From left to right; me, Mubina, Macey (the bride to be), Laura (who just got engaged to Matt [funny huh]), and Hayes. They are all in Matt's class and super sweet on top of being super smart!
Here is the spread - and yes I moved the chairs and picked up the toothpicks for the party. I hate I didn't get any more pictures, but did you expect any different?
Or this picture where the squirrel on the back porch was hysterical!
Or here where he thought it would be a good idea to lunge forward and jump out of the chair. It's a good action shot, but even better would have been the action shot of me dropping the camera to catch him!! This kid!! He may not be crawling, but he gets where he needs to go.
Thanks for the Fratty outfit Aunt Teresa!! Happy Friday!
We left him sitting up, but when we turned around he had fallen back. Hence the reason the boppy was behind him, but he didn't make a peep. Just went right on playing!
He LOVES his boots as you can tell!
And this picture is just too cute. He's playing it cool!
Finally Friday free again. Got my motor running for a wild weekend! It's finally Friday out of control, forget the working blues and let the good times roll!!!!!!!!
This last weekend I had a girls trip while Matt stayed home with the little man. I headed to Biloxi to the Beau Rivage for Lauren's bachelorette party while Matt hung out with J Man! I know Matt loved spending time with Jackson and I cannot remember when I have had that much fun!!
Matt gave Jackson a breathing treatment.
We danced the night away while....
Matt and Jackson slept!
I came home to a clean house, clean baby, and worn out husband! He said he didn't know how I ever got anything done. :) I simply explained that God performs a miracle at our house every day in order for everything to get done!!
Happy Wednesday!
He puts everything in his mouth.
He LOVES his Jeep walker and goes all over the kitchen in it. We can sit him in it with a mum-mum and he's content forever.
Did I mention he puts everything in his mouth?
He is still the happiest baby ever and everyone comments on it.
Yup - those are grey New Balances!!
So handsome!!!!
In other more put together news - nothing says working from home like this picture...... Computer, coffee, and apple juice in a bottle! Jackson's day care was closed on Monday due to the weather (that was not that bad down here) so I had to stay at home with him! 
He was great and let me get a good bit of work done! He was just happy to be home with his mommy! And if you are thinking he sure is in his walker a lot, that is because he is in his walker all the time. He loves it and follows us from room to room watching our every move!
Matt got home later that afternoon and hung out with J man while I finished doing some work. I really just wanted to crawl in bed with them and take a nap, but I figured it was best that I stay employed! 
That night we went over to some friends' house to watch the national championship game! Even though the game started after J man's bed time he stayed up and hung out with us and his buddy John! John is two months younger and his dad is in Matt's medical school class. They were so cute together! At one point Jackson even hugged him!!
And as you can tell by this picture they both look like their fathers!!
You will also notice that Matt is wearing an orange shirt for Auburn! War Eagle!!!! 5 in a row for the SEC!!
His eyes are so blue and it makes me so happy because it is the only thing I can lay claim to on the child. The rest of him is Matt all the way.
Look at that face!
He has a small head like ours :)
And this was our Christmas card picture.
LOVE IT!
and some more and before I knew it he was scooting around. Matt had run to pick up a pizza for us and was missing it. I told Jackson to wait right there while I got the video camera!
And this is what I captured......
It's the first Fratty Friday of the year and Jackson is excited!! The picture above is his super cheesing he has started lately. Jackson got a LOT of fratty outfits at Christmas! You saw these overalls on Christmas day, but they are my absolute favorite! Thanks SheShe! Jackson is dressed and ready for Hayseed! Now if only we could find him a baby John Deere cap!
Please notice the socks coming off his feet in the background :)
Mmmmm good! He eats on them, but he gets more on him than he does in his mouth.
There are so many things I could post on this very first edition of Keeping it Real Wednesday, but I decided to go with the logistical adventures of the Garage Tent Santa brought Jackson. First, "Santa" ordered it from Pottery Barn and when it came in the polls for it were 6 feet long. I decided it would be a good idea to take in to Caledonia over Thanksgiving to save space in the sleigh when we went back at Christmas. This was one of the best ideas I ever had, but the good ideas ran out shortly there after. Not only did it free up space for other gifts on our Christmas trip home, but my parents, I mean Santa's elves put it together and we did not have to. So on to the Garage Tent logistics Part II, getting it back home to Brandon. Since there was not enough room for all of Jackson's loot on the way home from Caledonia (please note this was only stuff from my parents and 2 of the 3 sets of great grandparents), Uncle Buster had to come down and bring it. That was awful sweet of him and we thought we were in the home stretch with this over-sized boy tent when we discovered it would not fit in the doorway of our hall or Jackson's room. This lead us to Part III and over the edge! Matt proceeded to take the door off the hinges, but that didn't work so he dismantled it. We finally got it to Jackson's room and it was too big. So in the guest room it went. Along with Jackson's cradle he is now too big for, a ride on toy his She She got him, AND a swing he never really liked to be put in. So if you are coming to stay be prepared to step over baby gear in order to climb into bed!! And when you finally make it in bed pray the ceiling does not collapse on you from all of the CRAP we have had to put in the attic!!!
Matt and I noticed on Saturday that Jackson was not himself. He was not fussy, but he was just not as happy as he usually is. Then on Sunday night he pitched a FIT when we tried to put him to bed. Even food would not console him and that is a FIRST for this chubster. Then about 11:30 he woke up screaming again and could not be consoled. He finally wore himself out and fell back asleep after an hour or screaming.
When I picked him up from day care yesterday, Mrs. Bradley said we might not want to keep him out of day care that long again because he was rotten. HA HA! He was bad, he screamed for her too. Then last night he woke up 3 times. He wasn't as angry, but it is not like him to wake up like that. So when I ran my finger across his gums this morning and sure enough there was a little sharp tooth poking through his bottom gum. My poor little guy. Then to top all that off I had to dip into frozen milk to send to day care. It's just another step towards being a big boy. Although I have a deep freezer full of milk that can last him until he's 12 months old or longer!!
I'm up
Wait.... I'm a little wobbly
Hang on.... I'm getting it
Yah!!!!! I stayed up
Oh wait. I didn't!
