He's 2.5....

...years old that is!! We are in full swing of toddler hood and still have all our hair!!! (Kidding) Jackson is still as sweet as can be, minus the moment he bit his good friend Jack in the arm SO hard it left a mark for every single one of his teeth.....oh did he get in SO much trouble and we felt horrible for our little Jack!!! Hopefully that was a moment of lessons learned for our son! The other 99% of the time we really lucked out with our little man. He is so sweet and easy going and a joy to be around.
He now sleeps in a big boy bed, he does a good job of staying put with his new found freedom! There are the occasional nights when going to bed is a little rougher than others (meaning getting up about 3 times before he finally crashes). He definitely is a night man and not a morning person, but that is exactly how I am so it works great for us! Now that he has mastered all of his motor skills he has had a super language explosion!! It started when we went to California for our last trip in March, Jackson looks up to his Auntie Ally very much and I think wanted be just like her and talk a lot. Its great hearing his little voice all the time asking questions, responding to ours and just being such a plain ole' big boy! We have also attempted the "big boy" underwear lately. Some days are better than others of course. He goes on the potty at least once a day and has for quite awhile now, I am taking his lead on the whole potty training thing. One day I am sure it will just click!
Thursday was his last day of school but he will start a new school for summer class in a couple of weeks. He really enjoyed going and I am so glad we started him in it! The new school will be great for us since it is less than a 10 min. drive from our house (as opposed to 15+) and it starts at 930am (as opposed to 9) which is great for our late riser.
As for his stats, last time we checked he is just over 33lbs and just under 36 inches tall. Not tiny by any means but totally thinning out. Here is my newest favorite picture of him....

Its been awhile...

... which is SO not like me! But since we bought our new blackberry's (which you couldn't beat the buy one get one free deal at verizon!) I haven't been sitting at the computer as much (which is a good thing?!?!?!). We have been our usual busy selves right now, but I am thinking that is never going to change. I guess I should back track a bit....
For Easter I had to sing at all 3 services at church so it was a very busy morning. Then we headed up to Conroe to see the family and have a casual lunch and Easter egg hunt with all the boy cousins. YES...all the cousins after myself and my eldest cousin Kandace are boys...totaling in 8 boys under the age of 20!!! (Do you think we need some pink??). Jackson LOVED finding eggs this year, he was able to do 3 egg hunts so you can imagine the load of unnecessary candy we had at our house. My mom also moved back from Norway for good during this time which was exciting.




The weekend after Easter was spent at car dealerships looking for a new family car. NO we are not having a baby yet but we are thinking for the future. With Rick not needing a truck anymore for work and with the amazing deals out there right now we felt it was a good time. My requirements were leather, blue tooth and key less access....so we got a Ford Edge! God's blessings continue to pour out for us and we feel so fortunate! We love our new car!!
The last weekend in April was filled with a garage sale (yes, I feel like we have become the garage sale junkies) and 2 birthday parties. Also, 3 friends gave birth to babies this last week!! Its for sure babyville around here!!
This week has been a little less eventful (minus the dinner for 50 at church while we watched the movie Fire Proof which was AMAZING), Jackson's allergies are in full ROAR right now which caused him to have a nasty cough this last week and with all this swine flu craziness going around we have decided to lay low. I don't personally think that it would kill us or anything crazy like that but I DO NOT want to even get the flu around here!!!! I hope April was great for each of you and I hope that you all celebrated the rejoicing day of Our Risen Savior, who died for us so that we can live!!