Happy 1st Birthday Jackson!!

It is hard to believe Jackson is 1 year old. It seems like he just came home from the hospital yesterday. Brent and I still say we are not use to him yet. It was a very eventful and fun day. We started the day with a couple of photos of father and son and Jackson getting ready for the party.

 Then we had to get ready for the party. I made rainbow cupcakes with green icing (I used 2 bottle of green food coloring for all the food), thin mint cookie balls (kind of like oreo balls), mint oreo's on a stick covered in chocolate (and I stuck them in lucky charms cereal), I bought some clover cookies and ice cream to go with all of it. We also had green ice cubes for our drinks. It was a day of sweets for my sweet boy.

We opened presents first because I knew after the cake he would be covered in green (and yes I made the hat). His best buddy Gehrig helped him open the presents and later is girlfriend from daycare Ana helped. He got lots of new PJ's, a new bathing suit, some really cute outfits, a couple of balls to play with, lots of good books to read, and some other fun toys.





Then it was time to dig into the cupcakes (Libby helped blow the candle out). Jack started a little slow but once he got started he enjoyed it. It looked like everyone else did as well.



After we ate the kids went outside to play with the new balls. This was really Jackson first time to play in the grass. Of course he tried to eat leaves and acorns. Thank goodness Libby and Ana were there to keep him from eating them.

 Then we took one last family photo in front of our house. The "For Sale" sign will be going up soon.

Then Jack looked out the window to make sure everyone was gone and headed to the bedroom for a long nap. He was really tired after a long day of fun.

Everything is slowly getting back to normal

It has been a crazy couple of weeks for our family...my Dad has been in ICU and was not doing so well. Time kind of stopped while I sat with him in the hospital. He is doing much better now. He is not 100% yet but he is getting there. I just want to thank everyone for your thoughts and prayers. If I have not returned your call I am sorry it has just been really crazy. It is hard to remember to call everyone and give them the updates. I also want to say a big THANK YOU to Brent for being such a great husband and to Kay (my mother-in-law) for being so helpful with Jack.

I say everything is getting back to normal however...Brent and I are getting ready to move. Our house is so messy and a construction zone also. Brent is trying to tile the bathroom and I am trying to sort things into piles. We have already taken 2 truck loads to my Dad's house to store and I have a big yard sale pile. Brent will be moving soon and then Jackson and I will follow. It is a new adventure for our family. We have never lived outside of Alabama. I was planning on Jacks being Big AL for Halloween I hope people know who he is and don't think he is just some elephant.

 

Here is a little preview of what my next post will be about......

Jackson made a new friend named Fulton

I have been a bad friend and have not went to see my friend Kristen since she had her son Fulton. Kristen and I have been friends since 2000. I was in her wedding and she was in mine. She is just a really good friend. She and her husband came to see Jackson when he was born. So now that Fulton is almost 6 months old I finally got to see him. It was hard to get both boys to look at the camera for a picture, but Brent looks really nice. Then Jacks decided to show Fulton how to put your feet up...on the table when eating.
 Then we attempted to take a picture of Kristen, Fulton, Jacks, and I. Of course both boys did not look. But we took it again and they both looked. Then it was time for a family picture. Kristen and Matt were nice enough to take a pic of us together.

Fulton gave Jackson his first birthday present and he loved it. He got some cute shorts and a white button up shirt. It is very summery I cannot wait until it warms up (I'll take a pic then). Fulton also gave him some bath toys (sorry no bath pic Brent and I decided he was to old for naked pic). But, Jacks just started taking a bath by himself and loves his new toys. As we were leaving Fulton reached for his new friend (he looks like he wanted a hug). We did get a nice pic of the two of them with their dads. Fulton is such a cute chubby baby...Jackson looks like a toddler/little man.

Jackson is 11 months old!

Well Jackson is 11 months old. Only 1 more month till he is 1 year old. We tried really hard to take his picture with his 11th month sticker on, but he was everywhere and it was so hard to get him to stay in one place.

 I started crocheting his birthday hat.
It does not look good now but when it is done it will. Every month Jacks gets a book in the mail from the Dolly Pardon Imagination Station. He loved for Brent or I to read it to him. This month it was "Corduroy Goes to the Doctor." He just loves for you to read to him.

Friday afternoon Libby came over and played. They played with Jacks toys then they both got in the toy tub and played. Jacks just loves Libby and so does Bucky. Jacks use to be after Bucky all the time. Now Bucky is after him. Jacks loves him. Also, Jackson has been eating and eating and eating. I think he is just growing so much...to much.  

Jackson's first Valentine's day

Well it was a very exciting first Valentines day. Jackson got a new hounds tooth hat from Mom and Dad (Mom made it). He got a heart with choc candy in it from Mawmaw (Brent and I enjoyed that). He also got lots of Valentines from the kids at Daycare.




 First he poured them all out of the bag and onto the floor.
Then he started trying to eat them. We had to get the paper out of his mouth.



Then he spread them
all out to see all of them. Then he just
spread them all over the floor by rolling in them.

Brent got me this beautiful orchid. And I got him a cupcake from Jillybeans. I got 1 for Brent, 1 for me, and 1 for Jackson. Since his birthday is coming up we thought he might like to try a cupcake. Oh, I had a coupon buy 3 get 1 free so I had to get my free 1. The flavors were peanut butter cup, Elvis (banana and peanut butter), strawberry covered in chocolate, and a plain one for Jackson.

Jacks was interested in the cupcake. I think he just wanted it because I had it.
Then he wanted to play in the icing, he was a little unsure.





Then he went for it face first. He really did not want to eat it.
He wanted to share it after he smashed it all up. Bear and Bucky did not mind that it was smashed. They thought it was great and they loved Jackson.

 He loved playing in the cupcake but did not eat any of it (thank goodness I had the coupon). Even though he did not eat any of it he was so thirst. It was a nice first Valentines Day. We look forward to many more.