Hello everyone! Sorry it has been a while since I posted much! We've been to Colorado and Texas for a few week and are just now getting settled back home. It was wonderful to see our families, but it feels great to be home. We've had lots going on with us lately!
Jordan has been approved for retraining and is going to be an imagery analyst. (Family trivia: my aunt Lana was an imagery analyst in the Air Force too!) We'll be heading down to San Angelo, Texas for almost a year for Jordan's training and then who knows where we'll be off to after that! It was definitely a change in plans since we assumed he'd get a different job, but we can already see God's plans for us in this new adventure! Both of us are excited to move around a little bit and see more of the country, although San Angelo isn't the most beautiful place on Earth. I was there for about a month for training a few years ago and all I remember is that it was flat and HOT! I guess it won't feel so bad, though, after having traveled to the Middle East.
In other news, Jackson has started eating solid foods. I really wanted to wait until six months since that's what the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests, but then this awesome toast story happened:
One morning while we were in Texas I was holding Jack and carrying a plate of toast back to the table. During this walk Jackson was reaching and grunting trying to get to my plate. When I sat down and started eating he intently watched the food go from the plate to my mouth several times. All of the sudden, he started reaching for the toast again and bawling! I figured it was just a coincidence until he did it again the next day. Sooo we decided to give him a little cereal. He actually opened his mouth for it and got a little irritable if the time between bites stretched too long. So once again I'm going to have to throw the authorities' opinion out the window and start giving my boy some food! (We did talk to his Dr. yesterday who agreed he would be fine with foods. He tested as a 6-7 month old developmentally and can almost sit up on his own so he felt like if Jack was interested in it, go ahead). So far we've done some bananas, which I actually make for him in my food processor, and rice cereal. Last night was the first time we did a noticeable amount of cereal and he slept ALL NIGHT. Yay!
The only other report is that Jack is starting to scoot! He pulls his knees up under him and gets on his forearms and scoots around. He gets up on his hands sometimes, but never when he's trying to move. Once he figures that out I think he'll be off!
Love you all and just a fair warning I don't think I'm writing a Christmas letter this year. You all feel updated this way anyway, right? ;)
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