Bread with the Brisels

 Monday Things The Fourth of July always seems to be the halfway point of the summer, and I can't believe school supplies are already making their appearance in stores. I'm so glad that I still have 9 weeks of time at home with my family! Jackson  Baby Jack is starting to lose a bit of his newborn look and is looking more like an infant - if that makes sense. He's alert longer stretches during the day and I'm able to predict when he's going to be awake and when he'll be asleep or hungry. Yesterday we were out of the house quite a bit - going to church, lunch, outlet mall, and the church pool party. He was a little trooper through it all! It felt so good to get dressed in normal clothes and leave the house as a family of four.  Sammy  Sammy was thrilled with our outing on Sunday. He loves to go, go, go (like his daddy), so he was glad to be out of the house. We got him a new pair of tennis shoes for him to wear to soccer camp tonight. He is currently wearing size...

  One Month of Jackson It's hard to believe that one month ago we welcomed our sweet Jackson Nicholas to the world. Newborns change so much in that first month!  How did we get to this... From this?! Here are some updates about our Jackson boy, and what's new.  Jackson likes: Watching brother and daddy Sleeping on mama's chest Milky :) Bath time Jackson dislikes:  Getting out of the bath Gas bubbles Being a minute late to a feeding Eating     Jackson is a really great eater! He nurses really well and right on schedule. We haven't introduced a bottle yet, but that's on the to-do list for the month of July.  Sleeping     In my opinion, sleep deprivation is the hardest part of newborn life. Thankfully this has not been a struggle with Jackson! Jack cluster feeds from about 7-9PM, and wakes around 1-2AM to nurse. After a quick diaper change he goes straight back to sleep and wakes up around 4AM to nurse again. After another diaper he sleeps until...