What is wrong with my parents?

Seriously, why do my parents get such a kick out of dressing me up? Sunglasses and pajamas??? Whatever makes 'em happy...

Happy 4th of July!

It is miserably hot in Houston. We are hanging in there, counting the days until summer ends and dreaming of October. When the heat index is 114 it is hard to do anything but sit inside, especially with a 4 month old. We bought a plastic pool and our July 4th festivities included a quick dip. It took as long to get him ready - sunscreen, swim diaper, SPF 50 swimsuit, hat - as it did to enjoy the pool. But, he seemed to enjoy it.

Baby J is getting so big

Yo, peace out to my peeps.

Cruisin'

Woa -check out those lights and sounds...

Jackson is so over just laying on the floor playing with his little gym. He needs to be up, looking around, kicking his legs. So....we tried out his jumperoo and were excited to find that he can finally support himself enough to play in it!

Pajamas

I love these pj's. The hat is just for show - it is 95 degrees at 9 pm in Houston. But, again, Jackson is a good sport while mom plays dress up.

Bathtime fun!

Bathtime is one of Jackson's favorite times. As we were getting the bath ready, I came across this robe and slipper set in his closet. So....we decided to play dress up. Jackson is very accomodating of his mom's whims.

Baptism Weekend

Spending time with Aunt Morgen

With the grandparents

Three generations of Doty men

Daddy's Family

Our little family

We had a very special first Father's Day weekend. Jackson was baptised on Father's Day at the church where we were married, and also where my parents were married. Jackson was wonderful for the baptism. He was awake and alert, just taking it all in. Of course, after his part of the church service was done, he was ready to make some noise, so I took him out of the service. We had a great weekend - all the family was in. We celebrated the approaching arrival of Jackson's cousin with a baby shower for Robert's sister, who is due in October. We're so excited Jackson will have a boy cousin only 6 months younger than him! Family get togethers should be wild! We had a big family dinner Saturday night and a post-baptism brunch Sunday. Then, all three of us passed out for 3 hours! (We are learning through this blog that we need to take more complete photos - we somehow missed getting photos of mom's brother and sister-in-law and Jackson's three cousins. We're learning...)

General cuteness

Tummy time!

This face expresses Jackson's feelings about tummy time.

Jackson MUCH prefers walking to laying down, which makes for alot of work for us!

He loves to just stomp and kick his little legs.

New Braunfels

Hanging out with the cousins on a lazy Sunday morning after a weekend of partying...

Grayson apparently playing "bag lady"

Such a sweet little face

Checking out the newspaper with Aunt Kakie. Gotta find the good deals.

With the successful Lubbock trip under our belts, we headed to New Braunfels to see mom's side of the family. We always get together in the summer for "Bethfest" - a celebration of Aunt Beth's birthday that now includes all summer birthdays. It was a different weekend for us this year in that we missed alot of the festivities - a trip to the river, late night horseshoe competitions and other craziness - due to the bbay's schedule. But, Jackson did great! He slept all the way there and all the way home. And, he slept through the late night crowd coming in and out of the house for snacks (wish I could sleep as well as Jackson can).