Jackson's New Room

Once Jackson climbed out of his crib last month, we knew we would have to start getting his new room ready complete with a big boy bed! Nana and Jiddu (my parents) were generous to give us a twin bed from their guest bedroom and Mimi and PopPop (Nick's parents) were so helpful and brought the bed up to Columbia for us...thank you grandparents!

And so it begins...I spent hours deciding on a new theme for his bedroom and searching for bedding and accessories and enjoyed every minute of it! Jackson has no idea that he is getting a new room, bed or anything in it. We decided on a contstruction truck theme and I have slowly been putting the room together in my "spare" time. Here are a few preliminary pics showing the progress...next on my list is the wall decor! A special thanks to Auntie Tamara for helping me with the decisions and putting up with countless picture messages!

Two days in a row?!?!?

No I'm not referring to my blogging regularity although that would be relevant with this title also. I am referring to Jackson and how he doesn't "need" me anymore and/or questions my knowledge (see post from yesteday). He just banged his elbow and said "Mommy, I hurt myself!" I replied with, "I'm sorry, come here and I'll kiss it better." Normally he comes right over, I give him a kiss and hug and he's completely healed :) Not today! Instead, Jackson said, "No Mommy, you're not a doctor, I need Daddy." Talk about a slap in the face! The good news is Nick was on his way home so Jackson didn't have to wait long to feel better.

And so it begins

We came home after school and as usual Jackson asked for a snack. He couldn't decide what he wanted so I decided to offer him something new, vanilla pudding. He loved it and was eating it up. Here's how our conversation went about midway through the snack...
Jackson: "Mommy, it's good, I like vanilla ice cream."
Me: "It's not ice cream, it's pudding."
J: "No, it's ice cream....see???"
We had a few more exchanges similar to that with me explaining the differences between ice cream and pudding. Then I guess Jackson had enough or felt sorry for me that I wasn't "getting it" so he walked over to me, started patting my shoulder and said, "It's okay Mommy, we all make accidents (his word for mistakes). It's vanilla ice cream."

On one hand, I can't believe he's already questioning me. I guess he isn't going to believe everything I tell him anymore. But on the other hand and the brighter side, at least I can give him pudding instead of ice cream!

Jacksonisms...well kind of...

Nick and Jackson watched Monsters, Inc. this afternoon. Towards the end I am told there is a somewhat sad part (I haven't seen the movie and I don't want to give it away if others haven't seen it yet either). Nick told me he glanced over at Jackson and noticed he had the saddest look on his face and was tearing up. My baby boy is so sensitive and empathetic...well towards monsters at least ;-)