All Partied Out!

Now that we are back home, Jackson's birthday parties are all complete! We had a great time in Maryland over the weekend!! We got to see family, eat yummy food, and Jack loved all the attention from Grandy and Pap! The hardest part about weekend visits is that we never get to see everyone we'd like to. It's impossible! Hopefully this summer when I go back for a week or so I'll get to reconnect with a lot of friends.

One friend I was lucky enough to see was Hannah ~ who has been my friend since 3rd grade!! She was the first friend I made when we moved to MD, and we went all the way through school together, including one year at Bible College! Hannah and her husband Chris moved back to Indiana with their girls, Lydia (4) and Miriam (11 months), so we definitely don't get to see each other enough! We got to meet up at her parents house and it was so great to see them. As we changed our babies diapers together, we laughed and remembered how we used to do that with our dolls! We've really grown up!! Love you Hannah!

I have more pictures to post, but as usual, our computer is extremely slow. I'll put them up another time!

Our One Year Old!

Jackson wasn't in the best of moods yesterday, but we had already made the appointment to get his one year pictures taken. He did pretty well in-between the screaming and crawling away from the camera! Here's a few of our favorites ~ a little hard to see, but I think Picture People is preventing me from getting them any bigger. The one to the left is what we picked to give out to people ~ notice how he curves his fat little foot ~ this is what he does when he doesn't want to put shoes on and it makes it impossible!

This next one I LOVE because it is so "Jackson," but you can't see his face too well. Jack looooves to read books, just like his mommy & daddy! I have several memorized from repeatedly reading them to him throughout the day. If I don't feel like chasing him up the stairs (which is something I also do repeatedly throughout the day), I just open a book and start reading, and he comes crawling over as fast as he can!

I wish this last one was bigger ~ it reminds me exactly of Jon's baby pictures! I've been hearing that he's starting to look more like me, but in this picture, he is definitely his daddy!

We made it to MD after a busy day ~ Bible Study this morning where we celebrated both Jackson and Selena's birthday's, and then home to eat lunch and pack! It rained most of the way here and we were glad to finally get to my parent's house, where Jackson is already soaking up all the extra attention!



Happy Birthday, my One Year Old!!

Making the switch...

I have finally made the switch from xanga...we'll see how it goes!
We celebrated Jackson's 1st birthday with Jon's family in the midst of Friday's snowstorm! Jack loved his balloons, new presents, and of course the cake! He wasn't quite sure what to do with it...he ate it so daintily (if that's a word) taking only one fingerful at a time. His face tells a different story though!
We can't wait to travel to MD this weekend for a birthday party with my family!
It's so hard to believe my little guy is already almost a year old (3/22)! Sometimes I look at him and realize that he really isn't a baby anymore! He is doing new things every day and has such a sweet, laid-back personality. We are so blessed!!