Jackson's Northern California Tour

Jackson has been a very busy guy. In February, on Saturday the 25th, he met most of his aunts and Cousins (on Sarah’s side of the family). Grandma (Suzanne) hosted an open house so family members could drop by and meet Jackson. Haleigh, Jackson’s second cousin, helped prepare the food and set the table!







March 2 and 3 Jackson went to the Bay Area. He went to Marshall Elementary School and met the teachers Sarah use to work with. He also got to meet some of the students that were in Sarah’s class. On Friday night he was watched by Nana (Barbara), and Poppa (Bruce) in the hotel room at the Clift. Sarah and Marty took a cooking class hosted by BCG, Marty’s summer employer. Here is Jack lounging on the plush bed at the Clift.



March 4 and 5 Jackson visited April, Matt and Gimli (the dog) in Truckee. Liz (Sarah’s friend from 7th grade) and Sarah took Jackson to Truckee to see April and tour the beautiful Sierra Mountains. While we visited we had a surprise birthday celebration for April with a Double Chocolate birthday cake from Freeport Bakery.





On March 7th Jackson met Haylie. He enjoyed visiting with Haylie and playing with her toys. Here is a link to Haylie’s web page.
http://therunnerbunch.com/haylies_page.htm



Jackson loved meeting all of his family and friends. He was spoiled non-stop my his Grandma and his Nana.



We are so lucky to have such warm and loving people in our life!!

To see more pictures of Jackson’s Northern California trip click the link below
http://calmarty.smugmug.com/gallery/1292061

Jackson's First Visit to Oregon

Sarah, Marty, and Jackson travelled to Oregon over Presidents' Weekend to introduce Jackson to Marty's father's side of the family. He spent the weekend getting to know (from left-to-right and back-to-front in the photo below) his Uncle Scott, his Aunt-to-be Lauren, his Second Cousin Chris, his Second Cousin-in-law Casey, Dad, Mom, his Great Uncle Jim, his Great Aunt Betsie, his Second Cousin Pat, his Uncle Ben, his Great Grandmother Bumpy, JiJi (Julie), and BoBo (Marty's dad).



Ben was very sweet to Jackson and even had a sign waiting for him at the airport that said "I'm your Uncle Ben".



Marty's dad and his grandmother Bumpy also really enjoyed getting to know Jackson.





The family was also surprised by the announcement that Marty's dad had bought a sailboat, a 36-foot Island Packet named Sea Otter. They already have plans to sail down to Mexico in 2007-2008.

Jackson is 2 Months Old

Jackson is two months old and he is a happy guy. He smiles and coos often and will “talk” in response to an adult’s voice. He says "goo" and makes vowel sounds. He has not quite laughed yet, but is very close. Sometimes when he is smiling he squeals.





This month Jackson has found his hands. He can finally control them. When he was a newborn he would start sucking on his fist, only to have it fly away, without his knowledge or control. He would cry in frustration when his hand was gone. Now he can move his hand easily up to his mouth. He cannot get to his thumb yet. However, it is only a matter of time before he discovers how to suck his thumb. For now he chews his whole fist, sometimes both hands at one time.



If you would like to see more pictures of Jackson, click the following link. This is a link to our photo website and features all of the pictures we have take under the category “Children.”

http://calmarty.smugmug.com/Children

Marty's Summer Job

Last week was rather stressful as Marty interviewed with several consulting firms for a summer internship. In the end, the best offer came from a consulting case competition, not an interview. Marty, along with teammates Jeremy Greenberg (left) and Bharat Sundaram (middle) won the Boston Consulting Group Case Challenge and the top prize was a summer internship offer from any US office. Marty will be working in the San Francisco office this summer. He is very excited about his new job!