One Month Old & Jackson's 1st Overnight

Jackson was one month old November 20th. For this special day I decided to spend the entire day enjoying him and neglecting the homework that had been calling my name. At this point I realize, "Wow, a month of his life has already gone by, he grows and changes daily, and I need to take a little time every now and then to just observe and soak in the essence of who he is now."

So... I discovered that Jackson has no concept of photo cooperation. I managed to get a few of those eyes wide open and of course he is always a cutie, even when he is yelling at me for attention, as if he needs more :).


In the early morning light. His favorite time to interact.


Wearing his cap that his great grandma made him.


Yelling at me about something, important I'm sure.

The 21st was Thanksgiving in Jackson County for Jackson and I. He got to meet relatives he had never seen before and spent the night with a Mamaw and Papaw. I know it was very exciting for them to be able to spend so much time with him and it was a well-deserved break for Dave and I.


On his Mamaw's shoulder.


Jackson getting red faced for his Aunt Donna. She had waited so long to see him and was very excited.


Getting ready to leave him for the night and head back home. It was harder than I had imagined it would be. There was a sort of emptiness that filled me the moment I walked out of the house, but one that I knew would be filled as soon as he was returned.


Getting ready to go to church with his Mamaw and Papaw.

Jackson came home the next evening chubbier than I remembered, I was amazed at how much he had grown literally overnight.

Welcome to the World!

I brought Jackson Daniel into this world on October 20th, 2009. Today he is exactly once month old and I felt it was an appropriate time to begin this blog that will enable me to share all of the developmental milestones of this amazing child. He is amazing because he is mine, and that is enough to make it so.

Jackson has had a relatively smooth and beautiful first month of life.


This was taken by my friend, Kayla, at my baby shower 2 weeks before Jackson was born. I owe many of the photographic memories that I have of that time and of his birth to her. She is truly amazing.


One day old. Our perfect little boy with the rosebud lips.

At one week he was still sleeping for the majority of the day and blessed us with the sight of his eyes only when suckling or being changed. Looking back, the first week felt like a complete blur. So tired from lack of sleep, I don't really remember how I found the energy to do all that I did, a Mother's adrenaline I suppose.


The second week of life brought more "alert" time for Jackson Daniel. He began to look around more and check out his surroundings.


Week 3. And the focusing begins. It was his new thing. To stare at objects, especially my and Dave's face, for perhaps 10 minutes or so at a time. I cherished the eye to eye contact that we had and embraced each moment as a bonding experience.

Now that Jackson is here, in the physical sense that we can both hold him, our family feels closer to complete. I say closer because I don't think we are finished in the baby making department just yet ;). We know that we are truly blessed to have a healthy and beautiful baby boy and are trying to enjoy each moment of his life.

Since it is milestone "one month" today I would say that a photo shoot with Lil' Jackson and his Momma is in order and of course I will have to post them here.