Jackson's two favorites--technology and our dogs:)

Waking Tyson up this morning

Squealing with delight as Sadie runs away

Jackson sitting nicely next to Sadie (this was taken before the last pic, I just haven't quite figured out how to change it in the blog format).

Jackson with two of his faves--the phone and remote control.

My little guy really likes both of our dogs and they put up with him quite well. Sadie, our lab, is so docile and calm (as long as there are no thunderstorms) most of the time and will really let Jackson do whatever he wants. He still hasn't figured out how to really pet the dogs nicely, but she lets him pull her hair out and doesn't seem to mind. Much nicer reaction than I have when he pulls my hair! All Sadie really wants to do is lay around by the couch, but Jackson probably makes her move AT LEAST 30 times a day. He loves to go round and round our ottoman, which makes Sadie have to get up every time. Apparantly she never gets too upset, though, because she continues to lay wherever we're at. Tyson, on the other hand, could not be less a fan of Jackson. He can't stand to be petted and really hates it when Jackson starts squealing because he's so excited about touching Tyson. Every morning, Jackson crawls over to Tyson's little dog house and before he can get there, Tyson bolts out. This is even funnier to me because this dog used to not get up until about 11:00 every day. Hmmm, maybe that's a big reason he doesn't care much for Jackson. He's cranky because he hasn't gotten all his beauty rest in!

Jackson has always had EXTREME love for all technology. Although he has at least three different toy phones of his own and a toy remote control, he much prefers to play or "eat" the real ones. Seriously, you should see how this kid lights up whenever the phone rings. He gets so excited he can hardly contain himself! If I give it to him, though, he just puts it straight in his mouth, which pretty much defeats the whole purpose. He also loves the cable box, DVD and VCR that are underneath our TV--last week I caught him banging the cable box with his hammer. Nevermind that the hammer is supposed to be used with his other toys to bang balls through an opening....nah, the cable box is way more entertaining!