Jackson and other things

Jackson hasnt really gained any weight since September. He weighs 16lbs and 10oz and is 26.5 linches long. He gain less then a pound and grew a little over 2 inches. The doctor isnt concerned about the lack of a weight gain, she told Alica that usually in breastfed babies around his age start to slow down for a while. Just to be sure Jackson goes back for a follow up in one month just to make sure.

Christian has an appt schedule to get the H1N1 vaccine and were in the process of scheduling Jacksons since he's old enough. I still want to do some more research to make sure that this is the best thing for the boys. I've heard a lot of arguments for and against the H1N1.

I finished my training today, FINALLY. We had our test today and I was the only one to get 100% on the written and the transactions. Tomorrow I can finally start working for real.

We won something!

While its not a million dollars...we won a gift basket from About Families (a magazine). Alicia entered for the drawing at the Redner Family Expo two weeks ago and she got a call today and we won the family basket! Here's a picture that they took and will be in next months magazine.

Sunday, so much for a lazy day

Wow, I was hoping for a lazy Sunday but NOOOOOO! Jackson's not feeling well so he's understandable but Christian...Jackson woke up at 2:30 (like he has been since being sick) and eat but decided he didnt want to go back to sleep. Shortly after Jackson woke up Christian did. Keep in mind its about 3am and Alicia and I are trying to get Jackson to sleep so we can go back to sleep. Christian comes out of his room and says "Hi Daddy" and I reply, "what do you want?" He thinks about it and excitedly response with "PANCAKES!".

So we all went down stairs and sat on the couch until 4:30.

We organized the basement today too. All the boys toys are downstairs and its a mess down there! Our neighbor Angie gave us a large coffe table so we used that to organize and store all their toys. We switched out some toys with some that Aunt Dee brought over and we put some away for "Christmas presents" too.

I finally got around to Alicia's flat tire. That really pissed me off. I got that hub cap off. The bolts were rusted and made taking them off really hard. I tried everything to loosen them but nothing worked. Alicia asked the neighbor at the end to help us and he had a really hard time too. He got 3 bolts off and the other two were stripped. After 20 minutes he was able to get them off. Alicia's spare tire has never been used either....

Tomorrow is Jackson's 6 month Check up. Any guesses on his height and weight? I'm hoping for a 20lbs baby. We'll just have to wait until tomorrow. To end the day today 422 in Wernersville was shut down as well has a few block radius around the Penn Werner Hotel. It was shut down for about 2 hours and there was no official word on what was going on. It must have been serious, there were news reporters there, and a ton of police cars. The word is there was a gunman inside the Penn Werner holding a woman hostage...nice...just a block away too.

Off to Tinas house to play the Wii, the boys are all in bed and now its time for Mommy and Daddy to have some fun!

Its Saturday...evening

Today was a good day despite the weather. My aunt, Dee, and cousin, Ryan came down today to drop off a few early Christmas presents and see the boys. She said she was going through Ryan's toys that he out grew and brought them down for us to look at. All the toys were in great shape, we decided to keep a few hidden to use as gifts from Santa! They stayed for a couple of hours and it was nice to catch up. Ryan was playing with Christian and kept him entertained. Ryan kept asking if Christian could sleep over..it was cute. Maybe one day but on such short notice and its Christian. He can be a handful but what 3 year old isnt! Thank you Aunt Dee and Ryan for coming down. And thank you for all the awesome toys it really means a lot to us.

A few hours after they left we had game night at our house, well it was only our neighbor Tina but...Earlier in the day I made a Chocolate Cheesecake for her. I promised her that I would make her one a LONG time ago and I finally did today. Tina stayed over for a couple of hours and we played uno spin, A to Z, and talked. Christian played with her, he really loves her and she's really good with him.

Its 9:30 as I type this and were winding down after an eventful day. Oh and how coould I forget...

JACKSON IS 6 MONTHS OLD!!!!!

I cant believe it! 6 months old already. Tomorrow we'll be spending the day at home. I have two more days of training and then I start in branch and I cant wait. I went to my branch on Friday afternoon and got my schedule for the rest of the month and December. I only work one Saturday in those two months and I'll be going to Kutztown the week after next and then between my branch and Bernville until the end of December. What a nice schedule. I know I wont be regreting the job change.