Weekend in Austin

This weekend, we loaded up the family and headed to Austin for a wedding. Jeremy's cousin, Jennifer Jackson (now Box), got married at a cute little chapel/outdoor location in Austin. It was an interesting time to say the least. We started with rehearsal dinner at a neat little bbq joint, a few other fun places to eat, a little shopping, and visits with all of Jeremy's family. I think we wore the boys out but had a great time! Here are some pics and funny stories below.....

So, we stopped at mcdonalds on the way to Austin for lunch. Jax doesn't usually like the playground but changed his mind this one day and quickly climbed to the top. Another little boy had to go up and get him down because he was having too much fun. He slid down this big slide and said "yeah". he wanted to go again but we had to leave. What a shock!

The next pic is of Jax entering the hotel...isn't it fun having two little boys. I felt like I brought half my house with me :)

This next pic is of Jax in a restaurant. I took this because he looks just like Jeremy. He's concentrating on a cell phone

These next few pics are just of us goofing off in the hotel room

And I just thought the last pic was cute. Jeremy is getting Jax ready for the wedding. What a pair they have become. I guess that's what happens when you have #2. Number 1 gets shifted to dad and mom gets baby....or atleast that's what it feels like right now.....I have a hard time with this many days but I keep telling myself it will even itself out over time...right?

Well, that's it for now. What a weekend. We are back home now and excited about being home the rest of the summer. Looking forward to what's next. Until then, we'll keep you posted!

Fathers Day 2010

Jeremy's fathers day technically started yesterday but who's counting. He started his morning with a round of golf with some friends in his new polo golf shirt. We also got a gym membership for both of us...thank goodness - we need it!

This morning, the boys gave him a fathers day card and Jax told him "happy faders day". We went on to church at FB Dallas where we finally joined today. We are so excited to finally be members of the church we love so dearly! We enjoyed a nice lunch at Hunkys in Oakcliff with Grumpa, Grammy, Grandma, Sylvia, David and Steven after church. We are taking it easy this afternoon before another busy week gets started.

I am so thankful for my wonderful husband. He is a great daddy and his boys love him. Jeremy is so involved with Jax and takes good care of both of them while I work my 3 days during the summer and after school during the school year. I look forward to many more happy fathers days to come! Until next time, we'll keep you posted!

Grandma Jackson turns 80

Grandma Jackson turned 80 this last week and what a celebration! We started with a small get together at our house on Thursday night followed by a trip to Oklahoma for the weekend and then a lunch on Sunday to finish it out.

We loaded up the boys and the rest of the family - Roger and Jana, Grandma, Amy and Paul (Jeremy's older sister) and the 4 of us in a large van - and headed for Mounds Oklahoma. I took this opportunity to match the boys for the first time. They did great traveling to Oklahoma - 5 hours in a van...not bad! We visited a lot of Grandma's past including her old church, graveyards of family members and had lunch with some old classmates and family of hers.

The 2 grave sites that I have here are Jeremy's grandfather and Grandma's husband (Pappa Fred) and then Pappa Fred's parents - his Mother was named Evelyn.....side note - if I ever have a little girl, she would be named Evie after Evelyn....who knows if there will be a third child or a girl for that matter but that's what it will be.

After our visits on the first day in Oklahoma, we headed to the hotel and enjoyed our first night out of our house with 2 little boys in a hotel. Jax enjoyed it. I was nursing Jake and watching Jax in the bed next to me. He was having fun watching tv, playing with the phone and reading books to himself.

He's a funny little boy. He did great on his first trip out of Texas. He can even say Oklahoma. We headed back to Texas on Saturday and Jax was done with the car seat. It was a rough ride home but we managed. Happy Birthday Grandma. We love You!

Until next time, we'll keep you posted!

2 months old

This past Friday, Jake turned 2 months. Everything had been going well until this week. I came home from work one day and his voice was hoarse. He had a cough and congestion.....what the heck?? He woke up the next morning with a fever so I called the doctor and we went in. Of course, they did nothing and sent me home -he had a cold....seriously. So we've spent the rest of the week suctioning his little nose and dealing with it. He's much better now and we also found out that he already weighs 13lbs. He eats well :)

Other than his cold, he's doing great. He began smiling right at 6 weeks. He talks more in the mornings but he's definitely a talker. He looks right at Jax when he talks to him - so cute. As I said before, he eats well and is sleeping better and better. He usually eats around 9pm and then wakes again around 1:30 or 2am and then sleeps till 6. I'm starting to get sleep again. Both boys take naps about the same time so I usually get a good hour nap in the afternoon before Jake wakes up - Jax goes on to sleep another hour which is fine by me. All in all, everything is going well. I'm learning to handle both at the same time better and we are having a great time.

So there is my update for now. I also have to include a picture of Jax for the week. He loves our shoes and pulls them out all the time. Here is a picture of him with his daddy's boots on at the age of 2. I want to take a picture of him every year with his daddy's boots on - until he can really wear them....it will be fun to watch him grow!

Until next time, we'll keep you posted!