St. George- Part 1: Jackson Exercising

When we went to St George for our biennial (yep, that's the right word- it means every 2 years) family vacation with Nate's family last month (yes, I'm a wee bit late getting around to posting about the trip- even Janna has posted before me!). We took down our Wii with us, knowing that it would be really hot (averaged just over 100 for the week) and that we would want to spend some time relaxing in the air-conditioned condos we were staying in. I brought Wii Fit with us so that I could exercise each morning, but if you have read my Toe Post on the other blog, then you know that I wasn't exactly able to. We still got some use out of it. My sister-in-law, Jeanette, was interested in trying it out, so she came over one morning and tried it out. Jackson decided that he wanted to exercise with her and stood next to her almost the whole time imitating all of the movements. Mason even briefly joined in. Here's a video of Jackson doing a Yoga pose with Jeanette:

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Mason Is Pacifier Free!!!

Mason recently decided to ween himself from his pacifier. What a relief! Jefferson was so attached to the pacifier that he was 3 before we were successful in getting rid of it. Mason did himself a service by biting holes in the pacifiers and making them less enjoyable until he no longer saw the point in them. I'm so glad we don't have to go through the struggle again that we had with Jefferson. Hopefully now Mason will start talking more. I know that part of his speech delay was related to the plug in his mouth. Although, it's been a couple weeks and he still isn't saying much. I think I'm going to have to call Kids On The Move and get him evaluated. They worked wonders for Jackson.

The "Belly Butt"

Jackson loves pointing to the different parts of his body. If you say anything about noses, or ears, etc, he immediately launches into pointing to the different parts of his body, but his favorite is his "belly butt." At some point he started saying "belly button" more clearly, while simulateously dropping the "-on."

It cracks me up.

We Are Alive...

and mostly well. These last few weeks have been filled with me having no energy, packing for vacation, going on vacation, recovering from vacation, and getting sick. Hopefully I'll be able to manage a real update soon. Until then...