Cousin Claire Comes to Visit

My sister had a bridal shower in Bloomington on Friday so she dropped Claire off at our house for the evening and she stayed over night. Claire and Jackson both LOVE to be outside. So we played in our backyard all evening and even took a wagon ride around our neighborhood. Here are the two of them in our double swing . . . it is rare for them both to be smiling at the same time!
We also gave them both popsicles. It was Jackson’s first one . . . and he didn’t have any trouble eating it ALL! This last picture is one we took over the weekend. . . David was encouraging bad table manners : ) But it was pretty cute!

My 2nd Mother’s Day!

This Mother’s Day was SO relaxing! I got Jackson up and ready to go. It was a beautiful day so we walked to church. David made us a wonderful lunch on the grill and then after Jackson was down for a nap, he cleaned the house and did the dishes!!! While I took a little nap : ) In addition to the special treatment, my gift was that Dave made an appointment with a photographer from our church to meet us at Washington Park this Wednesday afternoon to take some family pictures. My parent’s came up for dinner at Mariah’s (which was very yummy) and hung out in our backyard enjoying the WONDERFUL night!

Jen's Shower

Jen and Joel were here from FL this past weekend for her sister's college graduation. So her family had a baby shower open house for her on Saturday afternoon/evening. It was GREAT to see her and her little belly, as well as Joel, and other good friends! And there were plenty of little ones for Jackson to run around and play with!

Fun at the Park

We went to the park here in Rochester this evening. Here are a few shots of Jackson enjoying swinging, sliding and generally climbing everywhere!!!! Just a quick plug, but we have a WONDERFUL play area for kids at our park if you are ever in the area : )

Go Cardinals!

A BIG thanks again this year to my brother-in-law Brent for getting FREE tickets to the Cardinals game! We went to see the Cardinals beat the Rockies last night in St. Louis. We had great seats. . . . 14 rows behind the Cardinal's dugout!!! AND the best part, they won 4-1 . . . WOO-HOO! We weren't sure how Jackson would do at the game this year since he is always ready to explore. But he did pretty well! He loved looking around and dancing to all the music. By the end he was even giving everyone around us high-5's! However, he did not enjoy meeting FredBird! He looked at him in complete fear, clinging on to me and then started crying! OH WELL : )

A Summer-like Day!

Jackson loves to play in our backyard! And fortunately the weather Monday was perfect : ) He always picks up sticks and carries them around the yard.
Now all I need to do is to teach him how to pull weeds. . . . which I HATE to do : ) HA!


Isn’t he cute : )