Easter 2009

What a wonderful Easter weekend! It all started Friday morning when we met some friends at Stomping Grounds playland for a playdate. OK-coolest place ever! It is a huge indoor playground/coffee shop. Jackson loved it there. Friday evening we went to the Good Friday service at church and then out for some ice cream with friends. We moved in to our new worship center at church, and I absolutely love it in there!!! Saturday morning Jackson's Pops & GranMartha kidnapped him from us. They took him out to breakfast, to the Harley dealership to look at motorcycles (Jackson is obsessed), and to the playground at the mall. He had a blast! We took advantage of a kid-free Sat.morning and got a lot of projects done around the house. We spent the rest of the day at home together-loved it! Sunday morning we helped out with the children's activities at church and then enjoyed an awesome Easter service. Afterwards, we went to my parents' house for a delicious Easter lunch that my mom made. Yum! Hope your Easter was special too!

Jackson got a new log cabin (someone from church was giving it away!). He loves to go outside and play in it.

messy yogurt face

Jackson & Bryce taking a snack break at Stomping Grounds
Tried to get a group picture- Carson & Bryce are posing so nicely...that's Jackson's head at the bottom of the pic

Diapers

Let's Go Fly A Kite

Babymoon

Ryan and I had the most wonderful time on our "babymoon." We started off taking Jackson to meet his Nana & Papa John in China Springs, TX at Ryan's grandparents house. It was so fun to see them and to let Jackson enjoy farm life! We hit the road and headed to the Hyatt Lost Pines Resort right outside of Austin. It was amazing! When we checked in, they told us our room wasn't ready so they would have to give us a free upgrade. We felt like we were in the middle of nowhere, but had all the nice luxuries we needed. We really didn't do much there except relax! We would sit in the rocking chairs and drink coffee, go on walks, lay out by the pool, sit by the fire, eat lots of yummy food, and sleep as late as we wanted. Our "treats" for the trip were a golf game for Ryan and a massage at the spa for me. It was so nice to have a mini-vacation before this baby comes. Jackson loved it too! His grandparents spoiled him- they even took him to Mr. Gatti's! The sweetest thing was talking to Jackson on the phone from the resort. He would say, "I love you, Daddy and I love you, Mommy." I missed him a lot, but we all enjoyed ourselves very much!

Here's a random video of our cutie pie:

Houston Livestock Show

So remember how we were having perfect outside weather? Today was FREEZING cold and raining, but we roughed it and went to the livestock show anyway. We met our friends the Leesers there and had a great time! Jackson and Lincoln loved looking at all the animals, making animal noises, eating yummy rodeo food, and running around the petting zoo. We will definitely be taking Jackson back every year. (I think I'll enjoy it more when I'm not pregnant- the smells are a little overwhelming!) Here's some pics of the little buckaroos:
















Hi Goat!

Outside

We have had BEAUTIFUL weather lately! We pretty much live outside these days, and it's so nice! Jackson will bring me his shoes and tell me "put on, go outside." Here are some pics of him where he is the happiest- outside!

Feeding the ducks is SO MUCH fun.

Ryan teaching Jackson how to fly his new kite

Jackson flying his kite (sorry I didn't acually get the kite in the pic-oops)

Best Buds

He LOVED the sprinkler!

Some Non-Jackson News:
1. Ryan and I were able to go on 2 dates in the past week and a half!!! Ryan & Kathryn had Jackson over for a sleepover last weekend, so we went to dinner and a movie- awesome! Thursday night we were given rodeo tickets to see Clay Walker, so Jackson had a slumber party with his GranMartha & Pops while we went. I kinda like dating my husband! :-)

2. I am 31 weeks pregnant. Yay!!! I went to the doctor this week and had ANOTHER big weight gain month- OOPS! Oh well. I had to take the 3 hour glucose tolerance test to check me for gestational diabetes (which I had with Jackson), so I'm pretty sure I'll be put on a strict diet once the results come in. I realized that I haven't been putting belly pics on here, so I'll do that soon.

That's all. Jackson is 20 months old tomorrow...can NOT believe it!