Busy Little Boy

Jackson has been having so much fun at Grandma & Grandpa's house. They are gone at their property in Eastern Oregon for week, so it's just us. But he is still having fun in the backyard with Mommy.
Jackson has a borderline obsession with sports balls. Now I am trying to help him understand that he should ONLY throw balls and not toys or sippy cups and how important it is to stand back a little BEFORE he throws the balls.
Jackson also LOVES the slide!
He will go down as many times as we will let him...

New Bath...

Well... almost a month has past (again) since I posted. Sorry. I finished my Student Teaching, packed up the house, and moved in just a few days. Whew! We made it. It took a couple of days to get settled, but I think we're pretty comfortable now. We are staying with Parker's parents for the first 3 weeks, then we'll be jumping from house to house (house-sitting). The whole summer should be quite an adventure! I have 7 weeks left until our little girl is supposed to arrive and getting a little more uncomfortable each day. Luckily, I have the best husband in the world who rubs my neck and back everyday.
Jackson grows up more and more everyday. I have been noticing how much he looks (and acts) like a toddler and is really losing his baby features and tendancies. I guess it's a good thing since we're about to start over with a little girl, but it's a little sad to watch my baby grow up.
Jackson went to nursery (at church) for the first time without me today (I have been in nursery in our ward since November). He will be 18 months officially at the end of this month, so I figured sending him in one week early wasn't a big deal. He didn't even look back... just went straight for the toys. That's what I was hoping for! It was a little strange to sit through "grown up" classes for the first time without interruption since I can remember. I got so much out of church today!
Well, this is the best I could do. My sister keeps me on track for posting. She sent me a friendly reminder that it had been a while. My other pictures are on my computer which is not connected to the internet. So I took some tonight while Jackson was taking a bath. I will try my best to take some of our weekly activities this upcoming week and post them too.

Locked In...

What a day! All of the kids had left the classroom and I happened to be walking past my desk when I heard my cell phone vibrate in my purse. I opened it and saw that it was Parker. A little strange because he knows I'm not done until at least 3:30pm, so I answered to see what he needed. He said that there was a problem at home... Jackson had shut his door (he's obsessed with closing doors, but usually ends up on the outside of them) and locked it! Unfortunately, there is no possible way to unlock the door from the outside... who invented these old door knobs?!?! I came right home and we decided the best thing to do was to drill around the door knob. Jackson was totally content inside of his bedroom until we started making noise with the drill, etc, then he became a little scared. When we finally got the door opened, we found him sitting right in front of it with his pacifier and puppy and a very tear-streaked face.

At Maddie's 2nd Birthday Party

Here are a few pictures of Jackson at Maddie's birthday party.
"Princess Jackson"
Hitting the princess castle pinata
What a handsome boy!
Mommy's little prince
Cute even from the back...

EVEN MORE Pics from Maddie's 2nd B-day Party

Ava
Ava
Ava
Ava, Charly, Kaho
Ava and Charly on the grass

MORE Pics from Maddie's 2nd B-day Party

Maddie with her present from Jackson



Opening gifts: Tiana, Fia, Lisi, Maddie, Ava

Princesses with cupcakes

Ava chewing on pink princess balloon



Princess Maddie and Grandpa

Pics from Maddie's 2nd B-day Party

Birthday Girl Maddie with her cupcake

Big smile from Charly
Alisi, Fia, Maddie, Tiana eating at the princess table
Too cute Ava
Princesses: Lisi, Fia, Ava, Maddie, Charly, Tiana

Climbing...

New Grass...

Our grass seed is beginning to grow, little by little!

Sunday Walk

We went for our usual walk today. The weather was so nice! The flowers have been blooming and Jackson was so curious about them. These were taken up on campus (2 blocks from our house).

Watering the Flowers

We found a watering "can" just Jackson's size the other day. Sometimes he just "waters" himself, but he loves to water the flowers too! Pretty cute!!

Spring for a Day

We finally had some nice weather and took advantage of it! Parker tilled the backyard in preparation for new grass. Jackson and I did our part to help around the yard too. We were excited to plant more bulbs and potted plants in the front yard the other day.
Now our yard isn't looking so much like the long, long winter that we just had! Yea!
(Sorry it's taken so long to get new pictures up. These are the first I've taken since my last post. Yes, we've been busy and I haven't remembered to take the camera out. Now you'll get to see a little photoshoot!)

Our cute little boy & more spring!

Yes, it's near impossible to discipline this little face! We just think he is the cutest!

Jackson loves the sprinklers!

You'll have to watch the video to see how much he loved the sprinklers! I couldn't believe how he just stood there while they soaked him! There were a few times that he was a little frustrated because he couldn't figure out how to escape them, but for the most part, he was happy to be drenched!

Jackson - video in backyard

Jackson - video in the sprinklers