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Posted by katherine on July 10th, 2010

on the 1st of the month jackson turned 8 months old. in other words, this post is extremely overdue.

so much has changed in the past few weeks. the biggest change in jackson is that he is crawling! and by crawling i mean he is all over the place! jackson really learned to crawl at about 7 1/2 months. he has also started pulling up to his knees (on seemingly everything in sight). he even pulls up to his feet to play on a table-top toy.

we really enjoy watching jackson play. he enjoys digging through his baskets of toys and taking things out. when i’m in the kitchen he plays with spatulas and random kitchen objects. jackson is on his way to learning to clap and wave. he enjoys it when i sing the itsy-bitsy-spider and count on my fingers. his favorite song is still “5 little speckled frogs”. jackson really enjoys reading books, we normally read Goodnight Moon before bed. it is a joy when he reaches for me, “hugs” me, and “kisses” me.

while we were at the beach he got his first fever, which lasted about a day. but we did learn that jackson likes to take medicine!

with jackson’s new skills has introduced a new season of parenting. we have had to begun really teaching him “no”. i have to say its been a somewhat emotional transition for me. i worry that I won’t be up to the task of having to discipline my son. i want so badly to teach him well. it is somewhat bittersweet to see my baby (who is still very much a baby) growing up. everyone told us that time would fly, and i’m amazed at how it has.

(if you notice, jackson has a line down his forehead in these pictures. he crawled into the pantry door as i was opening it. he falls and gets bumps and bruises everyday.)