Afternoon Jackson Snuggles

Many of my afternoons included at least a few minutes of snuggle time with Jackson in the rocking chair and I love this! Sometimes it takes awhile for him to get settled but he often gives in to my strong hold! It relaxes him to get a big squeeze! Here are some photos of our snuggle sessions...

Tenley visits Build A Bear Workshop

Aunt Laura and Uncle BJ got Tenley a gift card to Build A Bear Workship for her birthday. But because the closest one isn't exactly convenient to get to, it's taken awhile to get there. I finally decided to take the kids on a weeknight while Carl was away for work. Tenley was floored! She had a blast there and her little giggles and smiles were amazing. She thought she was so cool for what she got to do to bring her puppy to life. These photos are adorable. They say so much more than I can describe in words.

 

She was adorable dragging her box through the mall like this and I enjoyed all the smiles and stares that she got.

Jackson and the Light Bulb

I decided I'm going to start documenting the things I encounter with Jackson that, at the time, are not funny (and often very serious) so that I can tell him these stories when he gets older!

The light bulb incident happened when both Carl and I were home, thank goodness! I was getting ready and Carl was downstairs. Jackson was upstairs wandering around near me but I had closed the door to get changed. I heard Carl call up to me and ask me if I fed Jackson something. To which I yelled down "No! why?" As I walked out of my bedroom I saw pieces of a light bulb on the ground and down the steps. Jackson had gotten Tenley's princess night light and chewed up the small bulb. We both couldn't believe it and tried to get any remaining pieces out of his mouth but he had already swallowed them. There was really nothing that could be done at that point, we just had to wait and see if he would pass them. I did check his diapers the next couple days but never saw anything odd looking...No more princess night light in Tenley's
room!

End of February

These pictures are from Tenny's birthday friend Jacob Frangipane's 2nd birthday party. Jacob and Tenny are only 4 days apart. He had a train birthday party. She was so excited about the blue lollipop that she got.

 She loves to play with Elle, her 2nd cousin. They are best buds!! In the next picture she was showing off her fish sugar cookie. She actually didn't even eat it, just ate the frosting!

Snuggling her new cousin Lexi! She just loves babies! She'll be a good mommy some day!

Tenny's 2nd Birthday

Can't believe our little princess is 2 years old already! She's obsessed with Strawberry Shortcake so we decided to throw her a Strawberry or "Bawberry" as Tenny calls it, Shortcake birthday party. We were so happy Julie, Jon, Jacob, Emily and Lexi could come down for a long weekend visit and be there for her birthday. The only bad thing was that Jackson hardly slept during any of the nights they were here and even on one night stayed up all 24 hours AND had over 100 seizures. It was bad. But back to the party... It was a girls only party, the girls played, planted strawberry plants, played pin the Strawberry and ate lots of strawberry treats. Tenley had a lot of fun! Then on Monday (Tenley's actual birthday) we held our neighborhood playgroup at our house in honor of Tenny. She enjoyed having all her neighborhood friends over!

Neighborhood Playgroup pics

presents from Mommy and Daddy

Nana, Pap and Uncle Timmy

Sleeping kids

Here's a selection of recent sleeping pictures! They are just so sweet!

This is a pic I took early in the morning on one of the mornings that Carl was away. How could I be mad that these 2 were in my bed?

Snuggling in his pea pod

love pictures like these! Tenny rocking her brother! She loves to help!

This rarely happens! Jackson was so tired he fell asleep at dinner. This was one of the days he didn't sleep during the day or night!

Happy Valentine's Day

Today is Feb 14th the day known as Valentine's Day. Today is the first one since my hubby and I have been together that we've actually been apart from one another and I miss him dearly! He's in CA on a business trip. But that didn't stop the celebrating in our house! Daddy was good to us and was prepared. He had left us all some chocolate goodies and cards.

 This morning we had a neighborhood Valentine's Day party at Tonianne's house. She hosted a wonderful party that was so fun for the kids! We had to leave early to be back in time for Jackson's teacher. I let Jackson and Tenley open their valentine's and Ten helped Jack. The pictures turned out so cute!

While Nana is here Tenny has enjoyed brushing her hair while Nana sits at the table doing her Sudoku puzzle or reading her devotional.

Bathtime beauty

 Tonight we stopped over the Butler's house to drop off Valentine's for Elle. Her and Tenley have become inseparable and love playing together! This is just one of their fav hang out spots, the shower!