Thursday, April 7, 2016

Easter and a "photo shoot"

I didn't get many pics of Easter this year. He's a busy boy that moves fast and I'm slowing down as my belly gets bigger!

But here is what I managed to capture :)

 Posing with the cousins. 

 Finding his Easter basket!

 He was pretty good at hunting for eggs...

 ...except when he found them, he opened
Every 
Single 
One
to see what was inside as he found them. 
As he opened them the money and chocolate fell in the grass. 
I looked on the bright side. It prolonged his fun and satisfied his curiosity.

We did dye eggs but we didn't get to it until after Easter, but it was still fun and Jack really enjoyed it!






I also decided it had been too long since I took out our nice camera to try to get some good pics.
Turns out there is a reason. 
The boy doesn't sit still and he wants to look and see what you see in the camera like he can on the camera on my phone!

The following two pictures are the best I got in my first attempt.
**Take picture of Jack sitting sweetly amidst flowers smiling up at the camera**
Clearly I captured the image I was going for.


Second attempt
**Take cute photos of Jack sitting in the orange and blue chairs like I've done 2 summers previous**
Well he's looking at me. And you can see the chairs in the background. 
Claiming success (kind of).


Attempt 3
Candids that capture Jack's true feelings and sentiments about Mama's photo shoot.

No.

Is she still there?

Looking to the heavens, pleading for it to stop. 
Must have learned that one from Daddy.

And that folks is the BEST photo shoot we are capable of these days. 
I'm unsure when I'll brave my next attempt.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

March Madness

We haven't really done anything of significance lately. 
I've been terrible at taking photos and posting them! 
But in an effort to keep this blog somewhat updated, I'm doing a photo dump of the memories I do have, literally plucked out of our every day lives. 

We got to go see Mr. Lizard at Jack's 2nd cousin's birthday party!
 Jack was totally into the animals and loved it, but I was NOT about to help him hold that tarantula.
 And I stayed back for the snake part too.

Jack is helping out and doing some yard work on the nicer days.

 Even gets out to go for a walk with Bailey every once in a while.


March 7 we officially found out Jack is going to have a little sister. 
Mom and Dad are still on edge about it but things seem to be going better this time, we just have a hard time trusting it will stay that way!


Helping on clean up duty. 



We made another cake to officially reveal the gender to Grammy and Papa.
We made the cake for Jack, but he had already caused trouble so everyone knew his gender before the cake reveal anyhow.
 But this time the inside was pink!


Mr. Trouble at Grammys. He found the floss and was having a grand ol' time exploring what that was about :)


Jack sure does enjoy a Burgerville burger.
 His favorite spot to sit is by the drive through line so he can wave at all the cars as they drive away with their lunch. 
"Bye bye car! Bye bye!"

My boys before bedtime.
Bottle, blanket, books, brush, bed.

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Happy 2nd Birthday Jack

We had a lot of fun celebrating Jack turning 2 at his Farm themed birthday party! It was a pajama party for the cousins and Jack loved his new monkey PJs Grammy made for him.

 

 We had a delicious brunch spread! Yum yum!!
Thanks Grammy and Papa for hosting to make the party and decorating so cute 

 Farm animal cake:) 

 Jack's favorite part of brunch was the sausage and "rolls" Daddy made. Steve helped out SO MUCH by baking the cake, scones (rolls) and blueberry muffins!

 Cousins giving Jack a new book and he has LOVED reading the monkey stories and all the curious things George does. 

 Meeting his new friend Oscar the bear. 

 Starting to get the hand of opening his own presents!

 More new books! Mommy and Daddy are so excited for something new to read!!! New books hold Jack's attention better too!

 Our little family enjoying Jack's party, and Jack enjoying his "certified heart breaker" shirt too!

 Jack, we have learned, loves fire. He wanted to play with the little flame rather than blow it out!

 
 Even after filling up on some sugar...
 ... our boy was worn out at the end of his party.

We had his big family party the weekend before his actual birthday. But on Feb 3, we had so celebrate our little man again at home.
 He enjoyed hot dogs, cheese, tater tots and oranges as his birthday meal. 

 having fun with his birthday balloon ("boon")!

 Happy Birthday dear Jack, Hapoy Birthday to you!

It's hard to believe you are two. 
You keep each and every day different and unexpected. 
We love you with our whole hearts and can't wait to see how you grow and entertain us this next year.
Happy Brithday sweet baby boy. 
Love you forever.