Things, they are a'changin

I might just jinx myself. And if I do, please don't say I told you so.

For the last several days Jackson has been, well, fun! He's happy when he's awake, he's been sleeping fairly well (just need to do something about those 5 a.m. wake-up calls...) and he is fairly content to spend a little quiet time sitting in a chair watching me do things or hanging out on his favorite mat.

I was telling a friend the other day that I'm not sure if the 12-week point is a mile marker because of the child's development or because parents have just started to figure things out. Either way, I'm enjoying it. Today, I managed to accomplish the following: ate lunch, made dinner and put it in the fridge, washed all the dishes, washed and folded a load of laundry, started packing for our trip home (yeah it's not for 10 days but I'm excited!), gave Jackson a bath, went on a three-mile walk with the stroller and the dog, and picked up dry cleaning on the way home. Oh, and, ummm...took a two-hour nap. (And here I am updating the blog!) I'm starting to feel like Super Mom.

Jackson, meanwhile, is changing every day. In the last few days he's started talking and laughing - or at least the three-month-old version of talking. Something tells me this child will have big stories to tell someday!