Jonah at the party

Jonah took his own turn at the pinata and later checks out his candy!

Pinata Fun!

Jackson takes a swing!












The Cars gang with their tattoos.












Trevor swings hard!!













Michael takes out the pinata! I think was the official breaker swing.











Bella gently taps the pinata :)

Party Pics

Thanks to everyone for all the great presents!!









Here's Jackson with his cake and the goody bags for his friends.






















The boys showing off their tattoos.

4th Birthday

Jackson's birthday fell on a Saturday this year, so it was one big party day. His friend Michael spent Friday night with us. We woke up and had cinnamon rolls. We also collected all the cars we could find and set them up(yes there are some missing). I worked hard at decorating his cake from a picture I found on the internet. I think it came out pretty good. :) Definitely tasted good!

He's come a long way!

It's hard to believe our little premie is 4 years old now. I had to put these pictures up as a comparison. He was born 4 lbs 1 oz and 16 inches long. He now is 36 lbs and 41 1/2 inches tall (75% for his age). In this 2nd picture, he is wearing a premie outfit that was still too big for him. I think that's the first time he had on real clothes (thanks Uncle Clay) and he was probably 10 days old. Wow! All I can say is God is good. He definitely took care of all of us those first couple of weeks. I remember the nurse saying that he would have to be in the hospital up to his due date which would have been 8 weeks, and yet because of many prayers, he was home in just 3 1/2 weeks. Thanks to all of you for your prayers and support during that time.

Jackson's fall projects

A friend gave me the idea of taking pictures of all the kids projects instead of feeling like I have to keep them all. These are things Jackson and I worked on around Thanksgiving.

Fall Fun!

Okay, so it is December, but that happens to be when our leaves fall off the tree. The boys had great fun destroying Clay's piles.































If you look closely, there are 2 blonde heads in this pile of leaves.

Center Stage

Once again, Jackson tried to steal the show with his bell ringing. He was right in the middle of the stage a good foot in front of everyone. He shook that bell emphatically! He even bent over at the end and tried to sing into the microphone. I guess he takes after his dad.

Backyard Fun

For those of you who haven't seen the boys in awhile, I thought I'd post some videos of them. Jonah was pushing the lawnmower all around the backyard, crashing into everything, and falling down on purpose. He also was making a tunnel for Jackson to go through on the slide. As you can see that didn't work out so well. Jackson discovered that it is great fun to throw grass and leaves on your little brother. It's a good thing Jonah's such a good sport. He was laughing through the whole thing.

It's also a little fun to rub it in to all you cold weather people, that we can play outside still and not in our snow boots :)

All Boy!

Jackson and Jonah collided coming around a corner. Jackson had a car in his hand which apparently made contact with his face, and here is the result. The picture doesn't really do it justice... it was pretty ugly looking. You've gotta love the dirt all over him. It just adds to it! And, of course, the lovely attitude.

Our Rock Star!

What can I say? He was born cool!

Savannah

We went to Savannah one evening and walked along the river and ate dinner outside. We saw 2 huge container ships come into port during dinner.


Our Friends Dave and Lori.














This was the kids patiently waiting for our table.
























We visited the candy store. If you look closely, you will see the taffy and chocolate mouths :)

Family Pics

We took the opportunity to take some family pictures while they were here. Clay did great as always!

Best Buds!

Emma and Carolyn came to visit last week. Jackson was SO excited. We took them to the beach, Savannah, The Sea Shack, and lots of other fun local stuff.

Football Fans

So opening weekend we had a house rival. Chiefs vs. Texans. As you can see the kids were really cooperative in taking the pictures. They do however love to watch football. They usually reenact it while its on. Jonah will get his football and get down on one knee, holding it. When the ball is hiked on TV, then he will get up and start running around and then pretend like he's been tackled and fall to the ground. It's hilarious to watch. We will work on getting it on video for all to enjoy!

A 2 year old's favorite word!

Why is it that 2 year olds automatically say no before they have really even listened to the question. This video is a prime example. He says "no" to Clay and then says "cheese" and then when I ask him about a fry, he says "no", but then after thinking about it, says "yes".

Fun with Grandpa!

They caught a lizard on our porch. Jackson decided to give it a kiss. I have to thank my dad for telling Jackson that you can pull off lizard tails and they will grow back. About a week after my parents left, Jackson comes in telling me that he pulled a tail off a lizard, but that its okay b/c it will grow back. I went outside to look and sure enough, there was a lizard tail.

More museum fun!