12th Month

Hadley Tate Jackson, you are such a loving, energetic and strong willed baby. I love every minute of watching you explore and learn new things.

At 12 months
- you weigh 21 1/2 pounds.
- you are 29 inches tall.
- and 3 days, you took your first steps and never looked back!
- you absolutely LOVE water.
- your favorite food is applesauce and green peas.
- you clap your hands when others do.


Here are a few pictures from Hadley's first birthday party. He had such a great time with all his friends and family!

Hadley's first birthday cake!

Exhausted after the birthday bash!

Hadley's Biggest Milestone Yet

August 29Th our little Hadley accomplished his biggest milestone yet...his FIRST birthday! It was a very happy and emotional day in the Jackson home. That bitter sweet feeling came back all over again. This time last year our 4lbs 2oz little fighter quickly became a very fragile 3lb 6oz little fighter. He was living in an incubator hooked up to a monitor. He had and oxygen tube and feeding tube in his nose and an IV in his head. Each time we looked at his innocent little face we felt like our hearts were breaking and growing all at the same time.
Hadley is now one years old and growing stronger every day! Where has the time gone?? Our tiny baby isn't so tiny anymore. He's come so far! We have never been so proud of one person. He truly is a fighter.

Hadley Tate Jackson
Mommy and Daddy love you more than anything! You have blessed us more than you will ever know. You melt our hearts every time we hear your sweet voice say, "Mama" and "Dada." We can't help but smile when you smile. We can't help but giggle when you giggle, and we can't help but cry when you cry. You are our everything!!
We love you around the world and back again!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy

The past 3 months

It has been WAY to long since I've blogged...I think I say that at the beginning of each blog :/
The past three months have been and little busy for us. Lots of birthday parties and baby showers. My sister-n-law Bronwyn and her hubby Josh welcomed their new little bundle of joy on June 29Th.. Cooper Jackson Gray!! He is such a sweetie. Bron and Josh are both so good with Hadley and love him so much. It is really great seeing them with their own little one. Hadley had surgery on July 23rd to have tubes put in his ears and he has been doing wonderful since!

Hadley Tate is 11 months old now and I still feel like I should pinch myself everyday! Brandon and I cannot get enough of that little guy. He has such a big heart and loves to be around people. He melts my heart every time I see those big blue eyes and his huge smile!

At 11 months you can:
- Stand up all by yourself
- wave bye bye
- say Momma and Dada
- say bye bye and Tye

You weigh 21 lbs and you are 29 inches long

Your Favorites are:
- taking a bath
- swimming
- mac-n-cheese
- green peas
- Popsicles
- playing with your best buddy Tye Monkey

8 months old already!

Well today is Hadley man's 8 month birthday! It is so hard to believe how fast the past 8 months have gone by!

At 8 months you love to:

-crawl ALL over the place

-give kisses

-hold your bottle

-growl (like a dinosaur)

-be outside

- & SMILE!!!!

In the midst of all this month birthday excitement ;)...I passed 2 final exams for the end of my spring semester! 3 1/2 more months of school and I will officially be a Graduate! I am absolutely exhausted and so ready to be out of school!!! Not to mention my Husband is more than ready as well. On the plus side... NO MORE NIGHT CLASS!
That's all I got! Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

Where has the time gone?

So it has been 4 months since I have wrote on here...Shame on me!

Mr. Hadley is doing wonderful!!! In February he got RSV and spent a week in the hospital. Other than that things are great! Hadley is growing so much everyday. It brings a tear to my eye to think that he is almost 8 months old! It's hard to believe that my 4lb 2oz baby is almost 19 lbs now. We are enjoying every single minute of being parents! It is the most rewarding thing in the world. I could lay in the floor for HOURS and watch him play and roll around. He is such a little ball of energy and he is so close to crawling. Speaking of the little WILD man......I'm needed!

--Amorey