Thanksgiving

Jagger's first thanksgiving was ok, but he was very cranky. He even went to bed at 5! It was spent it TN with my family. We were not planning to go back, but Aaron's granny passed away, so we felt that we should go back. We got to meet a lot of family that I have never met and Aaron hasn't seen in years, it was really nice! Jagger loved his great-uncle Donald!

Jagger started semi-waving while we were there and blowing kisses! When we got back home Jagger started pulling up on everything, yes even climbing the stairs! He is starting to cruise around, boy am I in trouble! He pulls up in his crib all the time now, even with his sleep sack is on. He can't get back down, so he starts fussing. He now has 7 teeth and boy do they hurt! He also got his hair trimmed while we were back in TN. He looks like such a big boy, but Aaron and I don't really like it, so we are letting it grow for a while again. Jagger knows how to shake his booty! If you tell him to shake his booty, he will start dancing, it is so funny!

I have started decorating for Christmas. We are hopefully going to go get a tree in the next day or two. I am really sad that we are not going to be able to celebrate our first Christmas as a family in our new house. I have been thinking about not going back to TN. Maybe my mood will change in the next 2 weeks.

I am going private again. I don't want those that visit my sugar overload site to have access to my personal life. I will open back up when my site is hosted elsewhere, which will be after the first of the year. I am also not real happy about some things that were said while in TN, so if you want to know about Jagger, you can email or call. I will post pictures on the shutterfly site. If you have a favorite grandchild, that is one thing, but don't say it in front of me or my son. Yes, he doesn't know right now, but he will one day. I know every grandparent has a favorite grandchild, but it is not right to blurt it out. It really hurts me. I could care less about gifts, Aaron and I can get Jagger almost anything he could ever want.

Busy, busy

You see that leash? I swear I am going to have to get one for Jagger so that he will not get away from me! This child never, ever stops. I had him playing in his room today while I was vacuuming. I go back in there to check on him and he is gone. Then I heard him in the guest room! Yes, that is not very far, but he is all over the place! He is also pulling up on everything now. I heard him talking in his room when he woke up from his morning nap. I went in there to get him and he was just sitting in his crib talking away! It was so cute!

Nursing past 1 year

If you have been reading my blog for any amount of time, you know how strongly I feel about breastfeeding. I knew well before getting pregnant that I wanted to breastfeed, I never really thought about how long. When I started reading more about breastfeeding, it seemed that 6 months was what most women did and then I continued to read and it seemed more and more women breast fed until a year. I decided that I would try to breast feed for a year, and here we are at 9 1/2 months and still going strong! I was beginning to think that Jagger was self weaning because he was so distracted by the world around him, but he seems to be doing much better now. So it has got me to thinking that maybe I will continue to breastfeed Jagger past a year of age. I will start giving him cow's milk at one year, but there are still MANY benefits of breastfeeding past a year. It is also the only time that I get to snuggle with my precious baby boy without him squirming all over the place or screaming at me to let him down! I love the bonding time we get. I think I am just going to take his lead and let him self wean.

I just found this statistic and thought it was interesting:

n the US, 64% of mothers initiate nursing at birth, but only 29% are still nursing at six months, and 16% at one year.

First birthday party!

Jagger attended his first birthday party on Saturday! He enjoyed watching the other kids and was on his best behavior, despite only having his morning nap. The party was for my friends little boy who turned 3. The most shocking part to me is that Jagger went to anyone that wanted to hold him! He even reached out for people! He rarely does this. He will go to someone, but is rather unsure. I am proud of my little social butterfly!

Santa went shopping on Sunday! We got the fisher price laugh and learn kitchen for him. Now we need to get the ball pit, we already have extra balls, and then just some small stocking stuffers. We also got his first ornament. I need to get his stocking ordered now. I am excited for Christmas, even though Jagger will not know what is going on. I am also very excited that we are going back to TN and ALL of my family will be there! I think it is going to be SO much fun! Memaw better watch out because 2 little mischievous boys will be coming! Jagger is now pulling up on more and more. I was beginning to wonder if he would walk by his first birthday, but I am thinking he probably will now. Then I will be lucky to get anything done! He is already into EVERYTHING! I can't turn my back to him for 5 seconds and he will have dog food in his mouth or have spilled the dogs water.

I have also decided that as Jagger gets older, I want to teach him that giving someone a gift is better than receiving by filling a wish list of a needy family or child. I am sure there will be times when he will get hurt because someone got more than him, maybe not though, Aaron and I spoil him pretty bad! Luckily, he doesn't know any better at this age, because he would have already been upset. I believe in treating all children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. the same and I will protect Jagger from those that have the potential of being unfair. Maybe I sound selfish, but I only want what is best for Jagger and that means I will not let others hurt him because they are biased. Enough of my current rant!

