Month 7- part 2. The cruise!!!

I can't say enough great things about Month 7!!

After our time with J's family, we drove up to Port Canaveral.

For our cruise on the Freedom of the Seas!

We had both been on cruises before but this was truly special.

Because of Jackson, of course.

Our little family had a great time!

Here are some highlights:

Our balcony room.

A must if traveling with a young child.

Ready to explore the ship!

Everyone did a lot of eating!

Bath time/ Play time!

Formal night pics!

And the ports?

Wonderful!

Here are quite a few pics of Labadee, Haiti

It was Labadee's waters that finally helped Jackson's eczema.

It was like a miracle.

Cleared it up almost instantly.

He now gets weekly salt baths.

Back to the views at sail away:

Grand Cayman!

I had never seen such beautiful water!

We took a catamaran to Stingray City and to go snorkeling.

Definitely a highlight of the trip!

And Jackson was back on board the ship in the nursery.

Rock climbing wall on the Freedom:

Our day in Cozumel, Mexico.

At an all-inclusive beach resort.

Our ship also had an ice skating rink!

Our wonderful waiters who adored Jackson.

Sunset.  Last night.

We all had a wonderful time!

It was truly one of the most relaxing trips I've ever been on!

For those who are interested, I'll post a review I did on one of the cruise websites with lots and lots of specifics and suggestions for others who would like to try cruising with a young child!

Month 7- part 1

Month 7 was amazing.

Incredible.

We decided to go on our first family trip.

We absolutely love that Jonathan's brother and his family live in south Florida.  Well, we'd rather them live in CO, but it sure is a wonderful place to visit!

We flew to Ft. Lauderdale.

Jackson's 1st airplane ride.

Hmm.... he was good 90% of the time.

But i think we were exhausted after a non-stop 4 hours of trying to keep him that way.

But we made it!

And definitely had a lot of fun!

It was great for Jackson to meet his cousins and Aunt Dana and Uncle Timothy.

And for all of us to go to the beach.

I had been really missing the beach!

Here are some of the favorite pics:

We had a blast!!

Months 4 through 6.

It's been over 6 months.

This stage has been great.

We find our son more and more adorable all the time.

Here he is at six months:

He sure is a cutie.

Look at those ears.

Those definitely came from his dad's side of the family.

So what have we been up to the last few months?

Month 4 included a visit from family...

Uncle John, Aunt Morgan, and Cousin Gareth

Everyone had a great time.

Gareth loved reading to Jackson.

And making him laugh.

Here's a couple more sweet pictures:

As i said, we all had a great time.

It will be so fun when we get to visit them in July!

Also at the end of Month 4 (February) I took my first

trip without Jackson.

Girls' weekend in Blackhawk.

Just one night away.

Jonathan packed my bags.

It was so fun and Jackson did great with his dad.

In March, we had lots of playdates.

March Madness with Tyler.

And Jack, born only 10 days after Jackson.

They are so sweet with each other.

Here's a couple pictures of the two of them.

He also started putting his foot in his mouth.

All the time.

We got Jackson a passport.

It really is hard to get a passport picture

of a 4 month old.

Laying him down on a white sheet is the way to go.

We tried to go to the movies.

The King's Speech.

Jackson woke up and then was too noisy.

They were so nice and refunded my ticket.

Month 6 (April) brought more visitors.

Jackson's Nana and Papa John.

He adored them both very much.

It was definitely a nice visit!

The weather was so great that we took

our first family camping trip!

To Estes Park.

We started Jax on solid foods.

First official foods were a carrot and an apple.

First jar of pureed baby food was bananas.

My birthday rolled around and we had our first date night.

Martini's Bistro and a movie.

I've had to think a few minutes to remember the name of the movie.

Source Code with Jake Gyllenhaal.

Had to look up how to spell his name, too.

But it was one of the best date nights ever!

Thanks to Megan and Chris for watching Jackson.

For my actual birthday we went to the Rio.

Another favorite spot.

The next day Jonathan watched Jackson and Tyler.

So Kelly and I could go to the spa.

What a wonderful husband I have.

A few days later was Jackson's first Easter.

Sunrise service and a big Southern breakfast at the Cates'

Here is the Easter outfit:

To round out April was the Royal Wedding.

Quite the event.

We watched at 4am and then again with Jack and Emily.

Overall months 4-6 were fantastic.

Our biggest struggle was the eczema that got worse and worse.

Fortunately month 7 has brought relief for that.

We are so thankful for our sweet son.

jackson photos- month 6