Healthy as a Horse...

and almost as big as one, too!  We went for Jackson's 5 year check-up at the doctor this week and he got a glowing report.  His favorite part was when the doctor told him that he didn't need any more vaccines until he turns 11.  Woo hoo!!

J man's stats:
Vision: 20/20
Hearing: great (has selective hearing at home, but his ears work perfectly)
Blood Pressure: 97/51
Height: 46 inches (over 95%)
Weight: 46 lbs. (75th-90th%)

Jackson wrote his name very well for Dr. Betty.  He also drew a circle, square and triangle all very nicely.  He knows all of his letters and sounds, our home address, can bathe and dress himself, and is becoming quite self-sufficient.  In fact, the other night, Jared came home to find Jackson in the kitchen just making himself a ham sandwich.  I was rocking Lila to sleep and he was hungry.  Instead of disturbing anyone, he just took care of things himself!  He rides a bike with 18 inch training wheels, although I bet those come off by this summer.  He is a good swimmer and loves sports, especially baseball, football and soccer.  We are starting his second season of t-ball in a month and he is pumped!  He also loves playing his wii games and can pretty much beat the pants off of anyone in baseball.  He's getting better at reading all the time and can sound out many words all on his own.  He loves playing Checkers and Tic Tac Toe.  He's a math whiz!  Seriously--the kid can do multiplication!  When we were at the doctor's office, I asked him to tell Dr. Betty how much five 20s is.  He thought for a few seconds, then said, "100" so confidently.  She was so impressed that she told me to make sure that his elementary school has a program called Math Rocks.  She said that if it doesn't, then we need to find one that does b/c it could really benefit him. 

Jackson is definitely a rough and tumble little boy and loves to wrestle with his friends all the time.  He gets in trouble at school for wrestling and for playing "girl catch."  He also has about 3 girlfriends at any given time.  Right now, he says that Hailey and Peyton are his girlfriends, but he also likes Madeleine from Madison's class.  I gotta hand it to him, he knows which girls are cute.  These three are all so precious. 

Jackson usually sleeps in his bed all night, although sometimes he will come down and climb in bed with us.  He is a good cuddler, so I don't mind one bit.  He sleeps from about 8:15 pm - 7:00am and has been on that schedule for a while.  Naps are long gone.  He is a good eater and can put down some food!  He loves cheeseburgers, meatballs, pizza, drinkable yogurt and chips.  Lots of chips.  He also will choose candy over chocolate any day of the week.  Definitely didn't get that from me! 

He's still a shy kid by nature, but is coming out of his shell more and more.  He hugged his teacher the other day and told her Happy Valentine's Day.  It was a really sweet moment and would have been a real struggle to get him to do only a year ago.  He still loves his mama and is excited about our upcoming date nights when I get to take him to ball practice and then dinner afterwards.  He loves it when his daddy makes it home from work before he goes to bed.  Jackson runs to give him a huge hug right after he walks in the door. 

I love this little boy so very much and cannot wait to see him blossom this year.