Jake Ryan's Dedication

August 15th, 2010 - Jake Ryan Jackson was dedicated at First Baptist Dallas by Dr. Robert Jeffrees. Both sides of our family came for the event. It went great. The preschool minister brought Jax and Jake down at the end of the service for the dedication. Jake had a few words of his own to say during the prayer and had some great faces for the camera. Jax was amazed by everything and was very well behaved. When they brought the boys in, we were singing a hymn and Jax had his own version singing "You've got a friend in me" (toy story in case you didn't know) It was so cute. What a great day for our family. Following the service, we went and ate at El Fenix in downtown Dallas. It was so nice to be with both of our families. What a great day. My sister took a bunch of pictures. It was hard to see everything from where she was sitting so she got some on the screen as well. Enjoy and we'll keep you posted!

Another fun week

Loved these pictures...especially the second one. We were all about to take a nap and they looked so cute laying there so I grabbed my camera. Jake is a very scheduled little boy and he was ready for his nap...no time for pictures mom :)

We took Jax to see Toy Story 3 this last weekend. He sat in his dad's lap pretty much the entire time and watched the movie. He loves toy story. He has the action figures and a bunch of other toy story things. He runs around the house yelling out "to infinity and beyond" He's so funny. Jake went to the movie to and did awesome!

I've been on the lookout for a tent. In the mean time, I built Jax one to play in in the living room. He loves it.

We've finally started solid foods with Jake. He's 4 months old today! So far he loves bananas. He's ok with sweet potatoes and pares. Its going well. He sneezed after this first picture and got food all over his face. Isn't he a little chunk!

Until next time, we'll keep you posted!

The Jackson Boys

This last week was a pretty ordinary week around our house but of course I still got some great pictures of the boys and what was going on in their lives

Jeremy helped with a bbq dinner out at Mt. Lebanon this past week. We go every year and this year was no different. It was a great dinner (because Jeremy smoked it all :) ) and when we got done, we put Jax to work. We explain to him all the time that one day he will work out here....we just got an early start. The pictures above are of Jax washing a table with Jeremy supervising and then Jax putting up the butter with Grammy. Good times at camp!

This next picture is of Jake on the kitchen table. Jax put his hat on him... He looks like he's in pain. I just thought it was cute :)

These last two pictures are of Jake in my bathroom mirror. I put him up there one day while I was putting on my makeup and he sat and talked to himself for the next 10 minutes. Hours of entertainment as I like to say. His little personality is really starting to come out. He talks and laughs and screams with joy as long as you are paying attention to him. He's totally different from how Jax was at this age. Its neat to watch both of them grow and develop so well. I love my boys! That's it for the week. Until next time, we'll keep you posted!

New Pictures

I finally had the boys pictures made. Jake is 3 months and Jax is 2 yrs for these pictures. We went to portrait innovations because I knew Jax would not cooperate and he didn't. The lady was still able to get a couple of him before he flipped out. Here are a few of the good ones. Enjoy!

What a Week!!

This is how last week started out for me. Jax was sitting next to me on the couch and decided to throw his sippy cup at me - direct hit....on my eye and his bottom if you know what I mean :) It was one of the worst pains I have ever felt and I have a lovely black eye to prove it.

My week only got worse. I went in for a second hernia surgery 5 days ago to fix the same one from my c-section. I'm still in severe pain and get to go back to work tomorrow. What a great week. Thank God for hydrocodone!

Enough about me. On to the boys.

Jax and Jeremy went to Vacation Bible School at FB Dallas this past week. Jeremy helped out with recreation and Jax got to experience the 2 yr old class. The first day was rough but Jax got better each day he went. He got to go to music class, recreation, watch a puppet show and ride a pony. I still can't believe he rode the pony. He's getting so big. I think it was a good intro to what mothers day out will be like in a few months.

These next pictures are from last night. Jax has a big head like Jeremy and Jeremy was trying to take his shirt off for bath time. It got stuck and we all got tickled. I can't laugh without it being painful at the moment due to my hernia surgery so this was a rough moment for me :) What a little stinker!

Last but not least.....look at my sweet cheecks. What a sweet little sleeper. Unfortunately it didn't last too long. He woke up at 2 am....what the heck :) Love my boys!! Until next time, we'll keep you posted!

3 Months Old and Counting

Jake Ryan turns 3 months old today. He now weighs 15lbs 13oz and is 25 inches long. He's in the 95th % for weight and 90th for height. Amazingly his head circ. is in the 50%. Jax was always off the charts in the head area :)

Jake is doing great! He is sleeping through the night, eating well and is such a happy baby. He talks and smiles all the time unless tired or hungry....he lets me know - believe it! He's holding toys when you give them to him, plays under his play gym very well and now sits in the bumbo. He loves to look around. I'm so blessed to have 2 happy and easy going little boys! Here are some pictures from his week as a 3 month old.

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!