3 Months

I don't know when it happened, but Jackson isn't a newborn anymore! He's turning into a little boy and getting so big and so much more interactive.

He has gotten really good hand-eye coordination. His favorite thing to do with his hand, however, is to stuff it in his mouth. Here's how it usually happens...

Step 1 - Stick hand out in the air. Make a fist and stare at fist for at least 30 seconds.

Step 2: Bring fist to mouth.


Step 3: Fit as much of fist in mouth as possible!


The scariest part about all this sucking is because he's teething. I can feel a little something coming to the surface in that cute little mouth of his, and yes he's only 3 months. Way early for teeth, but hey - he weighs as much as a 6 month old, so i guess he should teethe like one too.


Here are some of my favorite photos from his 3 month old photo shoot










He's looking like such a big boy in his church outfits!



Other skills he's developed are ...

Sitting up on the couch, and holding rattles.


Grabbing the toys on his activity mat.


Holding his head up and starting to roll over!


Everyone always says to enjoy the time with your newborn because it goes by so fast. Tyler and I really did enjoy the first months with Jackson, but what we weren't ready for was how quickly, almost overnight, he stopped being a newborn! When did this happen? But we're SO in love with this little guy and loving the changes he's making :-)

More Photos From Our Trip

My favorite Pic - Mark Mabry snapped this candid pic after we finished shooting our family photos in Arizona.

Wrapping up the trip

After we dropped of Michael at the MTC we stayed in Utah for the rest of the week with Tyler's family.

One major accomplishment was encouraging our friends and family to have babies, since Jackson was such a good little boy!

Exhibit A - Carly :-)


We took him to BYU - more specifically The Tanner Building - where I spent most of my college career and his mommy and daddy met!


We also stopped by our first apartment in Provo


Jackson spent time with his Great-Grandpa Harline, and even fell asleep in his arms :-)


Jackson met his cousin Reese


We even got amazing massages by this Hungarian woman, thanks to Tyler's mom! The interesting part is that she does them out of her basement... kinda random. Jackson was a little unsure about what was going on (as evidenced by his expression) haha. But they loved meeting him.


We finished the week in SLC for Kristi's Birthday. We stayed the night at the Sheraton downtown, went to the Gateway and Temple Square.



After a fun trip in Utah, Tyler flew back to Florida to get back to work and Jackson and I drove back down to Arizona to spend another week with my parents, sister and brother.





Jackson went to his first swim meet, he cheered on his Uncle Steven!





Lots of time spent out at the pool


We went on nightly walks


Jackson got to spend a lot of time with Uncle Steven :-)



It was so fun for Jackson to spend so much time with his family! He misses everyone, but at least we have skype!

MTC to the MTC

After Jackson's blessing we spent the next 2 days with my family and my brother Michael before he began his church mission on June 2nd.

We had our "last supper" at my grandparents house in Salt Lake City. They ordered these cute cupcakes from The Sweet Tooth Fairy.




Then the next day we dropped off MTC (Michael Thayer Christensen) at the MTC (Missionary Training Center). I'm so glad he was able to get to know Jackson before he left for 2 years. It was definitely an emotional day, but I'm so proud of him! I can't believe my little brother is really old enough to be on a mission!




He's going to Utica, New York and has actually already been there for his full 3 weeks and heads to New York on Tuesday!

I helped my mom set up a "mission blog" for his friends and family to keep up with his latest letters and pictures from the mission field. www.eldermichaelchristensen.blogspot.com

Jackson's Blessing

Memorial Day 2010 - most people were having barbecues and pool parties kicking off the summer, and we were blessing Jackson Tyler Jennings. Monday morning we left Arizona at 6 am and started the drive to Utah. We arrived in Provo at the Jennings' house about 12 hours later and had a family dinner, followed by Jackson's blessing in their home. This was the only day that all of our families could get together for the blessing, and Michael hadn't gone into the MTC yet. It was great to have everyone together, but we were a little tired after the long drive (please take that into consideration when looking at my family in all the photos - especially me, haha). Tyler drove one of the cars for the entire drive, yet still was able to give a beautiful blessing for our first-born son.

Jackson had his dad, both grandpas, great-grandpa, and 6 uncles bless him.


I love Tyler's expression in this picture, he was bringing Jackson upstairs after we got him all dressed for the blessing - looking down at his son, such a proud father!

4 Generation Photo

Jackson with his parents and grandparents.

My friends came for the event - Ross, Jill, Carly & Dave

Christensen family (after the long drive!)

Jennings siblings

Grandma, Mom and Aunt Paige

The new Jennings Family Photo

Arizona for Michael's Farewell

On May 26th Jackson took his first plane trip - from Orlando to Phoenix (4 1/2 hour flight!)


I was a little nervous about the flight, but he slept the entire flight! Just woke up to eat, then went right back to sleep. The people sitting in front of us didn't even know we had a baby until the end of the flight!

He finally met his uncles, Uncle Michael and Steven!

This is pretty much how the first few days went -- we all just stare at the perfect little guy!

Then he met his great-grandparents, Nana,

and Papa.

We had a big farewell get-together for my brother Michael. He's going to the Utica, New York Mission so we got a looong NY deli sub sandwich.

There was tons of food, but by the end of the party it was almost all gone.

The family all came out for Michael's farwell talk

Sunday night he was set apart as an elder, right after this last photo was taken! The next morning we all drove up to Utah together ...