Bouncy Baby Boyd

Jackson got a Jonny Jumper from Grandma and Grandpa Boyd for Christmas. He is definately good at bouncing!

New Car

This week we bought a "new" car. We traded in my Honda Accord for a much newer, lower mile car, but I still really miss my Honda. That was a great car... *sigh* Anyway, the new car is beautiful too. Tyler decided we needed something lower miles before we started dental school. It's a 2008 Toyota Camry with 5,000 miles. (Tyler wants me to tell people its a 2009. It is exactly the same, just one year older) It's the really basic LE model without any fancy features, which is perfect for us, and we got a great deal on it. I know everyone says that, but we really did get an awesome deal for such a new car. Our savings account is a lot smaller now, but I suppose its worth it. I'm still getting used to it but Tyler is in love. I'm just glad that the stress of car shopping is over. Jackson wants to drive it. For anyone who can't tell, we are sitting in our garage. Of course I would never let Jackson in the front seat while we were driving.

Beep Beep! Jackson's favorite feature is the horn.

I was going to take a picture of the car, but it's dark and cold outside. Although really if you want to see what it looks like, just take a drive around the block. I swear every third car out there right now is a Camry.

Baby Kisses

I have been trying to teach Jackson how to give kisses. I show him how it's done, and then he tries to copy me.He is still getting it figured out. It's a little slobbery.

One of Those Days...

This morning I was feeling so proud of myself for getting Jackson all ready for his day. I got him dressed up in the cutest little outfit. A brown and blue striped shirt, perfectly matching baby blue pants, and cute little brown and blue socks that matched the shirt. How coordinated! Then, he had an inevitable poopy explosion, the same way he does every day, so I changed his pants to some that didn't really match and were a little too small because I was behind on laundry. Then I realized that one of his socks was missing. I couldn't find it. But I was running late, and lucky me, there was another sock (who had also lost its twin) sitting on the entertainment center. Perfect, right? So I threw it on. On my way out the door, I noticed what his perfect little outfit had evolved into, so I took a picture. Despite my efforts, he ended up looking like a silly little mismatched Boyd anyway.

Growing Up Quickly

I am going to try to be better about actually writing on our blog. It's so much easier to just post pictures, and they are probably more fun to look at, but every once in a while I need to write something too. Friday when I picked up Jackson from the daycare, I had one of those moments where he all of the sudden seemed older. I dropped him off in the morning, and then I picked him up 8 hours later and he looked older. It makes me really sad. I hate daycare! I love our daycare, but just daycare in general... I hate it. Yesterday, Jackson got to spend the entire day with Mommy. Tyler went snowmobiling with the boys, so we got to hang out at home and play together all day. It was pretty fun. I can't believe how mobile Jackson is becoming. I left the room for less than a minute, and I came back and he had rolled all of the way across the room and was opening the cabinets on our entertainment center. I didn't know he could open things! He also started drinking out of sippy cup, and we discovered he likes squash. I really enjoyed spending a whole day learning things like this about him. I wish I could spend every day doing that. Anyway, life is good at the Boyd house!

Jackson's First Professional Pictures

We got our pictures back to day. They are adorable! I was going to just post a few, but I'm having a hard time choosing, so here are a whole bunch of his pictures. Thanks again to our wonderful photographer, Caralee Case. His feet have become his favorite toys. His sad face...We had to work pretty hard to get smiles from him. I think he was a little sleepy, but we actually ended up getting quite a few.

The black background really brings out his eyes. He definately gets the gorgeous blue from his daddy.

My favorite...

He made some really interesting faces, which I think I like just as much as the smiles.

Picture Session

Today we finally had some professional pictures taken of Jackson. They turned out so cute! We won't have all of the pictures until next week, but our photographer has posted a few of the really good ones to her blog. caraleephotography.blogspot.com She is a really great photographer. For anyone who lives in the Idaho Falls area, I would definately recommend her. She is very enthusiastic and patient, and has a lot of talent for capturing little babies. She also has great prices and gives you digital copies of all of the pictures. Enjoy. We will post more when we have them all.

Jackson's 1st six months

Since I'm getting a late start on our blog, here is a photo review of the first 6 months of Jackson's life.

Our little family, January 25, 2009

Like father, like son.

He's so cute in just a diaper. He should be a baby swimsuit model.

Jackson's winter hat. He loved it for the first 5 minutes. Then he decided he hated it and hasn't worn it since.

Halloween 2008. I think they have the same smile.

Jackson's baby blessing and Grandma and Grandpa Boyd's house. I love the little white bow tie. And in honor of my brother Kevin, who is on his mission in Canada, we used he same outfit that he was blessed in.

Ready for a fight.

Tiny Jackson enjoying a nap.

This is his favorite sleep position.

This is one of my all time favorite pictures of Jackson.

Glow baby glow... Jackson had jaundice and had to keep a billi blanket in his pajamas for the first few days. He made our whole bedroom glow at night.

Jackson Kent Boyd

Jackson finally arrived July 30, 2008 at 7:11pm. After a very long deliver, he arrived completely healthy and happy. He weighed 7 lbs 2 oz, 22 inches long. He was adorable from the very beginning. This is the last picture taken of Jackson still in my tummy.

On the way home from the hospital.

Baby Boyd on the way

The next big event in our lives... Baby Boyd. In November 2007 we found out that we were expecting our first baby. The due date was set for July 29, and we started out on the longest 9 months I have ever experienced, but he was worth it all. 20 weeks - it's a boy!

6 months and counting... 8 1/2 months. Any day now...