He-man

Jackson has always been strong...physically.

When we were taking him to therapy for his neck, the therapist commented on the strength of our little man.

When we had hair cuts several weeks ago, and I had to try to hold onto him, the lady in the chair next to us commented on how strong Jackson is (and how strong I must be to have handled him as well as I did).

And believe me, we know how strong he is, but sometimes, he even surprises us.

A few weeks ago, we went to Sam's Club after work to get a few things.  The boys were pretty good while we were in the store, but always get a bit ancy when it comes to check out time.  We were pulling up, and Jackson wanted to help put things on the counter.  Cautiously, we let him, watching to ensure nothing was too heavy and might be dropped and broken.  The guy in line behind us stood and watched as Jackson put the big container of strawberries on the counter, then 2 separate gallons of milk.  The man smiled with surprise and amazement at this little 2 year old picking these things up! 

The big surprise came though when we got to the van.  Jackson again wanted to lift things out of the cart, and hand them to Brian to put in the van.  This time though - Jackson picked up both gallons of milk at the same time.

Wow.  Brian and I both thought that was pretty impressive.

But Tuesday morning, he totally blew us away.

Brian is finally feeling better, and Monday night he did some work with some hand weights.  They were laying on the floor in the bedroom, but are usually in the closet.  Jackson walked over, picked up both 8 pound weights (one in each hand) and walked them into the closet to put them away.  That's 16 pounds - almost half his body weight - and he did it effortlessly!

Maybe he is the incredible hulk, and we just don't realize it?