Do young mothers still keep baby books? The three baby books I kept for my three children went to year 7 and then quit. I was devoted to keeping them up to date, complete with pictures…noting every milestone from when they cut their first tooth to when they had their first haircut. Is it my imagination or is this an almost entirely lost endeavor? Once I became a scrapbooker, I transferred the information and destroyed the old yellowed pages of those baby books to make scrapbooks for each of my grown children all the way into adulthood, including jobs, spouses, their children etc;
Now, I am enjoying the milestones of grandchildren – up close and personal. Our youngest and 15th grandchild (I have 10, my husband has 5)..is Jackson, our little “ginger”.
He is just over 3 months old and has begun to hold his head up in bed and check us out! How about that for a cute shot!! So, low and behold I wasn’t at all surprised when I came into the bedroom to get him from his crib the other day to discover he had rolled over from his tummy to his back!! I didn’t see it, but we always put him on his tummy for sleep (I know all the controversy and debate), but when he awoke he was on his back!! LOL
Jackson’s parents are first time parents, needless to say he is spoiled! I think mommy and daddy think that if he lets out a peep he must be picked up! It’s made it a bit more challenging for Maw Maw and Paw Paw because we get very little “down time” when he’s awake!! He’s not real good at entertaining himself yet. 
Here he is being talked to. He loves it when you talk to him. His sweet personality is really beginning to show. Just as equally his red-headed temperament is also often present! LOL Oh, how we love this little toot!! He is such a joy to have around.
He has such a cute, high pitched wail…and when he decides he’s mad – there’s nothing a person can do but let him wail. He just decides – “I’m done being entertained!” Usually that means he’s either very tired, needs to be fed or needs to be changed. Sometimes tho, it just means “change my position”!! In other words…”walk around the house with me, so I can look around, or go outside and sit on the patio with me for awhile, or take me for a stroll in my stroller.”
Our big boy
Needless to say, we are enjoying taking care of “little” Jackson and will miss him when mommy is done teaching school in 2 weeks. He will return to us in the fall half grown I’m sure. It’s not that we won’t see him this summer…(of course, we will), but it won’t be the same as enjoying and appreciating all those milestones on a daily basis like we have.
This last shot is Jackson flirting with our Pastor’s wife at church. Love it!
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