No More Crib

We decided it was time to take down the front of Jackson's crib and make his bed more of a daybed. Jackson does a really good job sleeping in his new bed. He stays in it all night. Now when he wakes up in the morning he does not scream. He sits in his bed and plays with his mobile or animals. He will also pull all his T-shirts out of the dresser.We also added some cars, trucks, and bikes around his room. This made me like the blue stripe on the wall even more.

Jackson likes the cars on the wall. Whenever we are in his room he points to them and tells us what he sees.

My little boy is growing up so fast!

The Best Place To Fall Asleep...

Is in the arms of someone who loves you!

"A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children." Proverbs 13:22

Meeting Miss Piper

My friend Stacy had another little girl 2.5 weeks ago and I was in California. I finally made my way over to her house bring them dinner and to meet Piper. You see Stacy used to live not even 5 minutes from me, then she decided to move, and now she lives about 50 minutes from me. I'm happy she found a house but I liked her better closer:) At least we get to work together next year again!!

Jackson and Cadence playing. Cadence says Pi-per and it is the cutest thing ever! She is a proud big sister.

Piper has a full head of hair just like her older sister. She is just adorable:)

Jackson wasn't so sure about me holding the baby. He needed to be right by me getting some love too.

Stacy looks great and is doing a great job with these two little cuties. I don't think I'm ready for two, not yet anyways!

Indoor Playing

Each afternoon this week the heat index has been around 110 degrees. So, Jackson and I decided to hit the Splashpad early this morning and play inside for most of the afternoon. He was all smiles and giggles, I just had to get the camera out.

Trains and Planes

Markers

Chase

Climbing

This last one is my favorite. I just love his face!

I don't want the summer to end!

Sealed With A Kiss

Hitting head on concrete floor= One really happy, outgoing boy the next day
Jackson was extremely happy at the Little Gym this morning and all day long. I didn't take my camera in with me, but because of how he was acting I went and grabbed it.

I was a little worried we might leave with a shiner on the other side:)

So strong!

At the end of each class Miss Lauren blows bubbles for the kids. Jackson runs around like crazy trying to get the bubbles. Well, today he stopped to give Lilah a hug and then all of a sudden he planted one on Cindy (the little girl watching him do the flip) and she leaned in. How could she resist my cutie! Ha! It really was one of the cutest things ever! I wish I would have snapped a picture. The camera was right in my lap, I guess I was to in shock to do anything but laugh.

We better keep a close eye on this kid!

17 Months

Jackson at 17 months you are ALL boy!
You love trains, trucks, cars, tractors, and airplanes. You now can say all those modes of transportation too. Thomas the train is your new fascination! You also say hi, up, down, all done, bubble, papa, yeah, wow, pup, waa waa(water), pool, dad, no dad, mama, hot, duck, apple. You meow when you see a cat, moo when you see a cow and baa-baa when you see a sheep. It seems that you say a new word almost everyday-today it was rock and you are beginning to repeat more words that we say.

When you are hungry you say Mama and take me to the pantry or fridge which ever holds what you are looking for. You eat almost nonstop through out the day and drink more milk than Uncle Garrison in a week:) Due to your eating skills you are taller than most 2 year olds!

You do so many things that amaze us each day. I find myself thinking "Man is he smart" or "how did he know to do that" many times a day. You actually have pretty good fine motor skills, you can put the caps of the skinny markers back on when you are finished coloring.

You are still very active and are happiest when you are outside running around or swimming in the pool. You are a daredevil and love to climb up on things and are starting to jump off of things. You got your first real shiner today when you managed to get out of the shopping cart at Kohl's!

After some ice, TLC, and a mango smoothie from Panera you seemed to be doing a little better:) Hopefully you learned your lesson!

We love you more everyday and you melt our hearts on a hourly basis. I do not know what I am going to do when I have to leave you each morning. Jackson, just know you are precious to us but even more in the eyes of our Lord!

California Living- Final Rendition

On Tuesday, our last full day is Calfornia, we did many things that were close to the house. We took Jackson to a park to play.


Swinging like a big boy
Everyone got in on the action:)

Then we headed over to In and Out for lunch. In college whenever anyone mentioned California the words In and Out were close behind. Brian and his family have been to California many times before and never ate at one. I did not know how this could be when I associated California with In and Out, maybe it was because Katrina and Katie were not their friends:)Jackson's first cheeseburger and he loved it!

After Jackson's nap we headed over to Castle Park so Jackson could ride some rides. There were three rides he could go on the carousel, antique cars, and the train. 2 out of 3 were shut down when we first got there.

Waiting to ride on the Merry go round

The antique cars finally opened and good thing because they were Jackson's favorite.

Brian, Luke, Gus, and I played putt putt after Jackson and Grandpa went back to the house to swim.

Everyone got a hole in one during the game, mine was on the very last hole.

Luke won the game and I lost, good thing I didn't bet him before we started:)

That evening Luke got out all his trains for Jackson to play with. Jackson is suddenly obsessed with Thomas. It is so cute when Choo choo's through the house.

On our last morning, Brian and I walked to Starbucks and stopped to buy Jackson some trains for the airplane ride home.

While we were gone Jackson got a ride in the go kart and did some swimming.

My little fishy

Good-bye California

When we checked in for our flight home I noticed our baggage claim tickets only had Denver printed on them. I asked the guy and he said that is all he had reservations for. I about flipped! He got it all figured out, but good thing I caught his mistake or we might have been stuck in Denver. Again we did not have to pay for our luggage and we got free TV!

Jackson did really well on the plane, especially the second flight because we had an extra seat for him to seat in and play. We arrived early into Denver and boarded our plane for Houston right away, however we had no crew. We waited for about 30 minutes for them to arrive and when we finally got on the runway it started to pour so we had to wait another 30 minutes to take off. Don't worry they gave us free TV for being delayed more than a hour, ha! We finally got home at 1:00 in the morning, at least I didn't have to go to work Thursday!

We had a great time and had the best hosts around. Thank you to Matt, Laurie, Mike, Seanapri, Mel, and Sharon for making our trip possible and better than we could have imagined. You are all more than welcome at our house anytime!