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!

My Surprise Party and Daddy's away

Carl threw me a surprise 30th birthday party on Sat Feb 9th with the help of my best friends Amy and Tonianne. The party didn't surprise me as much as the people who were all there including my wonderful neighbors and my FAMILY! My Mom, Dad, Christy, Daniel, Michelle, Katie, Rachel and Timmy. We had a great night of fun with some really delicious food and almond torte cakes! We played minute to win it games and Taboo. I had a lot of great laughs. It was an adults only party and I was grateful for that time with my friends.

Thank you baby for an awesome evening!!!

This week Carl has been away in CA for work so my mom graciously stayed for the week. We had a packed week and the help was exactly what I needed! Jackson had a rough couple of days but he has started to enjoy his peapod again. He likes us to sing to him and rock him back and forth.

 Tenley loves her new camping out spot in our bedroom!

On Ash Wed we went to Ford's Fish Shack for fish sandwiches. It was very good and the kids were pretty good too. Tenny is now telling me she has to go potty pretty often and so I've had to take her in public restrooms. gross!!

One of the things that Nana does when she comes is wash Tenny's dolly's hair. Tenley has now seen this enough to have figured out how she can do it in the sink herself. It's so cute to watch her!

My 30th Birthday

Today is my 30th birthday. Wow I can't believe I just wrote that! It was a pretty amazing day! It started with an early (for us) morning at 8am. I had breakfast with the kids and even got to snuggle with Jackson on the couch for a bit. Then at 11:30 we went over to Tonianne's house for a birthday brunch. Tonianne hosted a yummy brunch with a great spread of food! I even got to take home some leftover Blueberry Buttermilk Cake! Amy, Ariana, Alaina, Melanie, Colin, Renee, Karis and Ethan were all there too! It was difficult for me to handle Jackson there because he needs open space to roam and I had to hold him alot. He also snuck away and walked right out the front door!!! I was glad to see my friends though, they are all so caring and sweet!
Carl came home early and we took the kids to their Music Together class. Jackson just wanted to run around the whole time. It was cute watching Tenley! After that we went to my pick for dinner, Bon Chon for their famous chicken wings! Right after they came out we had to pack up and go home. Jackson had enough! When we got home Carl waited for me to sit down at my computer and had a special slide show waiting that told me we were going to The Homestead March 1-3 and that he already made arrangements for the kids to be taken care of. I am sooo excited. It meant so much that he planned something so special and romantic for us!