Firsts...

First school picture.

First ear infection

First holiday craft...

what a week!

It has been quite a week here and we are so glad it is finally over! Jackson was suppose to have school pictures on Tuesday so we got all dressed up and ready to go only for it to snow and school to be on a delay. Because of that they postponed them to Wednesday so we got all dressed up again. Hopefully they will be good. On Thursday Jackson made his first school craft which of course we are proud as punch of. That same day the school noticed he was having trouble walking and when we got home Jackson screamed bloody murder when we changed his diaper so we finally decided he may have an ear infection and went to the pediatrican's emergency hours. Turns out he had a double ear infection which is why he had been so blah lately. We are finally over that now.

Tomorrow is Jackson's Thanksgiving Party at school. We are suppose to bring cheese cubes so we made a run to the grocery store tonight since I forgot. We are excited about Thanksgiving this week and are looking forward to making Christmas candy and decorating for Christmas all weekend!

First school picture day ourfit (man mom was crushed I didn't get to wear this in my picture!


2nd school picture day outfit.

My first school craft.

Sorry it took me so long to post a blog update but you can see I was working hard on it all afternoon!

So Big

Jackson has changed and grown so much in the last few weeks it is incredible. He has 7 teeth now, is walking everywhere and says all kinds of things. Monday he will start the 12-18 month class at school. They decided to move him a little early because he is the oldest in his class and was getting bored. He'll be the youngest now but he loves the big kids so that's okay. We will miss his teacher so much but know he'll like the new place as well.
Jackson's new favorite thing is sitting in a chair. He loves putting himself in the bumbo and we moved his chair from his room downstairs and he has been spending tons of time playing in it. Here are some pictures of today and yes his shirt does say "Lock up Your Daughters" too cute!

Surprise!

Last night we had Mikey's surprise 60th birthday party. It was a great night and we were thrilled we really got him. Claire, Laura, and Patricia did a great job decorating, everything was beautiful!! Now that this one is over it is time to get started on Jackson's first birthday party!

Front entrance

Candy Table

Guest Book Table

Cake Table

Surprise!

All American

Last weekend Jackson and I went to the All American in Louisville. It was fun and great to see everyone but it was very hard as well. I never realized how hard it would be to get him to take a nap there which left us both tired and cranky at times. It was still a good week though. Mom and Dad's cow Molly won the jug and Treasure was Reserve Grand which was great considering she was near death a few months ago. On the Waverly side of things, Brown Sugar won the 5 year old class and more importantly Mikey won the Max Gordon award which was a huge honor. We are still catching up on laundry and sleep...it will take a year to get me geared up to try Jackson at a weekend show again!

On the Go

It is official, Jackson is now a pro at walking. He had literally walked from one end of this house to the other today. It is amazing how once he built up his confidence he took off. He has also had a great time today playing in the trick or treat basket and eating tootsie pops! We are busy packing here getting ready to go to Louisville this weekend for the show. Of course I am so excited he is walking...maybe he won't ruin the knees in all of his pants when we are there!!

Raiding my trick or treat basket for candy...

I cound a candy bar first but it wasn't quite what I had in mind.

This tootsie pop is much more like it...
Where'd the lollipop part go?

First steps.

Showing daddy what I learned.

If that's not a Core mouth I don't know what is!!

Happy Halloween

We had a great first Halloween with Jackson. Halloween actually started on Thursday when Nina sent Jackson a box full of Halloween toys that played music which he has spent hours dancing to. The day started with giving him his trick or treat basket that I had made for him. I had filled it with a Halloween book, a new Raffi cd, and the Sprout Spooktacular video. I know it was probably dumb but I wanted him to have something and he is too little to really trick or treat. We did go trick or treating across the street at Zach's and Mimi and Gandy's though. That night we went to my friend Samantha's church for a trunk or treat. We didn't stay too long because it was pretty late once things got started but Jackson still had a great time! Mimi had given him a tootsie pop earlier in the evening so he was wound up most of the night, but we finally got him to bed! Enjoy the pictures of our little giraffe.

Thanks Nina, Pop, Bibi, and Brady for my super fun tree and ghost!

My trick or treat basket.

This book was really interesting...

Thanks Mimi for introducing me to tootsie pops!