South Carolina Sunny Days

It's been a while since my lost blog...too long perhaps. It feels like since the moment we set foot in South Carolina it has been all go...go...go! Anyway, hopefully I'll be able to finish this blog before the little guy gets up from his nap :0)

About a month ago we were finally able to move into our new house. Kinda wish we hadn't though b/c they weren't all the way finished, at least up to our high standards anyway. It's been a lot of waiting to get things fixed/finished ever since and it's been very frustrating. I look around and I see mistake after mistake after mistake. I guess we were spoiled with the last house b/c that was quality work. It's a nice house though and most importantly, Jackson LOVES it! I think he likes it so much b/c there is so much more room for him to run around now and he even has own play space. He discovers something new with the house everyday...some thing good, others not so good! For example, he now loves "talking" on the phone. He constantly goes for the wireless phones for our house line and I spend a lot of my time chasing him to make sure he hasn't called anywhere expensive. It is just precious though to see him hold the phone up to his ear and talk. Most of the time he calls his daddy at work :0) Don't get me wrong either...the new house has things I like, but I think I will feel better about it when things don't look like there are patches of white splattered on the wall and sheets hanging in front of the windows instead of blinds. CAN'T WAIT TO GET BLINDS!

South Carolina has been one hot tamale! I forgot what humid heat was like and it's not always pretty! There are days when I literally feel like my skin is melting off my body. We'll get used to it and it doesn't seem to bother Jackson too much other than he likes to drink like a camel now. He still isn't a huge fan of water, but he takes down the watery juice I give him like it's going out of style. It's beautiful here! It's so nice to see GREEN things all around me! Jackson loves the parks here too, but we do have to watch out for red ants and also mosquitoes. Never knew how much a red ant bite could hurt, but oh buddy it does!

Let's talk changes with Jackson. As you already know, he's walking now, but he's getting faster and can do what looks like a speed walk. It's really pretty funny! Sometimes when he's walking he'll put both of his arms down and let them hang and sway back and forth like a little gorilla. He's also finally got a 3rd tooth and 3 more on the way. His top left tooth finally came in and now he's getting his top right tooth and the two teeth right next to his bottom 2. Let's just call him the drooler monkey. He soaks all of his shirts clear through poor little dude! He also can finally do an mmmmmmm sound and he does say mamama, but never to me. He usually says it when he's eating...tehetehe! He continues to love books and reading. I wish the library here was way more awesome, but again, we'll survive! As for his eating habits, I think he's become a little pickier with food. Some days he'll eat something, other times he won't! It's frustrating, especially b/c he's started to turn his nose up at meat now! Little booger! I hope this is a short phase for the meat, but we'll see! I almost forgot to tell you that's he's down to one nap a day in the afternoon. Somedays he'll only sleep for an hour...others he'll sleep for 2 1/2. Just depends. If there is one thing I know about my son is that he's a character, who is never predictable.

He's also started going to a new daycare lady, we'll call her Miss A. She has 4 other kids there besides Jackson and I personally think he loves getting to play with other children around his age. There is one who is 6 months and 2 that are going to be 2 in October/November, and 1 who is already 2. They are the sweetest little kids and he just looks at them like they are angels! I personally am really proud of him. We took the transitioning slow and he's been doing so great there. He's only cried once out of the 3 days I've had to leave him...33% ain't bad I guess. He seems really happy there and that makes me happy too, eventhough everytime I leave him I feel like my heart has just been ripped from chest :0( Some days I think I could stay home with him and be happy, other days I know it's better for the both of us to have lives outside of being with each other. I just have to keep telling myself that it's probably harder on me than him and that's it good for him to have other children to play with and love. It'll get easier!

Anyway, I think I've updated you on everything going on here. I'll have to write again soon b/c we're expecting our first visitors next week. Hopefully I'll take lots of pictures while they are here and I'll be able to post some of them. We're also going to Myrtle Beach for our last trip of the summer and also for my birthday. Just another year closer to 30...woohoo. Can you feel the excitement in my voice!?!?! Anyway, check back soon for another update!