Bragging Rights

Sean and I have been counting with Jackson probably since the day he was born. This morning, he surprised me by counting to 10 all on his own! I got him to do on camera this afternoon. The "ten" is questionable, but we don't care. We are so proud!

New Toy?

I got an early Christmas present the other day! It's a painted wine glass that came in a tube. I love the wine glass and Jackson loves the tube. In fact, he's played with it more than any other toy in his toy box. Who knew it would be such a hit? He loves to put things in it (like his sippy cup!) and he loves to put the top on, take the top off, put it on, etc. If he could bring it to bed with him, I'm pretty sure he would.

Wow, what is this?

Yay, I get to play with it!!

My milk fits perfectly in here!

Old Friends!

Trae and Pam came to visit last weekend and we had a great time! They made it in time for dinner Friday and Pam brought her famous chicken corn chowder. It was the perfect start for a perfect weekend! Jackson graced us by sleeping in until 7:00 on Saturday morning and when he woke up, he was so excited to see Uncle Trae!! When he realized Pam was here too, it was even better! We took them downtown for lunch and then to our future neighborhood. There is lots of new construction going on and there were several open houses. Jackson (No Napson Jackson, I might add) rallied and we were able to go through 8 houses, which was so fun. We stayed up late on Saturday and Jackson slept in until 7:00 again on Sunday. He's a good boy, but he sure was sad to see Uncle Trae and Pam go. We were too because it was great weekend!

Out to lunch.

Sean and Me

The whole gang!

Jackson and Uncle Trae!

Rock Star!

Sean is a guitar player. And he doesn't just pick up and strum the guitar every now and then, he plays every day. As much as he can. Jackson is facinated by the guitar, and by his daddy playing it. He "plays" dad's guitars every day, though I think he'd play them more if I let him. I make the boy wait until his dad is home so he gets proper supervision.

Memory Walk

The Augusta chapter of the Alzheimer's Association held their annual memory walk on Saturday. Tracy and my cousin Ande were on our team, Fran's Family, and we raised $465.00 in memory of our Grandma Pettapiece. Tracy and Ande couldn't be here, but Sean, Jackson and I did the 3 mile walk around Lake Olmstead. It was a gorgeous day, perfect for a walk, and thousands of people turned out.

Happy Halloween?

Happy Halloween from our little monkey!

We had grand plans for Halloween this year. First, Jackson's old enough to go trick or treating, at least to a few houses. Sean's coworker lives in a big neighborhood and they invited us over for an early dinner and then trick or treating. We went out, got Jackson a cute monkey costume and a big plastic pumpkin for his loot and set off. Dinner and the company were great. But Jackson was a little overwhelmed by the time we were ready to go get candy. We got the boy in his costume and it quickly went downhill from there. We tried putting him in his stroller, letting him walk and carrying him, but he did not want anything to do with Halloween or trick or treating at all. He did go to one house, but he did so kicking and screaming in his dad's arms the whole way. Once they joined me, Jackson threw himself down in the middle of street and that was it. We thanked our friends for dinner, loaded the boy up, and went home. With one lonely candy bar. Maybe next year will be more successful?

I don't wanna go!

Take me home!!!!!