The Latest Fashion Craze

For some reason, Jack has decided that he loves to wear swimmy diapers on his head. Everytime he finds one, he has to wear it and will cry if I try to take it off. He wore one to church last night; luckily I was able to distract him and pull it off before he went into the nursery. Not only does he like to wear one, but if he happens to find more than one, he wants them both on his head. Needless to say, he has had some pretty high swimmy diaper tower hats! It's nice....the little things that can make him happy!

Not much is going on today...just trying to clean the house and get ready for some overnight guests on Friday. Cedarville's HeartSong is coming to the area (to our church actually) for an alumni thing, and we are hosting 2 of the guys here after the concert. Not totally sure where they will both sleep yet, but we'll figure it out! Speaking of cleaning, I FINALLY have a successful bathroom cleaning story. Ever since we moved into this house, our bathtub has been stained and I can never seem to get it clean enough - I have wasted money on so many different cleaning products that have not worked! Yesterday I made a concoction that actually worked (with some elbow grease and lots of scrubbing, that is!) I was so proud of my bathtub!! This concoction will be much less expensive than other cleaning supplies and doesn't smell strong either! The secret recipe? Baking soda & powdered dishwasher detergent. Try it!

Pool Party for One

We bought Jackson his first little pool last night and set it up today. When he woke up from his 4 hour nap (with a little prodding) he had so much fun "swimming." We knew he would like it because he had so much fun swimming in Owen's pool last week! This little pool is the perfect size for our deck, since we have no yard. And during Jack's naps on hot days....I'm sure I can sit indian-style or something! (Funny picture, I know...he kept making the weirdest faces...and if you haven't noticed already, the pasty white skin definitely comes from mama!)

We bought the pool at Toys R Us last night after a yummy Chinese dinner with friends. I absolutely love going to Toys R Us and it's probably good that we have a small house, because some of the toys are so cool! I'm secretly hoping that if we have a girl someday, she will really want a play kitchen!

We also went to Pottery Barn outlet where I found some great deals! 2 matching twin size duvet covers for Jackson's room someday. I was so excited, because we shop the clearance section, and there's hardly ever 2 of anything there. I also got a shower curtain for sometime in the future, since I still like the one we have now and this one is more for a kid's bathroom. Anyway, though, Pottery Barn stuff at Walmart sale prices, gotta love it! Now I am continually checking eBay for the shams to match the duvets.

Not much else to write about, just wanted to post the latest picture of my little guy! (And a shout-out to my brother, who finally left me a comment! :) )

New York, New York!

We had a great weekend! I loved New York and can't wait to go back someday. I was definitely happy to get back to Jackson though. We missed him like crazy but knew he was in good hands! And I have to admit...it was nice being on an extended "date" with Jon, sleeping through the night without listening to a monitor, and getting to eat my food while it was still hot instead of getting Jackson fed first! (I'm not sure how much longer I could have handled it though~ we were definitely ready to get back and see him!)

We drove to PBU Saturday and our chauffer Joelle took us to the train station. (Thanks Joelle ~ it made the trip so much easier & we loved seeing you for a little bit too!) Aside from standing in the wrong line for a little bit at the train station, everything went very smoothly. We got to NYC around 2 and took a taxi to our hotel, which was right in Rockefeller Center. We walked around Rockefeller Center, did the NBC Studio Tour, and then just explored the city. (Below is me at the NBC Store with the shirt that I loved but they only had smalls...so sad).

Sunday we took the subway to the World Trade Center site, which was one of those things you can't really imagine until you are there. Unbelievable. From there, we walked around Wall Street and then tried to go to the Statue of Liberty, but there was an Autism Awareness walk going on, and we couldn't really get through the thousands of people, so we decided to go to Chinatown and Little Italy. Eating lunch in Little Italy was the best!!! Later we went to FAO Schwartz, the Disney Store, Central Park, etc. It did finally start raining (they had been calling for it all weekend) and we got soaked walking back to the hotel, but it was worth it.

Same thing Monday morning - raining but we decided to go out anyway since it was our last few hours in the city. We lucked out on the train ride back to Philly and got on an express train, which only took 1 hour instead of 1 1/2. Everything about the trip was great!

Now we are back to the real world again, but looking forward to our next vacation...Ocean City in July!