Happy 6 Months!

Happy 6 months to my little Jackson! Although he's not so little anymore! This past month, he has learned to roll from tummy to back and from back to tummy. His head control gets better every day and I'm kind of afraid that we'll have a crawler by next month! He's still learning to sit up on his own and Davy and I love teaching him all of these things.

Jackson has learned to say MAMA, DA-DA, DAD, DADDY and BA-BA. Did you notice how many variations of Dad he has in there? Someone sure loves his daddy. Da-da is also his most used word (probably because it's the easiest to scream, hehe).

He is eating baby food and LOVES it ... well, almost all of it. His list keeps growing of the foods that he loves and also foods that he doesn't like so much. He is not a fan of sweet potatoes and peaches. If you give him applesauce, squash or cantaloupe, he'll scream like a banshee if you take it away from him, especially cantaloupe.

He has such a little personality. He's just recently been acting "shy" around people and snuggles his face in your chest when a new person approaches and smiles at him. It's so cute and I love it because I'm usually the one holding him so I get all of the snuggles. Jackson also loves to kiss cheeks. He opens his mouth wide, grabs your face, finds your cheek and hunkers down for a juicy cheek kiss. I LOVE IT! Another habit of his is fake coughing. He's added a little chuckle to his fake cough ... hilarious! My little man is becoming such a character.

In other news: Davy's sister Allison and her husband Chris are traveling from Virginia to go to Davy's little sister, Chelsie's wedding on the 10th. We are so excited to be with them and for them to meet Jackson. With any luck, Jackson will behave at this wedding ... (Yes, I was the mommy with the screaming child at the last family wedding, but you can't expect him to be happy in a 100 degree chapel, can you? Especially when we were stuck in the middle of the aisle with no easy way out!)

We are making our way to Salmon for the 4th of July weekend. We're excited to see family and for more members of our family to meet my smiley Jackson. He'll also get to interact with his cousins and have some fun playtime.

I hardly ever mention Davy in my posts, so I'm going to take a minute to tell him just how much he means to me(becuase I know he reads this blog, haha)

Davy, you are the best husband a girl could ask for. I knew I was going to marry you after our very first date. You are a loyal and kind man and you truly make me a better person when I'm around you. I never thought I'd find my soul mate at such a young age, but when I'm with you I just know that you are my "forever". I am so happy that we chose to get sealed to each other in the temple because now that I have you, I can't imagine losing you at death. And this precious life that we brought into this world, our little Jackson, has been such a blessing for the both of us. He has brought us closer and turned our world upside down. Thank you for giving me the gift that you are, the blessing that our son is and the promise to be with me through good, bad and for all eternity. I love you.

All About May

Oh how I love that little face! May was a really busy month for this little family. We celebrated my first Mother's Day, which was so fun. Davy did a good job of making me feel special.

Next was my 21st birthday! We hung out with family which is all I really want on my birthday anyway.

Jackson turned 5 MONTHS OLD on May 30th. I know I often say that he is growing up too fast, but he is growing up too fast. I just want to snuggle his little body in my arms all of the time. This month he has started eating rice cereal and oatmeal and what a funny boy he is. He wants to control the spoon all by himself:

He is still learning to roll over and sit up, and we're having so much fun teaching him. Everyday I thank Heavenly Father for sending me this little boy. I cherish every second I have with him and Davy. I love having my own little family and all of the joy that I recieve every day.

Davy and I also celebrated our 2nd anniversary May 29. We were married and sealed for time and eternity in the Salt Lake City temple on May 29, 2008. I will never forget that day because it was one of the happiest of my life. I am so glad to know that I will be with Davy forever, not just until "death do you part". Those words are so sad to me. And with having Jackson, I am also happy to know that he is sealed to us forever as well.

(I've always wanted to write this down) For those of you who don't know our "love story", here it is: I was 16 years old and was in senior choir at Pocatello High school. It was December and we were performing our Christmas concert. I'd felt obligated to invite an ex-boyfriend (we'll call him "T") to come and watch me perform.

After the concert, my friend Jodie's older friends invited us to Denny's to celebrate our performance. My ex was standing there so I also felt obligated to invite him to dinner with us although I didn't want him to come. When we got to Denny's, we were the last ones there, so I squoze between T and who I'd later find out was Davy Crockett.

As we got our food and everyone was talking, I found myself drawn to Davy. I completely ignored T and Davy and I talked the entire time we were there. After dinner, I took T to his car and politely told him that I didn't want to lead him on and that I hoped we could be friends. As he was driving away I couldn't stop thinking about Davy. I knew that I was going to be with him. I don't know how I knew, I just did.

I told Jodie that I wanted her to set me up on a date with Davy and she agreed. Mid-December, Davy picked me up in his little red Ford Tempo, and with Jodie and her date in the back seat, we drove over to Santa Claus Lane to look at the Christmas lights. Davy popped in a Voicemail CD and started singing with the songs, I knew right then that I was going to marry that boy. He was comfortable enough to sing silly love songs to me on our first "date", how can you not love that? We got done looking at lights and he took me home. We were standing on my front porch and I asked him if I could have a hug. After a surprised look, he gave me a long hug, said goodnight and went home.

Davy invited me to a Christmas party on December 23rd and when we showed up together everyone was surprised. They asked us individually if we were going out and we had to tell them not yet, because we still weren't officially a couple yet. Around 3:30 a.m. on December 24th, Davy and I were on MSN messenger together and he asked me to be his girlfriend.

I of course said yes and we continued to date until October 30, 2007. He proposed to me before we went to our Celestial Marriage class at the institute building at ISU. I immediately started planning our wedding and we were married in May 2008. We've had our ups and downs but I know Davy and I will be together forever. He is the sweetest man I've ever known and I can't imagine life without him. I am so grateful that we can be together and create this special little life that is our little Jackson. It's so reassuring to know that Families Can Be Together Forever.

So, on May 31st, this year, Davy and I traveled to Salt Lake City to visit temple square and remember our special day there two years ago.

If you want to know more about LDS temple marriage, why we chose "For Time and Eternity" and what we believe, visit: http://www.lds.org/temples/home/0,11273,1896-1,00.html