Sesame Street Birthday Party

We had a great time at Jax's 2nd birthday party. Like last year, we held it out at Mt. Lebanon. Jeremy smoked pulled pork and hotdogs and we ate a great cake and swam a little. It was nice to sit around and visit with family and friends as well as watch Jax open some great gifts. I have tons of pictures of grandparents, great grandparents and other family as well as Jax having fun with his friend Cooper. I also added one of Jake at 7 weeks getting over his first cold at his big brother's party. Thanks to everyone that came. Jax has had a great time playing with all his toys today. As always, until next time, we'll keep you posted!

Jax turns 2

Two years ago my first little man entered the world at 10:13am on May 27th. In between doing it again with number 2, we have been trying to make this week as special as possible for Jax. We had a great day on his actual birthday and there is more to come this weekend with his party.

For the last few months, if you asked Jax what he wanted to do for his birthday, he'd say "Chucky Cheese" and "Dance" So that's what we planned to do. We started off the morning with his cousins and Aunt D at a sprinkler park in Mansfield. As usual, Jax was a little unsure about the whole thing but we ended up having a good time between the sprinklers and the playground. I even got shot in the rear by one of the water features. My sister got a good laugh of course. I think it scared Jax :)

We went home for a good nap and woke up in time to get ready and go to Chuck E Cheese. Jax had a great time seeing Chucky and dancing....just what he wanted to do. Grandma Jackson, Grumpa and Grammy joined us and we had a great time playing games and eating pizza. Jax got a little freaked out about Chucky when he came to visit us but then he was ok - hence the funny face in the picture with Chucky. Below are some pictures from our adventure.

























And of course, I can't have a blog without showing both the boys. This picture was taken at 6 weeks. As of today, Jake is 7 weeks but we'll have more pictures later. Jeremy thought it was cute that he was propped up on his arm. Well, that's it for now, until next time, we'll keep you posted!

One Month Old, Mothers Day and More

Where does the time go. I can't believe Jake is already a month old. He's growing so much and I think looking more like his big brother every day as he fills out. He has become more active - holding his head up, being awake a lot more but sleeping well at night. I still wake up one to two times a night with him. He laughs in his sleep a lot and smiles with his cute little dimples...I love it!

Big brother is busy doing his own thing as well. We let Jax experience the sprinklers in the back yard last week and it was hilarious. I have 3 pictures to explain. He liked it at first. Went back for more only to get sprayed really hard and then took off crying and had nothing else to do with it. That's Mr. Cautious for ya. See below

I also got a cute picture of Jax and dad this last week. Jeremy is officially done with baseball and being a coach for good! We are enjoying having him home...especially Jax.

And the last picture of the week is from Mothers Day. I tried to get a good picture of all of us and ofcourse that just can't happen. Not to mention, I hate having pictures taken of myself right now due to just having a baby but here ya go. Jax came in Sunday morning and said "happy mothers day" he's been taught well! Jeremy and the boys gave me a pedicure and some new shoes I've been wanting....so exciting. We had a great day visiting Jeremy's family. Well, that's it for now - until next time, we'll keep you posted!

Jax and his many hats

So I've been taking pictures over the last couple of weeks to show you how funny my son can be. Jax loves hats! He wears them everywhere. Somehow he has accumulated quite a collections and when he's at other people's houses, he finds their hats as well. So here we go with all the pictures.

This first picture is Jax's farmer hat. It actually use to be a sombrero but the dogs chewed it and now its his farmer hat. I would say its his favorite. He wears it around the house all the time.
This next hat was my
grandfather's hat. He is at my grandmother's house with her cane playing around.

This next pictures was taken on the way to grandma's house. He's wearing his grandpa's little helper hat.


This is a hat a friend of mine gave me but it now stays in Jax's room. This is his second favorite hat I would say. Half the time you can't see his eyes because he wears it so low but it cracks me up - he looks like he's going to the kentucky derby.



















This is one of the twins birthday hats from chucky cheese. When he goes to my sister's house, he wears this around the last few times we've been over there.

This is the last hat for now. My sister took this picture as well. Its part of one of her boys Halloween costumes that he was wearing while at her house. What a little character. Well, that's it for now. We'll keep you posted!

Three Weeks Old with the Grandmas

Jake is now three weeks old and doing great. At his last checkup, he already weighed 9.5lbs and was 21 3/4 inches long. He's definitely filling out more. He's still sleeping well through the night - waking up at 2 and 5 and is starting to wake up more during the day but still getting plenty of naps in. I'm starting to notice a bit of some moodiness or as Jeremy said the other night "Jake, you're a little pistol" When the boy is hungry, you can't hold him off. He explodes until he gets his way.....I don't know who he is acting like..hehe

I'm working on another blog entry right now that will come later this week so I didn't take too many pics this week for this one. We had a couple of doc appointments this week and went to visit my grandmother and Grandma Jackson. Jax loves both grandmas and has so much fun at there houses...or I should say there backyards.

This picture was taken at my grandmothers house. Jax loves my grandmothers canes and carries them everywhere. He's got on my grandfathers hat and was in between going inside and outside when I got him to stop and pose for a pic.....little stinker!

This next pic is with Grandma Jackson. We went to her house on Friday and stayed for the afternoon. Jax had some great fun. This next pic just cracks me up. Grandma will do anything to entertain Jax....can you tell. Gotta love it!

And of course, I had to get a pic of the two boys together. I've started getting out the play yard and Jax loves it as much as Jake....well, I think Jax likes it more right now. He enjoys the music and going in and out of the set. He was actually cooperating for this picture. Well, that's it for right now. There is more to come this week. Until then, we'll keep you posted!