A Sneak Peek

Here she is... Our little girl! It is amazing that they can get such clear pictures these days! She is at 29 weeks gestation and weighs about 3 lbs right now. That puts her in the 47% percentile, so the doctors are very happy with her growth. (Some people have told me lately that I look small.) She was very active during the ultrasound, so we got some great pictures!

Do you see the little "hamburger" just above the writing that says, "It's a girl"? Those are her girlie parts.

She already has an inch of hair! We're gonna need to bring ponytail holders and bows w/ us to the hospital!! :-)

A happy little girl already!!

It was so exciting to see these pictures, but now we're even more anxious to meet her! Only a couple more months to go!!

Meeska Mooska, Jackson's Twoska!

We celebrated Jackson's 2nd birthday on Saturday with a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse party. Mickey is definitely his favorite character/cartoon right now and after meeting him at Disney a couple of months ago it was evident that Mickey and the gang would have to be a part of Jackson's 2nd birthday!


The party prepping got started on Friday with the cake baking/decorating. Amy and I have a tradition of decorating the kid's cakes, and boy am I glad we are a team! I had really big ideas for the Clubhouse cake and we were able to make them all a reality. Of course there were challenges... (What cake decorating party would be complete without a few challenges??) ...making the Mickey head, running out of confectioner's sugar at 9:45 pm (Thanks, Sean & Stevie!), & melty grass, but it was nothing that we couldn't overcome! We even had two extra handy helpers for a while -- Cheryl & Alyssa! We were sad to lose them early in the night b/c Cheryl had become the brains of our operation, and Alyssa, well she's good at a lot -- coloring fondant, piping icing, etc. She has her own portfolio of cakes she's decorated! Well, by 1am Amy & I were cleaning up and very satisfied with what we had done.

Jackson had no idea that Ryley & Emma had spent the night at his house, so he was very excited to see them there first thing Saturday morning! There couldn't have been a better way to start off his day! Check out him and Emma on his truck... It was too cute!

Ryley helped out with the finishing touches Saturday morning!

Pop-Pop was ready for the party!

Here it is... Jackson's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake!

Family pictures...

Ok, so we attempted a picture with Aunt Amy, Uncle Stevie and the kids, but that turned out to be quite a challenge! Jackson was over having his picture taken and he and Emma both were way more interested in getting back to their play!
It's PARTY TIME! Here are Jackson and his buddy, Tate, riding the Gator!

Now Tate has taken over in the driver's seat, but Ryley was there to help out with the steering!

We were so happy that we were able to share Jackson's fun day with so many of our wonderful family & friends!

More Gator time!

Mrs. Crocker and Mrs. Hines with their creation!

Time to open presents!!

Let's eat!

Finally!!! What we were all waiting for...cake!! (I love this picture! Thanks, Chris!!)

Jackson could finally touch the cake! (It had been so tempting all day!)

Yummy!!

"Now it's time to say good-bye..."

"M-I-C...K-E-Y...M-O-U-S-E! HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY, JACKSON!!

Fishin' at Nana & Pa-Jack's

Last Saturday morning, the Fourth of July, we went out for a little fishing in the pond. The neighbors, Johnny and Paula came over with their two grandkids, Dylan and Jailynn, to fish with us. Pa-Jack made Jackson and Dylan cane fishing poles and Johnny had picked up matching fishing shirts for them at a tackle shop, so they were all set! (The smallest size they had was pretty big, but they were cute with them on.)

Here are Nana and Jackson trying to catch the monster bass.

But it was Sean who really reeled in the monster!

Just kidding! :-) Actually though, he did catch the winner for the day! Here he is w/ the prize bass!

Of course waiting on a fish to bite is only entertaining for a short time when you are this age. They had a good time just running around and playing together!

"Buddies"

Birthday Boy!

After Jackson's nap, we headed down to Bladenboro for some more birthday fun. He was so excited to see the balloons Nana had tied to the picnic table for him. And of course he was very excited to see another present! There is no question that he gets that part! But not only does he want to open the present, he wants you to open the present...as in, he wants everything out of the box right away! And he has no patience for packaging!

Nana had a great birthday dinner waiting for him, with lots of summer goodness...potatoes, squash, deviled eggs, cole slaw and some of Ziggy's BBQ. Dinner was followed by Jackson's favorite...cupcakes! Look at him trying to blow out the candles... Too cute!

"Seriously Mommy, I'm trying to eat my cupcake. No pictures, please."

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After dinner and cupcakes we headed back outside for a spectacular, daylight fireworks show! These fireworks were a gift to us in the hospital from Don and Jen right after Jackson was born. Since Jackson is fast asleep by the time darkness falls in July, we decided to go ahead and light them up before he went to bed.

Here are Nana and him taking them all in. Pa-Jack was there to provide all the "Oh" and Ah's".

"WOW!"

"Yay!"

Golf Pros (at least in my eyes!)

A couple of weeks ago, Sean and his Dad played in the Wilson Country Club Member-Guest Golf Tourney and they finished in 2nd place! Woo Hoo!! They had a great time together, playing golf on Saturday and Sunday. Beth and I joined in on the fun Saturday night at a wonderful dinner and dance. They plan to make this an annual tradition, so we'll see if they are able to come home #1 next year. But hey, no matter where they finish, just spending a couple of days together on the golf course has to be the best part!! Great job, Sean and Pat!

Catching Up

We've been pretty busy around here and blogging has had a hard time making it to the top of my list. I don't want miss anything, so I'm going to try and play catch up today.

Happy Birthday, Jackson!!

Jackson is 2 years old today!! So hard to believe! It has been a great journey so far and I know the fun is just getting started!