One of the funeral homes Andy works at.
Waterfall at the park we go to (upper right).
Our house.
And of course, Jackson eating yet more SNOW!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
More of the White Stuff
One of the funeral homes Andy works at.
Waterfall at the park we go to (upper right).
Our house.
And of course, Jackson eating yet more SNOW!
Our Snow Day
We had a great day in the snow! Jackson made snow angels, we through snow balls at each other and we started a snowman-but it got too cold for mom and Jackson's cheeks were getting a little too rosey-so we came in and are saving the snowman for tomorrow!
When we came in Jackson and I enjoyed some Marshmallow Lovers Hot Chocolate (by SwissMiss) we both highly recommend it! Andy got his nap as did Maclaren and Jersey. Here are some pics from our day!
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Jackson woke up this morning extremely disappointed. "It didn't snow, Mom. You said it was going to snow." Oddly enough, the radar said it was snowing here! Well, guess what? It's coming down now! I have a little boy in a dinosaur shirt, striped bed pants and black rubber boots, ready to play in the snow! I told him to wait until it got deeper but I don't think I can contain him much longer! Andy's ready for us to go out-he wants to take a nap with Maclaren and Jersey! He deserves it-he has worked 55 1/2 hours this week-hopefully he won't have to go back in today and will get that nap! I'll post pics later!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Last Post of the Day!
So this is my last post of the day because I have got to go to bed!!! I couldn't resist sharing this moment. Maclaren is pretty ticklish and her big brother got a little carried away with his paint brush (absent the paint thankfully). I know this awe that she has for him will someday go away, but for now, it's the sweetest thing that I know.
Maclaren's Room
Here is Maclaren's room. I am taking opinions (yes, I am asking for opinions) on whether or not the black polka dot sheers look better or not. Keep in mind that I don't have them hanging with a rod as I haven't decided to keep them and buy more for the other window or to sell them on ebay. If we buy this house I would say that the blue carpet would have to go!
Jackson's Room
Here are some pictures of Jackson's room. All of his toys are in a separate "toy room". It helps a lot to have them in a different space. I will post some of Maclaren's room soon.
St. Patrick's Day Parade
We all went to the St. Patrick's Day Parade this past Saturday. I don't guess I had ever been to a St. Patty's Day parade before-it was cute. Jackson loved the Fire Truck (of course) and the horses. There was a horse pulling a carriage-the horse had a green sequined hat on-Jackson thought it was "so silly".
After the parade we ate lunch at "Grandma's Subs and Yogurt". It's right on Main Street so we sat by the front window and watched traffic. The sandwiches were awesome-probably one of the best subs that I have ever had. After lunch we had Jackson's fingerprints and a "mug shot" taken-he was amazingly good through the entire process. We sat and watched as a young lady and her mother wrestled with her two children. They ran around the building screaming and throwing a fit. I need moments like those to remind me that he isn't as hard to corral as he could be!
Sunday we somehow managed to get up and all get ready for church (on time)! That doesn't happen too often in this family so we were extremely excited that we made it! After church we went to eat at El Pueblito's. Their entrees are good but I really like their chips-they are so thin you can practically see through them.
After lunch Andy went to work and the kids and I went for a walk. We walked to the park (the one closest to our house-not our favorite, but it's still fun). It takes about 6 minutes to get their on foot. Jackson enjoyed climbing the big caterpillar and playing on the swings while Maclaren hung out in her stroller (of course). Jackson insisted that I play with him on the slide, so of course, I did. I followed him down a few times then as he ran around to climb back up I ran back up the slide. At that moment I was the ultimate of coolness because I climbed the slide "like Spiderman". Then, he found out he could do it too and, well, I wasn't so cool after all!
When Andy returned home from work, Jackson and I decided to mow the yard. Meanwhile Andy tried to manage with Maclaren, thankfully he finally got her to go to sleep. We worked in the yard until a little after 8pm and (I think) we got a lot accomplished. Then of course it rained Sunday night and most of Monday so I'm sure it will need it again soon!
Maclaren is getting so big. The outfit she wore to church was a 3-6 month and it seemed to fit okay, it wasn't too baggy like most of her 3-6 month clothes have been. She still loves to watch Jackson. She has also taken a liking to a certain black and white dog so Jackson may have to share his "best friend" before too long!
Jackson is still on the Spiderman kick. A few weeks ago he found the movie (which at the time Andy and I had still never watched all the way through) in our movie "trunk". He had to watch it. Well since that day I hear at least once an hour "Mom, I'm Spiderman, okay?" I respond with "Okay" and he chimes back with another "Okay?" It's like clockwork. I ordered him a couple of Spiderman shirts and have found this adorable "throwback Spiderman" shirt at Gap which I plan on getting for Easter so he can wear it to his Birthday party.
I can't believe he is almost 4 years old. I feel like I'm one hundred and five saying "it seems like only yesterday we brought him home". But it does. I can so vividly remember that first night in the hospital with him. Andy asleep on that little green couch, I walking around with Jackson in my arms. The early morning sun beaming through the metal blinds and the thought that "I made it through the first night" running through my head. Now, he's running through my house acting like he's a Mountain Lion and Jersey is his deer. I'd better go save her! More later!
After the parade we ate lunch at "Grandma's Subs and Yogurt". It's right on Main Street so we sat by the front window and watched traffic. The sandwiches were awesome-probably one of the best subs that I have ever had. After lunch we had Jackson's fingerprints and a "mug shot" taken-he was amazingly good through the entire process. We sat and watched as a young lady and her mother wrestled with her two children. They ran around the building screaming and throwing a fit. I need moments like those to remind me that he isn't as hard to corral as he could be!
Sunday we somehow managed to get up and all get ready for church (on time)! That doesn't happen too often in this family so we were extremely excited that we made it! After church we went to eat at El Pueblito's. Their entrees are good but I really like their chips-they are so thin you can practically see through them.
After lunch Andy went to work and the kids and I went for a walk. We walked to the park (the one closest to our house-not our favorite, but it's still fun). It takes about 6 minutes to get their on foot. Jackson enjoyed climbing the big caterpillar and playing on the swings while Maclaren hung out in her stroller (of course). Jackson insisted that I play with him on the slide, so of course, I did. I followed him down a few times then as he ran around to climb back up I ran back up the slide. At that moment I was the ultimate of coolness because I climbed the slide "like Spiderman". Then, he found out he could do it too and, well, I wasn't so cool after all!
When Andy returned home from work, Jackson and I decided to mow the yard. Meanwhile Andy tried to manage with Maclaren, thankfully he finally got her to go to sleep. We worked in the yard until a little after 8pm and (I think) we got a lot accomplished. Then of course it rained Sunday night and most of Monday so I'm sure it will need it again soon!
Maclaren is getting so big. The outfit she wore to church was a 3-6 month and it seemed to fit okay, it wasn't too baggy like most of her 3-6 month clothes have been. She still loves to watch Jackson. She has also taken a liking to a certain black and white dog so Jackson may have to share his "best friend" before too long!
Jackson is still on the Spiderman kick. A few weeks ago he found the movie (which at the time Andy and I had still never watched all the way through) in our movie "trunk". He had to watch it. Well since that day I hear at least once an hour "Mom, I'm Spiderman, okay?" I respond with "Okay" and he chimes back with another "Okay?" It's like clockwork. I ordered him a couple of Spiderman shirts and have found this adorable "throwback Spiderman" shirt at Gap which I plan on getting for Easter so he can wear it to his Birthday party.
I can't believe he is almost 4 years old. I feel like I'm one hundred and five saying "it seems like only yesterday we brought him home". But it does. I can so vividly remember that first night in the hospital with him. Andy asleep on that little green couch, I walking around with Jackson in my arms. The early morning sun beaming through the metal blinds and the thought that "I made it through the first night" running through my head. Now, he's running through my house acting like he's a Mountain Lion and Jersey is his deer. I'd better go save her! More later!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Just one more!
I know, it's getting late and if I don't get in bed tomorrow will be rough. I had to stay up to hang up Andy's new Penwell-Gabel shirts so he could wear one tomorrow-so I thought I would do some late night blogging while I waited!
We had a good trip to Springfield/Branson this weekend. We left on Friday afternoon and stayed with Mark and Steph both Friday and Saturday night. Friday night we just all hung out. We let Mark and Steph get their dose of Jackson! Saturday morning Steph fixed a great breakfast-bacon, (alligator) eggs, biscuits and hashbrowns. With Jackson, everything we have is now alligator (chicken), snake (beef), or shark (fish). He just doesn't want to eat chicken-but he will tear up some "alligator". It all tastes like chicken anyway! Right? After breakfast the kids and I drove to Branson, about a 25 minute trip, to see Zsa Zsa and Pappaw and the Neelyville Sr. Beta kids. We went to The Landing and had lunch at Garfield's, looked in a few stores then headed back to the Radisson and hung out until the g-parents had to go to the next "session". I swear, it took me 25 minutes just to get off the strip in Branson-it was horrible!
We met up with Mark, Steph, and Andy and after a quick trip to Hobby Lobby for some fabric we went and ate. After that we were pretty much finished!
Sunday we got up and met the g-parents and Beta at RedLobster then went to the mall. Pappaw, Andy, and Jackson went to Bass Pro while Zsa Zsa, Maclaren, and I searched the mall for some white Pedipeds and an Easter dress for Ms. Maclaren. Well I didn't find any Pedipeds at the mall but we did manage to find the most perfect dress at Dillard's-I will definitely post pictures (at a later time)! I ended up finding the perfect Pedipeds on Tuesday...in Chanute! Isn't that crazy? Well I'm beat, it's 12:17am and Andy's shirts are finally finished. I will end with one last picture from our outing yesterday...my lovely son.
Fun in the park
I have a few pics from our two most recent trips to the park. Yesterday we went and it was beautiful. We parked at the Santa Fe train that Jackson loves to play on and we all walked over to the playground/lake area. Andy and Jackson took the rugged route while Maclaren and I were forced to take the stroller accessible route. (Not for long because I finally outbid someone on Ebay for a Baby Bjorn!)
Jackson absolutely loves to feed the ducks and geese. I'm not sure if most of the geese have flown back north or what, because just a few weeks ago there were a lot of them on the lake. Now there are probably only 10 or so. Yesterday, apparently Andy and I had on our "naive caps". Jackson was feeding two or three ducks and they started to swim off. Andy explained to Jackson that they were going to go tell all their friends to come over that we had food. Just a bit later a couple of the ducks started swimming back to us and a black duck was fiercely following them. He caught up with them and Andy and I commented that it appeared as though he was trying to drown the other duck-he was holding it under water! Well here we are making a fuss over the homicidal duck when we realized that the ducks were apparently mating! Yeah, who needs the Discovery Channel-just visit your local park!
Today, we waited too long to make our visit. It was about 7:15pm before we left the house. It didn't seem that cold as we were getting in the car but when we got out at the park it was chilly. Jackson didn't even argue about getting back in the car today!
Well here are a few clips of our latest excursions. Sorry if they are blurry-I was using Jackson's camera!
Jackson absolutely loves to feed the ducks and geese. I'm not sure if most of the geese have flown back north or what, because just a few weeks ago there were a lot of them on the lake. Now there are probably only 10 or so. Yesterday, apparently Andy and I had on our "naive caps". Jackson was feeding two or three ducks and they started to swim off. Andy explained to Jackson that they were going to go tell all their friends to come over that we had food. Just a bit later a couple of the ducks started swimming back to us and a black duck was fiercely following them. He caught up with them and Andy and I commented that it appeared as though he was trying to drown the other duck-he was holding it under water! Well here we are making a fuss over the homicidal duck when we realized that the ducks were apparently mating! Yeah, who needs the Discovery Channel-just visit your local park!
Today, we waited too long to make our visit. It was about 7:15pm before we left the house. It didn't seem that cold as we were getting in the car but when we got out at the park it was chilly. Jackson didn't even argue about getting back in the car today!
Well here are a few clips of our latest excursions. Sorry if they are blurry-I was using Jackson's camera!
You need your volume on for this one!
Well if I actually figured out how to do this, then you will need your volume on to be able to see how much Maclaren loves her brother!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Better for now
Only 3 little amoxicillan's later and my head is (so far) doing much better! I'm still stuffy but I can handle that.These are a few more pics of Maclaren. One day last week I heard her smacking-she often does that when she removes her Nuk and decides to go for her hands instead. This time, however she was sucking on the side of her foot! She's ended up without socks on a lot lately because she takes them off-soaking wet! Guess they hinder her ability to use her new-found pacifiers!
The house is pretty quiet right now-except for the sound of Andy fixing his vat of cereal! Maclaren did better last night. She was fully asleep by 11pm and woke up at 6:01am. Definitely better than 1am-3am-then whatever else it was! I just hope that she does good again tonight. I figure Jackson will be up at any minute now. He didn't utilize quiet time for the sake of a nap yesterday. (I tell him he doesn't have to go to sleep just stay in his room on his bed-and no TV) 9 times out of 10 he goes to sleep anyway, but yesterday was day 10! When his hour was up he was down the stairs and ready to go! Needless to say he got in trouble with his dad last night and Andy sent him to his room. Andy went up there and he had fell out-took less than 8 minutes! It was after 7pm so we decided to let him sleep. Most of you know Jackson is horrible when you wake him when he's not ready to get up!
Well my in-laws got us James Dobson's "The New Strong Willed Child". They would be happy to hear that I'm actually READING it! I'm glad to read that there are people out there who have more defiant children! But, that doesn't make my struggle with Jackson any better. Hopefully I will get to the part that gives the recipe for a compliant child. Kidding. Maybe I should just pray that Maclaren be compliant. I don't know if I can handle another Jackson! After reading just a bit I realized what I guess I already knew. I (believe) that I was a very compliant child. I hated disappointing my parents, so to have a child that could not care less about disappointing me-well it's hard to swallow sometimes. When he's Mr. Attitude I just keep playing back in my head all the "Mom, I love you"'s. That's what gets me through! Well my morning blogging is messing up Andy's morning ritual of checking out all his usual sites! More later!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
How long will this last?
Okay, I have had a headcold now for a week and a half-and it's only getting worse. I can breathe now but my head is killing me. It feels like when you dive into a pool and you get water up your nose-but it doesn't go away! I got some antibiotics so hopefully it will get better soon.
I was so ready for the time change-I love the sun being out longer. However, I was hoping for that 60 degree weather as well. 33 is a little cold for me. Guess that's okay for now since I am trying to get a Baby Bjorn off of Ebay so I don't have to keep using the stroller. I'm tired of dodging the goose poop in the park! Jackson loves the park-there is so much for him to do there. The park he likes the best has an old train engine that he loves to climb on. It also has a small lake that has a lot of geese (obviously where the goose poop comes from)! Not to mention the swings and other playground equipment. Our last trip to the park was last Friday. Chanute was out of school for parent/teacher conferences and there were a ton of kids at the park that day--plenty of kids for him to play with!
My lovely daughter has her schedule all messed up. Last night she was up until 1am, then she woke up again at 3am. I didn't let her sleep all day (like she wanted to) so hopefully we won't have a repeat tonight.
Jackson is getting excited about this weekend. Zsa Zsa and Pappaw are going to meet us in Springfield on Sunday on their way home from the Beta Convention. We're going to go Friday or Saturday and stay with Mark and Steph-he loves going to their house and playing with Chloe (their schnoodle-she's so cute).
Maclaren still hasn't discovered her earrings yet-they seem to be doing good-still no regrets! Well Maclaren has apparently had all the "Daddy time" that she can handle-more later!
I've posted some new pics on my site of the kids-check them out!
I was so ready for the time change-I love the sun being out longer. However, I was hoping for that 60 degree weather as well. 33 is a little cold for me. Guess that's okay for now since I am trying to get a Baby Bjorn off of Ebay so I don't have to keep using the stroller. I'm tired of dodging the goose poop in the park! Jackson loves the park-there is so much for him to do there. The park he likes the best has an old train engine that he loves to climb on. It also has a small lake that has a lot of geese (obviously where the goose poop comes from)! Not to mention the swings and other playground equipment. Our last trip to the park was last Friday. Chanute was out of school for parent/teacher conferences and there were a ton of kids at the park that day--plenty of kids for him to play with!
My lovely daughter has her schedule all messed up. Last night she was up until 1am, then she woke up again at 3am. I didn't let her sleep all day (like she wanted to) so hopefully we won't have a repeat tonight.
Jackson is getting excited about this weekend. Zsa Zsa and Pappaw are going to meet us in Springfield on Sunday on their way home from the Beta Convention. We're going to go Friday or Saturday and stay with Mark and Steph-he loves going to their house and playing with Chloe (their schnoodle-she's so cute).
Maclaren still hasn't discovered her earrings yet-they seem to be doing good-still no regrets! Well Maclaren has apparently had all the "Daddy time" that she can handle-more later!
I've posted some new pics on my site of the kids-check them out!
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