Happy Friday!!

What a busy couple of weeks we have had since we have been home from Spokane....who am I kidding, we live in Altus. :) Well we have been trying to stay busy the best way that we can. Jackson did so well with the surgery of getting his tubes in. Even though he screamed the entire way over to Lawton...one hour because he was starving and wanted his milk. They took us back into the room to talk to us at 9:00 and we walked out of the building at 9:50. They were awesome and Jackson didn't even cry when they took him into the OR. He didn't wake up from the anesthesia very well but he slept on the way home and was himself the rest of the day. Steve said that if I had not told him that Jackson had surgery he would never have known. I was so proud of the little guy.

We have met a few people here in the TLF which has been nice for both Jackson and Momma. I have met a friend across the quad and we had dinner with them the other night. Jackson is enjoying playing with the kiddos here. Unfortunatly they are all 4 and 5 so they don't really like him hanging around but Jackson thinks they are so funny.

Jackson's vocabulary has really blown up this past couple of weeks. We are not sure if it is because of the tubes or just because he is seventeen months old now. (Jackson had some hearing loss from the ear infections and the tubes are supposed to help with the hearing loss.) He said "Papa" on Wednesday and "Hi" yesterday. He is really trying out new words and new sounds. It is so fun to hear him master a word!

We are very excited to be heading out to Honey and Papa's house on Tuesday. I know Jackson is going to love all of the extra attention and I am going to enjoy a little bit of the break that I get while we are out there. Courtney, Kate, and Emma will also be coming out to NC while we are there to help celebrate with Joe as he graduates from ECU! YEAH Joe!!! I am sure that after a three week trip out to their house Jackson will come back saying a lot more words.