Let's start with that big fat puffy eye of Jackson's that you saw in the last post. He had a blocked nasolacrimal duct (tear duct). The purpose of said duct is to carry away used tears (and the crud associated with them) and make way for fresh tears. Jackson's left duct was blocked and allowed for bad things to grow.
Well, we got that fixed. We agonized over the whole thing and then the procedure took all of about three minutes and was an instant and total success. Here are some picture from the big day.
before the surgery. Note the purple dot over the "correct" eye.
After the surgery and still a little doped. Showing his red Gatorade tongue.
Here's just a bunch of pictures from summer. Hopefully I'll at least get them in chronological order
We got a vist from the Bordings. Second cousin Kate showed off her skills.
Fun with the hose at grandma's
Chowin' on some Cheerios.
Jackson likes to hijack the camera and take lots of photos of nothing. This is one of my faves.
A visit to the Zoo.
Mac n' cheese head.
More fun in the sun.
Chicken nugget love.
Earning his allowance.
Lots of things have happened since I last blogged. Jackson started daycare and Betsy went back to work full time. This was very difficult at first. Both for Jackson and for Betsy. More so for Jackson. He cried non-stop for the first week. As the weeks went on, he got better and better. He really enjoys "school" now. The major drawback is the back to back sicknesses. Every week he catches some new bug from the other little dirty booger faces in his class. We're just getting over a particularly nasty one today. Hopefully, his immunities will be all built up soon and he'll be able to fearlessly chew on slobber encrusted toys without peril.
We got a new kittie.
This is Jimmie. We thought she was a boy at first. The people that I got her from told me she was a boy. By the time we realized she was in fact a girl, she was already Jimmie. Or Jimbo, as Jackson likes to call him. ....errr her.
Jackson says tons of words. He'll try and say anything. He recently started putting a few words into little hilarious sentences. His first was "I threw it!". If he couldn't find his "ya ya" (that's the word he invented for his pacifier), we'd ask; "what did you do with it?" and he would respond with "I threw it!" complete with a pitching arm motion.
Another of his favorites is "hold you" which he says when he wants someone to hold him. He sticks his arms out and say "hold you". It looks something like this.
Just a week or so ago, Jackson came out into the TV room with the diaper rash cream in one hand and his other hand on his behind and says to me; "cream for your bum". Of course it wasn't as clear as that. the "for your" part had to be slightly interpreted, but there was no doubt about "cream" and "bum". Now he often demands cream during diaper changes.
Jackson had his second Halloween with the crazy family he was born into. Last year he was blissfully oblivious to anything potentially scary. This year he started out very scared of Halloween displays at stores and he would clamp onto whoever was nearest and start crying or wimpering. That gave way to the slightly braver pointing forcefully at scary things and saying "whoa". By the time Halloween rolled around he was a full fledged Birdsong. Not scared at all.
"I aint 'fraid of no ghosts"
He dressed as a very cute, I mean very scary, skeleton.
I'm sure I've forgotten to include more than I've actually included, but I'll get whatever I missed next time. Hopefully less than four months from now.
Here I'll leave you with a few more pictures. He's getting real big real fast.
Making funny faces with Dad.
sitting in the kitchen cabinet.
Showing off his power tools.
Bye Bye for now!
