Stud Muffin

These are pictures of Jackson before church the other day. He now wears his cowboy boots almost every Sunday and gets so many compliments on them! "Aunt Stephanie's" mom bought them for him when he was born. Ever since, we have been counting down the months until he got big enough to wear them. The time has finally come...

and we love it! He looks so grown up in this picture:)

Rearranging the pumpkins on our porch
Aren't the boots so cool?

Tagged

I've been tagged by my friend, Carole, so y'all now get to learn a little bit more about me:) Here goes...

First, post a picture of you and your child. Surprisingly so, we don't have very many pics of just us...this needs to change! Here's one of Jackson sporting his bandana.

1. How many kids do you have?

Pretty sure you all know that I've got my hands full with one crazy little guy.

2. Age of child?

He is 19 1/2 months old

3. What time do you start your day?

Usually around 7:30 or a little before.

4. What do you eat for breakfast?

Either cereal (honey nut cheerios, raisin bran, frosted flakes, or my fav, cinnamon toast crunch) or maple and brown sugar oatmeal, with a piece of toast.

5. Do your kids watch T.V.?

This is an emphatic, NO! Jackson will not have anything to do with T.V. shows or DVDs. Maybe some day he will slow down enough to enjoy some good cartoons:)

6. What are his favorite activities?

Right now Jackson loves going to Little Gym every week. He especially enjoys playing with the balls and hanging on the bars like a little monkey. He also loves to go on walks--really likes to take the dogs, although he's a little unsure now about holding the leash himself. He loves his two new toys, the slide and car gadget I just got him. He also really likes to go to the park and run all around.

7. Do you get a break during the day for some you time?

Yes, thank goodness! Jackson is an excellent napper, so I get about 3 hours in the afternoons to do whatever I please. I usually get caught up with my emails, read some blogs, do a blog post of my own, return calls since it is nearly impossible to talk on the phone with J around, then do pilates while I watch General Hospital on the DVR. If I've still got some extra time I will read something...People Magazine is a fave and I am currently readying The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, which is excellent.

8. How do you end your day?

If it's my turn to put Jackson to bed, then I usually fall asleep in his room while "pretending" to be asleep. I'll tell him, mommy is tired, Jackson is tired, why don't you lay your head down like this. Then I lay down in his chair and close my eyes. It works really well because he goes right to sleep...only problem is that a lot of times, I do too! If Jared puts him to bed, then I get to watch a show--maybe ER or Dancing with the Stars.

9. What is your best parenting advice or tip?

Keep a good sense of humor whenever possible. Even when they are being little stinkers, they are still so precious and I know that this time is fleeting, so I'm trying to really embrace every day.

10. I'm tagging 5 people...

Jennifer Z., Lindsey L., Katie H., Sarah H., Hayley E.

Adventures of Curious George

Jackson has a new best friend. I must say, I wholeheartedly approve. Curious George is a great little guy and is always willing to go off on any kind of fun adventure.

Going down the slide with Jackson...what a brave little monkey

Supervising Jackson as he plays with his new cars


Riding around town looking for some fun. Today he went to Grandma's house and to eat at Two Rows for dinner.
He was very well behaved at both.

Strolling in the 'hood. Gotta wear those shades:)

All in all, I'd say Jackson's found the perfect friend.

Owl Football

We took Jackson to his first Garland Owl football game a few weeks ago. He did so good, that we decided to take him again last week to see the Owls play South Garland. We all had so much fun. The Owls won in the last 60 seconds and we actually got to stay for the whole game...amazing!

Jackson was ready for half-time to be over with at this point. He doesn't really have a whole lot of love for the Mighty Owl Band or the Dashing Debs.

Both of Jackson's grandfathers were at the game, too. Now, if we could just get my dad and J to look at the camera for more than 2 seconds. My dad always says that he has ADD...there could not be any truer words spoken.

Jackson loved getting to have a drink of Boom Paw's coke.

Delicious. He also got to share Boom Paw's popcorn. After some good snacks like that, a boy's ready for some more football.

Daddy's dream come true

Yesterday afternoon I had a wedding shower to go to, so Jared was on Jackson duty. When I got home, I found both of them upstairs watching the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. It was so cute.

Jackson was sitting on the couch next to his daddy, sharing goldfish, and cheering on the Deacs. I know Jared was just in heaven:)

We just got Jackson's Wake Forest t-shirt in the mail on Friday, so he got to wear it during the game. Even though they didn't win, he still looked way cool, and I know his daddy got a huge kick out of it.

So cool!

My sister ordered a onesie for Miss Madison and it arrived in the mail today. She wouldn't tell me what the surprise was, and instead insisted that I come over to see it. My curiosity was definitely peaked...

Imagine my excitement when she unveiled this hilarious personalized outfit. It's a little hard to see it in this picture, but it reads "If you think I'm cute, you should see my Aunt Crystal." Awww...how sweet. She ordered it from www.cafepress.com. I checked out their site and found all kinds of cool things. Just wanted to share.

Family Pics

Here are some family pictures we took earlier this week. I thought they turned out so cute and wanted to share them with y'all.

Just us three

Jackson with his Gran Gran and Grandma. I absolutely love this picture!

All the Hays boys. Jackson was so happy he got to be in this picture:)