There's a First Time for Everything...

Jackson experienced ice cream cones while living at Grandma and Grandpa Riggs. He loves them and while I wouldn't dream about giving him one without a huge waterproof bib, he did pretty good for himself. This is the closest thing to a smile that he would give me, what a silly boy!

Splash pad or bust..

Grandma Riggs (my sweet mother-in-law), Lily (my niece), Jackson and I went to a splash pad while we were staying with them in limbo between homes. Lily loved playing in the water with all the fountains, sprinklers and water toys. She had a blast zooming around from one thing to the next. Jackson, on the other hand, felt like we were torturing him.

I tried to show him how to participate in the water and have fun splashing, but he felt like he was being punished. I never knew how tight a little 1 year old could hold onto you. I mean he had his fists clenching my shirt and his toes wrapped around my waist. After I decided he had had enough, he ran to Grandma for safe keeping. He was very content to watch...with a little worried expression on his face as the other kids were somehow having a grand ole time.

Jackson found true enjoyment in the park next to the splash pad. He mastered that park in a matter of minutes and loved following his cousin Lily around. You could see him just a few steps behind as she would masterfully maneuver around the play ground.

This precious moment was snagged as Jackson called my name after spotting me through the goffer hole. He was making faces at me and being such a cute little clown for his mommy. What a fun day at the park.

Alligator Pool...

Jackson is somewhat terrified of sprinklers and almost all outside water activities, so in an attempt to help him overcome his fear, I found this Alligator pool. We spent a lot of time playing in the "pool." Most nights after dinner, when the heat started to give in we would set the pool up outside in Grandma's backyard and let the kids have at it. It was a get way to get the wiggles out before bedtime and usually gave Grandma and me a few laughs.

Jackson and Lily loved having a slide to fall down, but most of the time was spent playing with the hose, especially by Jackson. Here Jackson is attempting to give Lily a drink, I don't recall how this turned out, but I can only imagine that it wasn't what she had in mind.

Going, Going,....Gone!

As many friends and family know we have moved. You know sometimes when you make a decision and it just feels right. Then when everything falls into place perfectly, you feel like maybe it was meant to be. We are so excited and feel so blessed at how smoothly everything has gone. We have loved living in the River Run Condos, but are happy to see what awaits us.
Luck was on our side after we listed with a realtor, as the buyer showed up on the first day that our condo was listed on the MLS. We recieved an offer just a couple days later and after a few tweeks to it, we were under contract. All the deadlines came and went without a hitch and we were shocked to realize that we were actually going to move. We gratefully moved just over a week ago into my in-laws basement until we can close on a home. And have really enjoyed ourselves without any problems or issues.
After countless hours on the MLS looking for homes and seeing dozens of homes we finally decided on a cute little place in West Jordan. It seems like a million miles away, but again it was the only home that we looked at that just felt....homey, met the overall criteria, and "good"....for us. Hopefully the distance will fade away as we get into the neighborhood and ward. We have again been blessed to move in at a price that is within our range and look forward to making a few changes. All in time for baby #2 to arrive.
I can't explain how grateful we are to loving family who helped us get things together, clean and move. And how grateful we are to loving friends who have helped us in so many ways that we left behind. We are excited to keep in touch and look forward to hearing updates.
We will post our new home pictures soon!

The Baby Bump

As requested, here is a picture of my baby bump. I am a just over 24 weeks here. I am acutally a little bit smaller than I was with Jackson at this point, at least I think so. Everything is going great this time around. However, I am already on medication to help stop my contractions they seem to come more and more each day unfortunately. But, I am hoping that we can hold off a little bit longer with the bedrest this go around, if not avoid it completely! Keep us in your prayers!

The Tale of the Coveted Pink Coat...

While plaing at Grandma Riggs one Sunday Jackson spotted his cousin Lily's too small pink winter coat. He couldn't get enough of it. It was love at first sight. He wore it everywhere at Grandma's house. Despite sweating from the heat and not being able to use his arms properly, he had an honest-to-goodness breaksown when we pried it off to go home for the day. Grandma said take it home, we'll get it later. At which point Lily decided that she needed the coat just as badly as Jackson and she needed it now! After a small bribe of ice cream she decided we could drive away, with coat in Jackson's arms. He found it every morning despite our efforts to hide it every night. For 5 days he could think of nothing else and we decided we needed to give it back to the rightful owner before Jackson has heat stroke ;) What a funny little boy! Hopefully he will be able to find more "manly" things to play with soon!

Playdate...

Jackson had one of his neighbor friends, Ryan Cullimore, over while his mom was out to an appointment. It was a great moment when I saw how nicely Jackson was sharing his toys and even better when they decided to actually play nicely together.
This lasted over 20 minutes taking turns pushing eachother around the place. What a great payday moment!