Our New Life our Simple Life: My Little Monster

So it's been awhile since I have posted. Jackson has been keeping me busy this week as he is having more and more awake & alert time. He loves his little play gym. He can be occupied with that up to 30 minutes at times. He loves talking and kicking/pushing off with things with his legs. He has little wrist rattles that he loves also. I think his favorite thing still is talking to Mr. & Mrs. Star and Mr. Bear on his swing mobile. The only problem with his increasing activity is that he wears himself out alot quicker thus making it hard to get him to sleep during that small window when he's not overly tired.

Yesterday, he had a really good long nap and I felt like he didn't have alot of play time so I made sure when he woke up that we maximized his awake time. Well, we were having so much fun that the time just flew by and before I knew it, we missed that oh so precious sleep window. Needless to say, Jackson was My Little Monster last night. He ended up being awake from 4:30pm to 8:15pm. Unhappy baby equals unhappy mommy. It was a long 4 hours! Poor thing was so tired he struggled to stay awake to drink his bottle. Then I quickly try to swaddle him so I can lay him down and he's looking at me with his wide-awake eyes!! I couldn't believe it. Luckily, Jackson just needed a little assistance and he was asleep 15 minutes later. He then made up for his Little Monster tendencies by sleeping from 8:15pm-3am. Momma can't complain about that!

So in honor of last night, Jackson is wearing his outfit today that says "Mommy's Little Monster." Luckily, he is the CUTEST little thing ever. I can never be upset at him for long. Picture to come soon. For now, here's a few of my most recent favorites: