Toddler Tuesday : Its all fun and games until...

someone gets their head stuck!


At this point, she was so proud of herself... she had no clue...

then she started to figure out

that

it

might

hurt.

My Friends Tigger and Pooh

(We interupt this photo shoot to take a phone call from Daddy)

What do Tiggers do best?
Bouncing!





Apparently Tiggers are also good at Pouncing


Happy Halloween!
Hope you and your family have a safe and fun evening!

Toddler Tuesday: Cuteness!

Party Pics

Not too sure about this

Happy Birthday to You


mmmmmm...

I can fit the whole thing in my mouth

I'll eat that camera too!


This plate taste good too



Now that I've got some sugar, I'm ready to party.




Baily and Jackson's first dance!

Birthday Day

Banana Bread Birthday Breakfast

gave us a good idea of what he'll do with a cupcake -
swallow it whole!
(good thing we'll have a doc or two at his party
in case he needs a professional to do the Heimlich)


Then off for 1-year well visit.
(before shots)


(after)


Then home for a quick nap, playtime,
then big birthday lunch -
Spaghetti!

Every little boy needs to make a mess on his birthday,
and since we aren't having cake till Friday
I figured he could play in some spaghetti.



(Lunch was quickly followed by a birthday bath)


We are rounding out the afternoon with another nap
and then a quick dinner before church
and there you have it -
Happy Birthday Jackson!

Birthday Boy!

Toddler Tuesday: Introducing JAX

Since he can no longer be classified as an "infant"...
that makes him a toddler!
Now you have two kids to watch out for on Toddler Tuesdays!

When we first picked out names for Jackson, we weren't sure if we were going to call him Jackson, Jack, or Jax. We wanted to wait and see what his personality was like. He is so laid back its hard to see him as a Jax most of the time, but sometimes he is...
JAX
and I'm thinking that as he gets to be more and more of a toddler,
we'll see more of Jax coming out of him.


my first fauxhawk


and a little picture with Mary Beth so Jackson doesn't get all the attention this week

Whats Jackson been UP to?

This is the beginning of birthday week for Jackson,
so I'm gonna spend a little extra blog time showing off my "baby"
(who-isn't-going-to-be-a-baby-much-longer-and-I'm-kinda-sensitive-about-it-so instead-of-getting-upset-I'm-going-to-put-all-my-energy-into-celebrating)

So what's he been up to this week?
Standing Up!

(I kinda startled him when I jumped up and grabbed the camera)

maybe he wanted to play with the baby on the praise baby video...



uh oh... *legs are getting a little wobbly*... this isn't fun anymore






Getting stronger every day

Toddler Tuesday: What's for dinner?

Mary Beth was very interested in cooking dinner tonight. I was making Stephen's favorite meatloaf (I love my husband, but who's favorite is meatloaf?) After I got the meatloaf in the oven, Mary Beth pulled over a chair and decided to make a meal of her own.

Without any direction from me she found an empty pot on the counter, reached over to find some spices and created a culinary masterpiece! It may not go in the next family cookbook, but mustard seed, garlic salt, oregano, and roasted garlic and herb grill seasoning sounds like the start of some Rachael Ray recipe I saw online =)

Finally, For Real Now

What is Jackson doing?

Crawling, For Real!

We realized that Jackson doesn't care for army crawling through the grass. So he finally figured out how to push up and only have his hands on the ground! The next few days are supposed to be nice, so we plan to spend a lot of time outside until he perfects his new skill!

Yay Jackson!