Funny Utah song

Looking for your Jackson-pics-fix? We'll get to it (he is a darling little stinker!) All the new pics are on Jill's computer.

In the meantime, here is a song I heard on the radio. It was created and sent in by a listener and while it's a little cheesy, it's terribly funny!

Have a listen and GO UTES!

Our Fate-Not Yours

Can you believe this little guy is almost 2 months old? It’s amazing how fast time flies… and how fast these babies grow.

Jackson has his 2 month check up the other day. Here’s the latest and greatest stats:

Weight: 10 lbs 14 oz.
Head: 40 cm
Length: 22 inches

He moved up from the 15th percentile in weight class to the 53rd! He’s an eating machine too, taking in about 3-4 oz. every 3 hours. He loves his bottles!

The nights are getting a little better. He’ll usually have one longer stretch of sleep of 4-5 hours every night, followed by 3 hour intervals. Not bad at all! For some reason, he has decided that he doesn’t want to nap in his crib during the daylight. He’d rather be held or in his bouncy seat. He just wants to be where all the “action” is, we guess.


He’s doing great… healthy as can be and happy!

the dog days of summer...

Now that I'm home during the day, Shadow the dog has the liberty of going outside as much as she wants to. Most recently, she's been spending the entire day outside. And, most of the time, this is what I see when she's not sleeping in her dog house.

Last weekend we took at trip up to Talitha's cabin (Tyler's boss) in the Uintas. Although the cabin isn't nearly as nice as the Bear Lake cabin, it was still a good time. Other than grunting all night long... Jackson did really well too. Here's a few pics.

First Smiles...

We got our first "real" smiles from Jackson this week! And we even got a few pictures!!!

Life seems so crazy these days and we don’t know where the last weeks have gone! This little guy just turned 6 weeks old. He’s growing up so fast. It’s amazing to look at his newborn pictures and see how much his looks have changed in the past weeks. His little cheeks are filling out and he has the sweetest eyes in the whole world. We absolutely love them. Don’t you think he’s the cutest little thing on the planet? He’s such a handsome little boy!!! Jackson is still doing well. He’s still eating great (as you can probably see from his pictures). He’s eating about 3 oz. every 2-3 hours. He’s also sleeping pretty well. He’s on a 3 hour schedule at night. This past week, he’s gone to bed around 9:00pm and then got up to eat around 1am, 4am and 7am. He goes right back to sleep afterwards, so it’s really not too bad.

This past week we had our first Family Home Evening. Okay, okay… it’s really not like us to be all over that -- we're terrible with FHE. But, we were invited by Ty’s sister (Emily) to go up to the canyon and roast marshmallows for s’mores. So we bundled up the little guy and headed up there. Ty’s parents, two of his sisters and their families were there. It was a good time. Jackson loves being outdoors, so he was happy the whole time. It's always a good time we get to spend an evening with all the cousins too!

Little Brooke is getting pretty excited to join the crew. As I'm writing this post, she's doing somersaults (or flips). Or maybe it's the hiccups. All I can say is that she's extremely active, and she's growing -- which mean's I'm growing. I'm starting to feel the long three months ahead of me and I can just visualize myself getting huge.... but we're excited for her to get here. We're starting to work on her room and we hope to have it all ready by the time she arrives (unlike little Jackson's room which is still in the works).

Well, we're going to get the blogging thing down! So, this is our post (for now). Please enjoy the latest pics!

With love,

Ty, Jill & Jackson (Shadow too)

Some pics for now

Labor Day party with Grandma & Grandpa Curtis and 5 cousins

Bath time!

The look says it all - I love baths! (He really does, though)

Cute & Clean

Shadow likes to watch over her buddy and give some "kisses"

Bright-eyed and beautiful

Very surprised look!

Where have the last 3 weeks gone!?

Yesterday was Jackson's 3-week birthday. We didn't really celebrate (unless root beer floats for his parents count), but I figured it was past time for another blog update. I'm doing this from work, so I'll have to add pics later.

Some updates on our little fella (written by Jill):
darling little boy! It seems like he’s changing and growing every day. We’ve noticed that he’s starting to look more intently at us recently. And, he even looked at and focused on Shadow. He hasn’t done that until this week. Up to this point, whenever she would come around and sniff him, he was pretty oblivious to it. He seems to notice her now.

We’re absolutely loving all the little faces he’s making. After he eats, he gets really relaxed and he loves to purse his lips into a little circle. It’s the cutest thing ever. We just laugh whenever he does it. We’re including a picture of one of those little faces in his bouncy seat, when he’s making that face.

He’s also smiling quite a bit in his sleep. The photographer did get some last week and we think they’ll be perfect. We can’t wait until he can smile on his terms. We hope to start seeing that in another couple of weeks.

Also, he laughed the other day in his sleep. It was so cute!

Jackson went to visit the pediatrician last week for his 2 week check up. He weighed 7 lbs 7 oz. Can you believe it? He’s growing!!! The doctor was thrilled because most babies are just back to their birth weight at 2 weeks. You can definitely tell he’s growing. His little face is filling out and he’s getting chubby cheeks. He’s so cute.

He’s doing so well. He’s healthy, eating well and sleeping well. He eats between 2 oz and 3 oz with each feeding. At night, he’s only been getting up a couple of times—usually once in the early morning (like 2-3am) then about 3-4 hours later (between 5-7 am). His mnerism is calm. He’s so mellow and easy going. He’s just a great little baby.

Pics to come soon & special thanks to his Grandma's for babysitting!

Uncle Gary came to visit

Hangin' in my crib with my dog and bear

Gettin' my pajamas on

How you doin?!

Naptime

Our New Addition

OK, it's official. The TyJill Curtis' now have a blog! Now that there is such a cute reason for frequent updates, we want to keep Grandma Robyn busy by adding another stop to her daily blog-tour. So, here's that reason:

After years of trying to start our family ourselves and then medically, we started the adoption process. Before we knew it, we had adopted a little baby boy! He was born on July 29th, we met him the next day, and we picked him up for good yesterday, July 31st. It’s been a crazy few weeks getting ready and very intense waiting for everything to happen, but it’s all done!

His name is Jackson Tyler Curtis, he was 6 lbs 14oz and 19.5 inches (not really sure what all this means, but everyone asks). As you can see, he has wonderful dark hair and a dark complexion. He is terribly calm and patient. He rarely cries, he just fusses a bit (although Uncle Lynn taught him and he's getting practice). A definite keeper.

Oh yeah, in case you haven’t heard, Jill is expecting a little girl this December (and yes, she’s mine!)!!! Talk about miracles, huh?!

Thanks to everyone for all your gifts, calls, visits, emails, texts and other signs of your love for us and our new little buddy, we love you all. Your love for us and Jackson is overwhelming.

Love to all,

Ty, Jill, Jackson, Shadow & (Brooke)

Meeting Jackson for the first time (we got an hour with him at the hospital)!

Small, dark and handsome

Bringing home baby - now what do we do?

Grandpa Curtis wastes no time turning on the charm with his grandsons

Grandma Woolums gets in some quality time with grandkid #18
(but like OU, in your heart you know he's #1)

Shadow and Jackson, new buddies