sick boy

I know Jack is not feeling well because he wanted to take a nap at 11:30 this morning and is still not up (3:15). I might just go in there and gently wake him up. Poor boy. Ear infections stink. Now, he is getting a cough. Not good.......

(worried mommy)

My outdoors kid

Jackson DID NOT want to come inside this afternoon. He loves to run THROUGH the leaves, chase after the neighbors' cats, and rake leaves. The only thing that convinced him to come inside was to eat...Hungry Jack can always eat. 

It was a beautiful day! Now, on to uploading videos and photos over the last couple of weeks. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Enjoy the Parade, sitting by a fireplace, being with family, and being thankful for all you have. 
Happy Thanksgiving!

The Ladd Trio

Cousin Time

We are in Cumming at my parents' house. My brother, his wife, and two girls are here as well. I love watching the kids run around the house playing together. It is mad chaos and it is wonderful. Dinnertime is interesting too. I am looking forward to our Thanksgiving meal tomorrow night and what that will hold. 

The girls adore Jackson and Jackson adores them. They hold his hand and walk around the house. "K" and Jack are 8 months apart and "G" is the big girl about to turn 5 next week. Fun times! I wish we lived closer together so they could play more often. 

Oh, another cute thing. "G" calls her boy cousin "Jackie" or "Jack Jack." That will come in handy later on when they are teasing each other. :)

Good Night from a full house of "Terrells" and the "Ladd Trio." :)

As a good friend would say, "We have been Terrellized." 

Living on the edge

This boy took at 3.5 hour nap! I had to make some noise to get him to wake up a little bit. 

See his sweet little toddler pillow? He loves to lay on it and say "night, night." 

He has to have his blankets. He only has them in his bed. No Linus blankets at our house. We knew he needed a toddler pillow when he started bunching up his blankets and laying on them. 

See the bump on the mattress. I rolled up a blanket and put it under his sheet. 

Then, JUST IN CASE, I added some pillows to the floor. I think we are safe! :)

Paci

It would have been nice to remember to tell the babysitter that your son takes a pacifier to go to sleep......2 hours later.............."mom that wants to crawl under a rock" moment.

Big Boy Bed

We have advanced to a big boy bed. And by that I mean that his railing is off on the side of his crib. The scary fact is that he can get out of bed anytime he wants. I thought this transition would not happen for a while, but it was a very spontaneous decision yesterday. 

Previously, I had "pinned" all sorts of ways to help with the transition. All my "pins" were forgotten when I forgot to put a blanket/pillows or something up on the side so he wouldn't fall out of the bed. (2 feet off the ground).  During his nap yesterday, I heard a "BOOM." I opened his door and all I saw were legs and Jack running toward his bed. I immediately shut the door quietly and ran back to the monitor. I think he was embarrassed because he got back in bed and "acted" like he was asleep. I thought it was hilarious. No harm was done. 

Tonight, I have a blanket rolled up down the length of his bed (under his sheet) and pillows on the floor. We said prayers and talked for a moment. I could tell in his eyes that he enjoyed this quiet moment with me while he was laying on his little toddler pillow and holding his blanket. He thought about getting up, but then sweetly snuggled down in his bed and went to sleep. 

I really think one reason why he is okay with this spontaneous change was that he helped me unscrew the screws and pull the railing off the bed. BeBe (Ben's mom) and I talked with him about how it was his big boy bed. We let him get in and out of the bed and praised him for being a big boy. He was a part of the transition. He examined the railing leaning up against the wall and then looked at his bed. It was a surreal moment. I hope this willingness to sleep in his bed continues. If not, I will find him snuggled under his fort (table) with his stuffed animals in the morning. And, that is okay too. Every boy needs a fort to sleep in.