Adventures of the Eubanks: Jackson turns One!

Poor baby, you celebrated your birthday with a missed nap because you were so congested you couldn't breathe. Then we further celebrated with a trip to the doctor's office and a diagnosis of your first ear infection (your first sickness of any kind that required a prescription). Here you are in the waiting room:

Luckily you snuck in a nap after the doctor visit so that you could celebrate your birthday evening with us and your grandparents. You actually slept for 30 minutes on my shoulder/chest in the rocking chair in your room...the first time you'd slept on me in months and months! At first, it took a little bit of forcing to get you to relax in my arms, but after a few minutes you were out. It was precious snuggle time. You had also snuggled Daddy and fell asleep on his chest in the rocking chair the few nights before your birthday, as even then you weren't feeling well.

STATS & SIZES

Weight: 20 lbs, 7 oz (20%)

Height: 30 3/4 inches (80%) Understandable why folks continue to describe you as "long and lean"

Sizes: 3.5 shoe, Size 12 month for pants, Size 18 month for one-piece, Size 3 diaper

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
October 22nd

ACTUAL BIRTHDAY

October 27th

Lucky Charms as a birthday breakfast warm-up

Let the gift opening begin!

Fascinated by the puppy singing and talking

New ball toy, always a hit

Hello??

"Fire again? And everyone staring at me and singing to me again?

I'm not so thrilled with this idea."

"I AM thrilled with this brownie, however!"

FUN FACTS & PICS FROM MONTH 12

We switched you to milk at the end of the month with no problems, but you refused to drink it from a cup. If we give you a cup of milk, you take a sip and let it all dribble back out your mouth. For the foreseeable future, you will still be on a bottle! Oh, and did we mention that we still ~~have~~ get to give you the bottle because you don't wish to feed yourself. In truth, we're actually completely okay with getting this built-in snuggle time with you.
You started dancing to music and bouncing.
You try to play peekaboo with us, but you just can't seem to find your eyes in order to cover them. Your hands usually end up on top of your head somewhere.
Just a couple days before you turned one, you began pulling up and cruising again. It first began in your crib and then you moved on to pulling up and cruising on everything else in your path. In turn, all of this led to you being more comfortable getting on his knees (in order to pull up), so you have finally begun to crawl on your hands and knees! CLICK HERE to watch how excited you got when you pulled up in your crib.
You still walk either (1) holding onto a person's finger or (2) walking by yourself only if you're walking directly to a person who is your line-of-sight and who can "catch" you. You can actually walk a really long distance if walking to a person! CLICK HERE to watch a short video and see what I mean. You do NOT like letting go and walking to an object or to nothing in particular.
You dropped to one nap. You did this all on your own because your first nap became long enough that it was too late in the afternoon by the time you were ready for a second nap. You usually slept (roughly) from 10am-1pm which made for a very long afternoon since Daddy's project at work has kept him from getting home until usually 7-8pm. Luckily, since your sister doesn't take a nap, we're free to leave the house as soon as you wake up from a nap and are able to stay out for the rest of the day if we wish.
As you can see by the wet spots on your shirt in many of the previous pics, you have been a drooling fool! (Explained by the new teeth you got very soon after your birthday.)

A rare photo of you sleeping...and on your belly!
You do remember that you had occupational therapy appointments
to help you learn to cope with being on your belly right?!