It's like a picnic

Of all our years of travel, this is the very first time we have had to rent a luggage cart. $5 to rent a luggage cart seems like a lot, but getting it so I could pick up our two suitcases and two car seats from baggage claim and take them and the kids out to wait for Willis to pick us up was sooo worth it!

Having a snack as we wait for our ride. Austin said, "It's like a picnic!"

The traffic to get out of the airport, on the other hand, was not great. Lane closure around terminals 3 and 4 when all the last flights of the night were getting in created a madhouse of a traffic jam!

The result

The result of over an hour fight with the nap ended like this. Face in the crack of cushions.

Morning view from the Aulani

Jackson and I had an early morning breakfast to this view. :)

Dinner on the plane

Having dinner on the plane. Ready to take off! Hawaii, here we come!

Shots and a fever

I took Jackson to get a couple of shots at the pediatrician's office last Friday morning. He had an early breakfast before we left to take Austin to school, then we went straight to his appointment. 

He had a sudden runny nose and cough on Thursday night that seemed to have started at bedtime. But, the doc said he was still okay to get his shots. I woke him as I took him out of the car and he was fine until I tried to lie him down on the table. The nurse tried to offer him a lollipop but he just shook his head and cried. After his shots she offered him a doggie sticker but he just shook his head. He calmed down when I picked him up and finally took the sticker from me when I showed it to him back at the car. He fell asleep again just before arriving back at school.  

His class was playing outside so I hung around to watch Jackson play. He favored the tricycles and got on, pushed himself backward, rolled around, got off, walked around, went down the slide, went back to the tricycles, over and over. I enjoyed watching him and his buddies Andrew and Chloe interact. The two came rushing over to him when he arrived as if to say, "Hey Jackson! Where ya been?! Let's go play!"

The kids had a water break before heading inside and I was proud to see Jackson sit in the circle around his teacher, drink his water from the little paper cup, ask for seconds, then walk his empty cup over to the trash can when he was done. 

 

Andrew and Jackson head-to-head

 

Chloe and Jackson with Ms. 'Keia

 

I left when they went inside, made a trip to Target, got home and just sat down with my lunch when I noticed a missed call from Beach Babies. One of those dreaded calls, I had to gobble up my lunch and head back to pick up my little guy with a 101 degree fever. He rarely gets fevers from shots so I am blaming his weakened immune system since it was already fighting a cold. His teacher said he was tired and not himself. He pretty much stayed asleep through being picked up from his cot, putting his shirt on, getting in the car, getting out of the car and lying down in his crib. He slept for three hours and I measured his temp after he woke up at 98.6 degrees. Phew!  

He continued a little runny nose and slight cough over the weekend but seemed much better and back to his normal active self.

Jackson's Notes

Notes from Jackson's daily sheet today:

Music & Movement: Music Trisha - "Singing in the Rain" song and dance

Science & Discovery: Play dough

Language: Black/white items - we found white and black cows, dogs on safety signs.

Creative Art: Zebra stripes - Jack glue black stripes in the center of his zebra and on top of the others.

Other: Stand on one leg

Note to self:

Always check the washing machine before putting laundry in.

15 month checkup

I took Jackson to the pediatrician for his 15 month checkup. His measurements:

Weight: 19lbs, 3oz (5-10%)

Height: 28 3/4 inches (0-2%)

Head: 18 1/4 inches (30%)

He fussed a little when I sat him on the scale, but when back in the room, I gave him a set of board books in a cardboard sleeve and it occupied him the whole time. He was very cooperative and sat still for the nurse to take measurements and for the doc to check his breathing, ears, eyes, mouth, etc.

Dr. Andrade asked various questions about his development - talking, walking, running, climbing, trying to eat with spoon, etc. He's doing all the things she inquired about. She seemed very happy with how he's doing. For his 18 month checkup she suggested jotting down the words he says so we can let her know how many words he's saying, work on puzzles and eating with a fork & spoon. 

At 15 months, these are the words that Jackson says:

mama

dada/dadee

no = no

ball = baaah

milk = mih/muh

up = pu'

bike = baiii
diaper = bapuu

and he just started saying uh-oh and woah

in addition to various babbling

He uses sign language quite a bit now and is still learning new signs.

He got two pokes before we left, one on each thigh (MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) and Hib B vaccines). I opted for two today and two more in six weeks, instead of all four at once. I didn't want his little body to have to respond to so many vaccines all at once and the two happened so fast he barely even had time to react. If there were two more he surely would have been more upset. He was so good he got a banana sticker (That he clutched all the way back to the car and played with all the way to day care. But he stashed it somewhere and it was missing when it was time to get out of the car). :)

Building

Trying to put together blocks. It doesn't take this guy long to figure things out or try to imitate how something is done. :)


Then he will go and shove stuff under the couch

Jack in the box

He tossed all the blocks out of the box and climbed in all by himself

Morning sunshine

My milk!

Jackson was very possessive with his milk cup. He pulled it away from my hand even when I was just trying to give him some fruits.

Decisions

Play with brother's table or brother's book? Can't decide...

Getting into things

Getting into Austin's crayons, markers and colored pencils. It's a good thing Jackson doesn't put everything in his mouth anymore. None of these were chewed. Just tossed around. Although, he did mark up the table, Bumbo and he tried to climb on the table like it was a step stool.

Flossing

Just like big brother!

Playing with brother's new book

Whole milk

Jackson's second time drinking whole milk. His first time was last night. No allergic reactions and he seems to like it. We'll slowly work whole milk into his day starting with dinner. Maybe next week we'll send milk for him to have with lunch too.

I'm ONE today!!!

Multitasking

He loves to hold multiple things in one hand

At Lowes once again..

Jackson's turn in the shopping cart. He only lasted about 10 minutes before he tried to stand up and had to be taken out.