Lego's Party!

Jackson loves Lego's, anythings with wheels, preschool, playing with friends and being around the family. He is very conscious of others feelings and is often found comforting someone crying. He has absolutely loved preschool and looks forward to it every week. He loves chicken nuggets, pizza, spaghetti, and treats! We couldn't imagine a life without our happy little boy in it!

Jackson has been waiting patiently to have his party almost since his fireman party last year. He was extremely excited to finally get his very own Lego's party this year.

 We were able to arrange to have all his cousins in town to come. They played "I Spy the Lego Guy" and "Can You Find this Matching Lego." It was a hit and everyone participated so well and received Jackson's favorite treat...fruit roll ups.

 Everyone was so excited to see what fun presents he got!

 I think that face explains how excited he was to get this fireman Lego set from Grandma.

 We are so blessed to have both sets of Grandparents close by, my kids just love their Grandparents. Bradley runs up to Grandpa Riggs every time he sees him pulls his keys out of his pocket in hopes of "driving" Grandpa's car.

 Jackson was so happy to have a Lego cupcake for his cake this year, he told everyone he knew and even those that he didn't.

The birthday loot!

Tractor party!

 I can't believe that my little guy is 2.  He has been obsessed with tractors, trains, garbage trucks and basically anything with wheels. He is quick to tell me when he stops it in his cute little boy words. He loves to eat fruits and pancakes. I feel like he may be a closet vegetarian. He loves to run around and play, but still gets nervous to be left in nursery class in church. He is very sneaky and quick to learn from his brother as to what you can get into or not in front of mom and dad. Sigh, I think he got that special trait from his mother. He is such a joy to have in our family.

 All the cousins in town were able to come and have a little cake and ice cream.

 He was very impressed with his cake and told everyone over and over just what kind of cake it was.

 He has been practicing blowing out candles everything we mention birthdays, so he had this years candles out in no time flat.

Bradley is so loved and lucky to have so many fun toys from all his family.

Dinosaurs

It was free museum day on John's birthday, what better way to celebrate than seeing some prehistoric giants!

We visited the Museum of Natural History, I think everyone loved it. Jackson and Bradley, however, were not impressed with the trianchulas...I wasn't either.

 They had so many kids friendly places and things to do, this is were you learn to make pipe cleaner animals.

 I had no idea there were so many different kinds of -ceratops.

 Although we had the stroller, Bradley preferred the scenic route on top of Daddy's shoulders. He would put his little hands on either side of John's face and turn his head to where he wanted to go.

 Jackson loved seeing all the carnivores and wanted to touch them.

They may have a future in paleontology. What a fun day and an even better way to celebrate 32 years for  love of my life.

A Preschooler

Jackson is so excited to be in preschool. He has been wanting to go to school for over a year now. So seeing as how he has 2 more years before he even goes to Kindergarten, we decided to let him go to 2 years of preschool. He attends the Little Wonders preschool that has 6 other students. His teacher is Miss Kayleen and she happens to run the preschool in her basement. We love that she lives so close that we walk to school every Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

Don't I have the cutest little preschooler around. He was very good on his first day of preschool and loves going and seeing his friends.

Bradley loves the thought of going to school too and was quite disappointed that he couldn't go with Jackson.

Big Boy Beds...

In lieu of our big news, we decided to move Bradley from the crib to a big boy bed. He was more than thrilled that he got to sleep in Jackson's room and even more so, if possible, that he got to sleep in tractors.

He is holding his favorite stuffed animal which affectionately calls, Burr....because that's how elephants sound when they trumpet!

 We decided to keep the beds separate instead of bunk beds, John has too many memories of jumping off his bunk bed and doing all sorts of tricks. These are, however, the bunk beds that John and Spencer used while growing up. They were originally stained, but with all the love and years John painted them white. I think they turned out really cute.

Proof that he actually sleeps in his bed. It took a few nights and trying to figure out how to best get the ambiance before Bradley actually slept in the big boy bed instead of the crib. Jackson loves having Bradley in his room, I hope it lasts.

Big News...

John and I are happy to announce that baby #3 is on the way! We couldn't be more excited to have another one. The big day is projected to be March 17, 2013. So just being around 18 weeks along, we find out very soon what we are having. I can't wait to have another little baby in our home.

Picture to follow soon!