Michael and I have been talking about how much Grayson looks like Jackson did when he was born. I really can't believe how much our boys look so much a like. Jackson got to meet his little brother last night and was soooo excited. He followed the nurse around everywhere wanting to know what she was doing to his little brother. He is going to be great. I will post the pics of Jackson meeting Grayson as soon as I get them on the computer.
Grayson, February 09.
So we have a date. We'll be going in to induce on Friday, Feb 6th at 7:30am. I am not progressing any on my own so the doctor agreed to go ahead and induce me since I am absolutely miserable. I wanted so bad to go into labor on my own and have the "rushing to the hospital" experience but I guess my body just isn't into that plan. I'm a HUGE planner so I guess having a spontaneous delivery is just too much against my nature.
This morning I took Jackson over to the new BounceU in Carrollton to play. They have a ton of great bounce activities that are just perfect for Jackson. He was fearless...after he made me go through the obstacle course with him. (I know the mental picture of me 39 weeks pregnant going through a blow up obstacle course is causing you to get a good laugh! It made the BounceU worker laugh pretty hard too.) One of Jackson's favorite activities was the T-Ball. A stream of air blows a small ball up in the air and then Jackson could hit the ball into a net. He loved it...and we found out that he hits left handed. (Since he was a baby, he's done everything with both hands but favoring the left. We've been wondering if he'll be right or left handed. Maybe this is a clue.)
Yesterday was such a pretty day we decided to go over to Arbor Hills Nature Preserve for the morning. It was nice to finally get out of the house after being cooped up because of all the cold weather this week.
We spotted a woodpecker. He blended in with the tree so well we had a hard time seeing him.
There is a huge lookout area that you can climb up to look over the city. Michael and Jackson climbed up while I took pictures from below.
It made me nervous to see Jackson standing up so close to the edge.
This was a sign we saw. I thought it was a little ironic. Just made me laugh since the trail was closed for vegetation preservation yet there was nothing but dead tree limbs all around. Hummm.
Jackson has a fascination with sticks (like every little boy does). His sticks kept getting bigger and bigger. He was pretty proud of this big stick he found. He actually carried it a long way before finally getting tired and setting it aside to find later.
I know many of you aren't interested but it is something I feel like I must blog or else I will lose my "Good Mother" card. Jackson asks me to sing the ABC song almost every night before he goes to bed. Generally he'll sing most of it but will get distracted part of the way through and not finish the song. I haven't ever been able to capture anything on camera. This morning he was running around the living room singing and he went all the way through the alphabet. I had the camera ready and was able to capture it so I figured I must post it.
Michael and some of his friends took their cameras to downtown Dallas last night to take pictures of all the buildings. He came back with a lot of pictures, I thought these were the best.
We finally caved and turned our Dining Room into a Play Room. We figured since we've only sat in that room twice (once being two days ago) since we moved in, it would not hurt us to change the purpose of the room. Jackson has already been enjoying it. We were able to pull all the toys from behind the couch and actually organize them. Hopefully we'll be able to keep it organized.
The last picture is Jackson playing with a tool set his Uncle Ken & Aunt Steph gave him for Christmas. Lately he's been really into tools. He received several tools for Christmas and has loved all of them. He's always building and fixing things. Hopefully he'll be a handy husband one day.
Michael's family came to our house on New Year's Day. Luckily the weather was warm and the kids were able to enjoy the swing set outside. I think the daddies enjoyed the swing set too.
Michael was painting Grayson's nursery last night and he let Jackson lend a hand. Jackson was so proud of the work he did.
We spent Christmas at Mammaw's in Midland this year. Since we only had a few days to get away, Midland was much easier than making the trek to New Mexico again.
Jackson got a weed eater from Nana Jo & Grampa. Luckily for Mr. Safety, the weed eater came with safety goggles.
Jackson was really into opening the presents this year. Last year he didn't really know what to do. This year he would get too busy playing with each gift after he opened it, he'd forget that he had more to unwrap. It made opening presents last longer.
One of Jackson's main presents from Nana Jo & Grampa was a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse card table with chairs. He loved it. He and Emily even ate their Christmas dinner at their own table. 
Santa visited Emily in Midland (Santa visited Jackson at home with his swing set) and brought her Elmo's Kitchen. She and Jackson had a ball playing with it. They were totally distracted and forgot all about all the presents they had to open.
Last night we decided to start a new tradition. After we ate dinner, we put Jackson in his PJs and went to look at Christmas lights (after a stop through Starbucks). It was so much fun. Jackson loved all the lights! Hopefully this will be something we can do each year. Last night I messed up dinner but in the future, maybe we could make a good, special dinner for our night of Christmas lights.
