This is going to be a lot of writing and probably no pictures because I am on Andrew's work computer and we dont have any, but if you look at the previous post you will see all of our beautiful pictures taken by the wonderful Emily.
At the beginning of November, we moved into a new apartment. We have enjoyed many aspects of this. First off, I no longer work. This leaves much more time for cooking and cleaning and playing with Jack. We also love having 2 bathrooms. No more having to wait to use the bathroom (not that that happened too often). Jackson loves having his own room Im pretty sure. Almost every morning after breakfast we go in there and play. Can I just say how nice it is when I wake up in the middle of the night unable to sleep in bed I can actually go out to the living room and turn on a movie or something? This past week I have done it twice and oh man, it makes me so happy that I can actually do things in the middle of the night and not just be stranded to my bedroom because otherwise I would wake up Jack.
In Jackson updates- he is now 14 almost 15 months. He loves to read books (he will even read them to you), loves to get into the kitchen cupboards and drawers. Usually its the baking drawer and he pulls out the measuring cups, measuring spoons, whisks and spatulas. I really dont mind until I go to make something and of course the things that I need are gone. But thats alright, it keeps him happy. He has also started to enjoy helping me bake. He likes to sit on the counter watching the mixer. He is good at throwing things away- even when we dont ask him to. Sometimes, we will throw his diaper to the trash can and miss and Jackson will go and throw it away for us without us saying anything. Other times he will take his socks off and throw those away. We are still trying to teach him that keeping his socks on is beneficial- he has yet to agree with us. He loves music and dancing and playing the piano. My lovely sister Bobbie had left some toys for him when she moved to England. One is a dancing penguin from the Backyardigans (Ive never seen this show and I dont want to). The penguin is quite entertaining for Jack and he sings and dances along with him. Sometime I will put a video up of him with Pablo. There is also Elmo (even more annoying than Pablo). He dances and sings as well. As annoying as these toys are, it is too funny to take the batteries out or turn them off. He is talking more and more. Right now his favorite word is Istmas Ree (christmas tree). Right now, any tree is a Christmas Tree and he delights in letting us know. It is SO CUTE to hear him say it. He gets SO excited and his voice goes a little higher. He also can say mom (although he seems to only say this when he is upset), dad (he says this one all the time)- quick side note, we have a large collage picture frame on our bedroom floor with pictures of Andrew & I and Jackson will go and point out mom and dad for me- Jesus, ball, book. Those are pretty much is main words but he babbles like no other. If only we could understand all those other babbles. Oh he also sings- usually along with the radio in the car while dancing in his carseat- also very funny. He has also learned that if we can do it, he probably can too. This just started a couple of weeks ago. It started with the piano. He saw us open it up and one day he just went and opened it. Unfortunately, he has not forgotten how to do it either. He also learned how to wind the large snowglobe and music box so the music will play. It made Andrew and I kind of laugh because he loves to play with this large snowglobe that we have (its a winter wonderland scene) and one night we had it on the floor for him to watch and he kept pointing to it and having us wind it up so the music would play, and then instead of asking us, he did it by himself. Speaking of learning things, he just learned how to climb up on our rocker, and anything else that is low enough for him to get his leg up on. Not such a great thing because the kid has no fear. He will stand and jump and dive off of it (well he tries to dive off of it, we try to be close by to catch him). Im sure there is much more that has happened with Jack in the past couple of months that I have not blogged but at the moment I can not think of it (I'll just blame being pregnant). When I think of it, I will write about it.
Pregnancy update- I am now 29 weeks, WAHOO 11 weeks to go! We are getting excited but can't believe how fast it has gone. Everything is pretty good with this one for the most part. Except she likes to move, A LOT and she likes to sit on my siatic nerve. Not so comfortable. But thats alright, it'll be worth it in the end.
Andrew is really enjoying his job. It definitely has its challenges but he seems very positive about it. The good news is that his supervisor asked him about coming back next year and wanting him to. Always a good thing to have some job security. He has also started a masters program. I can't remember if I had wrote about him getting a job as a basketball coach, but if I didnt he did and if I did say something he didnt take it. The practices were going to be at like 7 at night (maybe 8 I cant remember). So he decided that right now he likes to actually see Jack and I so it just isnt very possible to do both. Not to mention that he is also still in the bishopric and they usually have at least 1 night during the week that they go do something. He is still enjoying his calling in the bishopric. It definitely brings about some challenges but its fun. It will be weird to go back to a regular ward. A lot of people keep asking what I will do when Jackson is able to go into nursery (that happens in April when he is 18 months) and I have Kenadi. Honestly, Im not quite sure. We are playing that one by ear. Im guessing I will probably go every other week to the different wards but we will see what happens.
Well, I think that that is all for now, I have to get on the other computer so that I can post about our Halloween and Thanksgiving. Dan (Andrew's brother), Sharryll & Tyler came down for Thanksgiving and we had a lot of fun and got some cute pictures of the boys. So that'll come a little later when I decide to get on the other computer.
