Jackson is 11 Months Old!

As promised, here is the video of Jackson saying "Hi" & "Bye-Bye" while in the bath.




Jackson is 11 months old today! Man, how time flies! I can't believe that in just one month it will have been an entire year that we've had this precious little man in our lives! We are so blessed and now it's hard to imagine a time when there was no Jackson Dean Hiler. He is the absolute light of our lives and we enjoy EVERY second with our Wacko! Now for brag time:

• Jackson drinks 12-15 oz of milk a day & at least 1 sippy cup of water a day. He won't hold the sippy cup by himself, which is really frustrating, but we're working on it.


• Takes 2 naps a day - one at school from around 10 -12:30 & another in the late afternoon from 4:30-5:45 or 6. He goes to bed later than most babies, so this works for us!


• He crawls on all fours (finally) almost exclusively. He finally figured out that army crawling is MUCH slower & who has time for that?


• He walks around the coffee table, behind push toys, ottoman, & boxes -- if you haven't seen the box video, check it out below!


• He can climb up as many as 7 stairs (supervised, of course). We are working on learning to go down on our bottom.


• He eats almost any kind of table food, but has started to reject certain veggies (peas, mainly). I try & make him eat them anyway by disguise. He still LOVES broccoli & asparagus!


• He says: dada, mama, hi & bye-bye -- has said yaya a couple of times, but we're still not sure it's the real deal. He also says "ba," which we think means bath since he says it when he sees his duck bath tub.


• He waves at everything - even a picture of a prisoner on TV this afternoon. He's an equal opportunity waver! ;)


• He loves to swing, go for walks, play with boxes, playing catch & taking baths.


• He gives kisses - the good open mouth slobbery ones! We love 'em!


• He claps usually after we clap, but occasionally when he knows he's done something good.

He is generally the happiest, most easy going baby so Aaron & I are scared to have another one. They say the second one is nothing like the first. (Not that there are any plans, yet!)

Well, Jackson: Mommy & Daddy love you with all our hearts! Happy 11 Month Birthday, little one!