Jackson's 2 Again!!

In Pettapiece fashion, Jackson celebrated his birthday for an entire weekend, and then again for another entire weekend. The second celebration was at Grandma Trexler's house, and the whole family came to celebrate with us! The weather was perfect and we spent the day playing in the yard, eating great food and enjoying each other's company. Jackson was spoiled with lots of love and presents and of course, cake.

Cars Cake!

Mmmm frosting!
I love my birthday!!

Aunt Jill, me, Sean, Jackson and Rosa

Jackson is 2!!

We officially have a two year old and we can't believe time has gone by so fast! Jackson had a great birthday weekend, which we celebrated for 3 days, Pettapiece style. He helped me make monkey cupcakes, which were delicious and turned out great (thanks, Kathy)! He's really into Hotwheels and Matchbox Cars so we bought him a wheel-shaped car holder that holds a ton of cars. We filled up and he loves it. His Auntie T and UK sent him a big Lightening McQueen which is a winner! He hasn't put it down since Friday and we watched the movie "Cars" today and he held it the whole time, all the while saying, "McQuee, McQuee!" On Saturday, Uncle Chipper and Tyler came to celebrate the big birthday and Jackson had his first sleepover. That is to say, he and Tyler slept in the same room together. Tyler did great, he's an old pro at sleepovers, but Jackson was so excited he stayed up way past his bedtime and was up at 5:00am, ready to play! Nana and Gumpa surprised the boy with a Mater tow truck, which we opened on video cam so they could see how excited Jackson was! All in all, it was the best birthday! Rumor has it, there's another birthday weekend to come. His Grandie, Pa Paw and great aunties want to spoil him, too!

My big helper!

The finished product. They tasted as good as they look!
Happy Birthday, Buddy!!
Cool, Hotwheels!


Breakfast time!
Dessert for breakfast? Yeah!

Wow! A big present!

Is this McQueen!?!

YAY!!!!!

Hurry Mom, get it out of the box!

Happy boy.

Even happier with his Uncle Chipper and Tyler!

Cold Water Rinse Off

Jackson's all about bubble baths these days. Of course he's got to be rinsed off before getting dried off, and this is the result when cold water is involved.

Big Stuff

Jackson has recently become facinated with all things big. We have a pair of drying gloves that we use to dry wine glasses and Jackson just discovered how much fun they are. He'd rather play with those mittens than any of the cool toys he has and they've found a new home in his toy box.

He also loves to wear our shoes and gets such a kick out of riding his bike and walking around the house with them on.

Riding his bike in mom's tennis shoes

Taking a jog

Chilling with the converse but they don't fit so well.

Mom's sneaks are a better fit.

Playing football!

Dad's sneaks are pretty awesome, too!

Bubble Bath!

Jackson's been getting a bath before bed almost his whole life, but for some reason, adding bubbles never occured to us. Until the other night. Jackson was beside himself and couldn't stop talking about them and eating them. Bubbles make him happy and it will be a long time before we go bubble-less again.

Everywhere I Go!

We watch a fair amount of tv, usually Noggin, and there's a song that comes on at least once a day. Jackson loves it and I finally caught him dancing to it!

Nana and Grandpa Visit!

Last Saturday, Sean and I went on a Caribbean cruise with Tracy, Kevin, Trae and our friend Pam. Nana and Grandpa came here to stay with Jackson and I don't know who had more fun. Nana's got a whole journal of all the fun things they did while we were away on the high seas. He learned a few things while we were gone, too. We were building with bristle blocks this morning and he put a bunch together and said, "really, really cool!" Then he proceeded to let me know that, "I smart." Yep, he's smart all right, and a better kid for spending the week with his grandparents.
With Nana's reading glasses on.

Learning how to write his name.

Being comforted by Grandpa.