I would also like to say that I am finally feeling NORMAL! My thyroid level is normal now, I no longer feel like I am randomly having a heart attack, I am happy, I am not scared that Jagger is going to die, life is good!

9 month well baby check and birthday party

Jagger had his 9 month well baby check up on Monday. He weighs 16#'s 7ozs., 27 inches long, and 56th percentile for his big noggin! He has only gained 7 ozs. in 2 months, but the pediatrician said that she did not see that it was anything medical related, it was more than likely because he is so active. I am to continue feeding him how I am now and we go back in a month for another weigh in. Otherwise, everything went well. He did get his first dose of H1N1 and will get the following dose when we go back for the weight check.

He is now trying to pull up on everything! Last night he pulled up on the side of the bath tub :0 He has tried pulling up on Abby's little heater, which he knows how to turn on, and then this morning he was trying to pull up on his toy basket.We are soon to be in BIG trouble! He is already into everything and so fast with his crawling. When he touches something he shouldn't, I tell him why he shouldn't touch it instead of just saying no. It seems to be working pretty good. He says "ma" and "ba"! He is also so sociable! I have always been kind of worried about this since it is just the three of us and we are not around alot of people, but he loves people talking to him and he is even doing pretty well with others taking him. When I have gone to TACH lately, he just laughs and carries on with all the ladies! Speaking of TACH, if you have not already checked out my baking site (sugar-overload.com), go check it out! Everyone LOVED the refreshments I made for the open house and they said alot of people took my business card, so hopefully I will get some business!

Aaron and I have decided to have Jagger a birthday party when we are back for Christmas, since no one will be able to come up for his real birthday! It will probably be on the 26th of December. We are going to be coming down on the 19th and will stay until the 27th. I am working on all of the details right now and will let everyone know more definite times and locations when I know. We will probably not get him his real birthday gift until his actual birthday. We are going to have a small party here and I will invite some friends. I am so excited that he will get to celebrate with family and hope everyone can come!

Happy 9th monthday Jagger!

Can you believe Jagger is 9 months old? I sure can't! Where in the world does time go? He is crawling all over the place, very vocal, takes in everything, eats a wide variety of foods, loves to bang his toys, loves to read, doesn't like TV(thank goodness!), walks while being assisted, and the cutest baby in the world! His new picture features baby gap, of course! They will be crazy not to pick him as there new model!

His first birthday party is basically planned! We are having a winter "one"derland party! I have also decided what Santa will be bringing him.

Where is Jagger?

This week, Jagger has learned to successfully go from sitting to belly. This means, he is into EVERYTHING! When we had trick or treaters last weekend, I was eating in the floor with Jagger, I had to go to the door and when I came back, he had a handful of french fries! One other time, I turned my back to him for literally 2 seconds and he had a handful of dog food and some in his mouth! He got so mad at me when I dug all of it out of his mouth! He is now trying to figure out how to pull up on things. He will pull up on me, but he is not sure about anything else. Something else he has decided to do is pull his shoes and socks off every time I put them on! Every time I get him out of the carseat, he has pulled them off. Today, we were walking around Target and he pulled one of his socks off and lost it somewhere. I looked like the mother of the year with an infant that had no socks on in November! Oh well, he got it from his mama! Every where we go, atleast one person always has to stop us and talk to Jagger and tell me how adorable he is! I want to say yes I know, and I am sure he does too, but I have places to go! I just let Jagger take it all in though!

Christmas Time!

It seems that Christmas is creeping upon us!! It has always been my favorite holiday because I love the decorations, lights, smells, baking, and now getting to play Mrs. Claus!! I just ordered Jagger's christmas night pj's and his Christmas day outfit(he will wear it on multiple occasions before Christmas do to the price :] )! Here are pictures!

Now we just have to decide what to get him from Santa! I am thinking about one of these things, if anyone has any opinion on them, please chime in!

I have also decided that I will go with the Winter ONEderland theme for his 1st birthday! I got some really cool snowflake stuff at JoAnne's today for just $1!

Birthday Party ideas

Anyone have any great ideas for Jagger's first Birthday? I was thinking of doing an under the sea theme, but have since changed my mind! Now I am thinking about all blue with maybe a splash of green or a Winter in "One"derland. Any other ideas or what do you think about these 2 options?

I have also cam up with a great idea of how to decorate Jagger's room! I can't do stripes because the stupid walls are textured and stripes don't work. It involves, cars, trucks, airplanes, a swing hanging from the ceiling, and chalkboard paint! I am going to try and design it on photoshop and see how it looks!

2 more

Jagger has 2 more teeth for a total of 6! He now has his 2 top lateral incisors. He hasn't been fussy with these much, so I guess they haven't really bothered him.

This little stinker can put away some food! Yesterday, I made me a small pizza and also made him one thinking he would eat a 1/4 of it. Well, he ate half of it and loved it! This morning he ate a whole pancake.