figure out how to get his tummy off the ground! I think it'll be within the next month though... Jackson is also eating like a young piglet. He eats cereal about 2 times a day and we're going to start him on some veggie food here this weekend. I can't believe we're already to that point...it makes me just want to cry thinking about how far we've and he's come! Did I mention he's teething? OMG...how funny it is! Some days are better than others, but most days are really not that bad. He's kinda funny b/c he'll like talk to whatever he's trying to chew on...again gotta catch it on camera! I think I can actually feel the tooth coming in. He's just so independent now...it's amazing. It all goes by way too fast! Here's what he looks like now: