Jacci’s Big Day!

We were happy to celebrate Josh and Jacci’s big day! Here they are during the ceremony . . . doesn’t she look beautiful! Jackson had some icing and I didn’t realize there was blue icing on the cake. So he ended up looking a bit like a Smurf : ) He didn’t really like me holding him down to clean him up. It was great catching up with people I hadn’t seen in a LONG time! And they had Pizza Man cater the reception. . . which was a very YUMMY idea!

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Ishmael!

What?! I'm going to be a BIG BROTHER?

WOO-HOO, I’m going to be a big brother in November!!!

We are very excited to share that we are expecting our second child sometime the middle of November. So I am about 9 weeks right now. Feeling a little queasy, but not TOO bad! Just wanted to share our exciting news : )

Easter

As you can see Jackson enjoyed his first Easter egg and basket hunt! He had a little trouble with his footing on Grandma and Grandpa’s slanted yard.
But he managed to “find” all his eggs and basket. Here he is enjoying his first peep : )

We had to get a little family shot! And all the cousins were wearing light blue shirts and navy pants. So we couldn’t pass up a few shots of them together! And a “silly” one too . . . . . Josiah can ALWAYS get Jackson to laugh!




Here is Jackson having fun in his NEW car. He started saying “beep, beep” while riding around in it : ) I think he really likes it and we had a little trouble getting him to get out!
Grammy and Papa put up two little tikes swings for the kids to swing at their house! Claire and Jackson both had their shades on and were swinging on Monday!

Look at those crazy boys . . . .

This past Monday night Nathanael and Josiah came over to play while their parents did some shopping in town. Fortunately, it was nice outside and they just played and played and played! We finally took them inside when it started getting dark : ) And Jackson and Nathanael got much needed baths . . . . especially since Nathanael had gotten in the sand box and had it caked in his hair!!! HE, HE! They are all so sweet playing together!
Jackson loves to swing!!! He will run out to the swing set and stand under the swing and sign please until you put him in! It is SO cute : ) He also tries to walk up the slide, but hasn't quite figured out how to get up more than about a quarter of the way! Which I am OK with at this point : )

Hope you have a GREAT Easter!

Jackson is Famous!

Grandma Pam (David's mom) called last week to let us know that the layouts she submitted of Jackson's first Cardinal's game would appear in the Close to My Heart Summer catalog! Karen was at our house last night and brought a copy for me!!! And lo and behold there he is along with a few of all of us. So come the end of April when the catalog is generally available, you'll have to check out page 20 (Route 66 Level 1) and see our famous little boy : ) SO FUN!!!