"I Hope They Call Me on a Mission"

We have some great Elders serving in our ward right now- Elder Richins is from a small town in Utah (and used to rock climb!) and Elder Lapauna from Samoa- can you guess who is who? They both have great testimonies. We had them over for dinner and as they were leaving, Jackson grabbed some scriptures (without promting from us) and wanted to go too.

Sorry Jackson, you have to stay with us this time! Only about 17 1/2 more years until your mom cries her eyes out!

Potty-Training

Jackson has ice cream on his face. That is because last night Steve took Jackson to the bathroom and he went "potty in the big toilet"! Steve obviously tells the story better, but we haven't been trying to potty-train really- when Jackson is going to take a bath I always stand him by the toilet first, but he's never gone in the toilet before. Last night Steve notice J's diaper was dry but he'd been drinking a lot so he asked Jackson if he wanted to go in the toilet and they went in and voila he hit the spot. Steve made a big deal about it and gave him some ice cream.

Then today Jackson had some lunch, and then the stove repairman was over (our stove blew up- we've been without for a week) and he started pulling off his diaper and whimpering, so I asked if he wanted to go to the bathroom, he said "EYE" (meanining yes) and we went in and he went potty in the toilet again! SCORE. Maybe this is the beginning of bathroom semi-independence!

Jackson likes to Hide

Jackson thinks it is SO FUNNY to hide behind the curtains when it is time to get dressed or time for a diaper change.

Jackson's Wild Ways

Here is Jackson's first Nursery Battle Wound. Reportedly Jackson was bending over to pick up a ball and hit his eye on a brick planter (our nursery kiddos get to play outside). The Sister who reported the incident said that Jackson only cried but a moment, he was so excited about recovery his ball. What can we say, Jackson loves nursery. This same anonymous sister says that Jackson is one of the easiest transitions they've had. Jackson is just a really social guy, what can we say? Takes after his dad!

No, Jackson is not in bilateral leg casts here, he is wearing is dad's socks and being a goof as Uncle Devin would say.