Big Day for Mr. Jackson

Jackson had an eventful day yesterday, full of "firsts". While I was cleaning the kitchen, I decided to see if Jackson could hold his bottle by himself. I had just fed him, and he wanted his bottle, but I needed to finish just a few things before I could sit down with him. We use glass bottles, so they have always been a little too heavy for him to hold. Well, to my surprise, he held it by himself for about a minute, long enough for me to run and get the camera and snap his picture. Then I think it got heavy and he wanted me to hold it for him.

Then, while Austin and I were having supper, he drank out of his sippy cup all by himself! I introduced the sippy cup a little while back, and he was really not interested. I have just been giving it to him several times a day and letting him play with it. It's a little messy, but worth it! Usually, he just ends up tossing it on the floor. I found a sippy cup with a rubbery nozzle on it that he can chew on, and he was just chewing away on it last night, and he started drinking! He did it again this morning, so I know it wasn't a fluke.

Last night, I was taking his diaper off to give him a bath, and he started clapping! I've been clapping for weeks when he does something good and saying "Yay, Jackson!". We play "Pat-a-Cake" a lot, and he likes to make my hands clap when we're at a baseball game, but this is the first time he has just clapped by himself. I got a little video of it this morning. I took the video with my digital camera, so there's no sound. Now that I know how to load video, I'll get more video of him on here. I know Grandma Marsha will want to see that!