1st Birthday Pictures

First Birthday Pictures. I just had to post these because they are so cute. I now a little late but better late than never. His party was party like a rock star. We totally went all out his invites where backstage passes, we had the hollywood blvd with all the kids names and jackson's cake was the hollywood star I also made me and Matt shirts that said rockstar mom and rockstar dad. It was so much fun and jackson was surround by everyone who loves him which was the most important thing of all.

OK I'M HORRIBLE

I know you all are asking where have I been but most of you all see me at church. I really have no excuse. They only one thing I can't stand about blogging is not having any pictures to post but the past few weeks I've tried to post but I can't get my stupid camera to load pictures. But I will try to update you. Jackson is finally walking he started walking on July 31st and finally figured out how to pick himself up yesterday instead of crawling to the nearst wall to pull himself up on after he falls. As most of you already heard he got his first haircut about a month ago and she cut it way to short in the back. I cried but he didn't even move once. He has 13 teeth now yes I said 13. He has been none stop since 4 months old. He talks up a storm and never slows down. He is growing like a weed and everyone compares him to the gerber baby. I'm trying to see if there is anything I'm missing besides pictures but it's been so long. I really wish I could post some of his cute pictures of him at Huber's last weekend the child is so loving towards animals he gets right up to them doesn't even think twice about. I will try to post more and with pictures will see how well I'll do !!

My First Mother's Day

Sunday was my first offical Mother's Day. Last year was a practice run. It was great we went to church then to my parents where my mother's side was out there. Jackson got to play with his cousin Isabel who is 8 months older and only weighs 5lbs more than Jackson. He's such a chunker. Matt is (meaning still) building my mother's day present along with my dad's help. It's almost done. It's a cute window bench with cubbies for Jackson toys. Cannot wait to get it because I'm running out of room. Then we went and visit my mother in law and nephew for awhile. It was such a busy day but a great memoriable Mother's Day. It was weird for me because I celebrated this day for years and now it's a day for me.I will try to post pictures of Jackson dedication and others I have been really busy this week my cousin is getting married on Saturday and I'm the Maid of Honor/Wedding Planner. If I didn't dye my hair blonde I sure you would see gray!!

We have a crawler

I had to post this because we are so excited Jackson finally crawled Monday! And it's the cutest crawl too. His one knee is dragging as the other foot it walking along. I don't care how he does it he's just finally doing it. I was afraid he was going to walk before he crawled. And of course he is getting into everything he has had his eye on for awhile. I will have to post pictures and video of it. It's way cute.

Had to try this too!

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The Hardest Thing

So most of you all know that our dogs are our children too. We have 3 of them Lady(our first born as we call her) Abby, and Molly. Matt had gotten Lady for me when we first started dating. She was the best dog ever. I don't even think she knew she was dog. She never left our side. She loved playing basketball out back. She had her own personality. And I admit it she was treated better than the other two. A year ago last Feb. the day after Matt's dad past away we found a knot underneath her belly, We took her to the vet for an ultrasound and surgery to see what it was. It was a tumor the size of a two softballs. The vet said this kind of tumor in dogs only lived 42 weeks after being removed. Lady's couldn't be removed. It was already so big and she wasn't even showing signs of being sick. We just try to give her the best quality of life. Days went by and she was doing great still going outside playing and doing her own thing. Months went by and still fine. I was just praying that she would make it until Jackson was born. I didn't think I could take another big loss. I should say that if it wasn't for Matt's dad who worked with the people we got Lady from we would have never got her. She was doing great but the tumor just kept getting bigger. The past winter she got so skinny and her belly was so big. She looked like and starving pregnant dog. After I started staying at home and spending more time at my parents I started taking her with me everyday. It got to the point to where she couldn't get into the car everyday so I started leaving her there. She didn't mind though she loved it at mom and dad's she got spoiled even more there than at our house. It was there grandchild. She used to get so excited when we asked her about going to gma's and gpa's, she didn't know if we were going to Matt's parents so she could get a box of cookies (yes cookies) or my parents to get a cooked meal!! Yes I know it sounds stupid but she really was like a child. Me and Matt had her for 7 years. She lived what I think was a great life. We had to put her to sleep Friday. She out lived what the studies said and what was the life expectancy of a dog that had it removed. She wasn't able to get up and move anymore and she seemed unhappy. It was getting really tough seeing and caring for her. It was the hardest and most painful thing we ever had to do. I told Matt it was harder than labor. We miss her so much already. We love you Lady and we will never be able to find another dog like you!

10 Months

I don't believe how fast this year has gone by. It's just like you were born and we blinked and now your 2 months shy from being 1. You are getting so big. You are so much fun to be around. You have learned a lot within the past few months. You words are moma dada, dog, doggie, bye-bye, dirty. You are catching on with Where's your belly. You have touched it a few times now since this past week. You tilt your head when someone is talking to you like Abby (our dog) does it is so cute. You wave bye-bye and come here. You love going to the park with your cousin Caleb and play on the swing and in the hollow tunnels so you bang on the inside. You like the slide too but not as much.

Friday was your first time mowing the grass with your Papa. You were not happy with me when we had to go.

You love all kinds of animals. You really liked feeding all the animals on you great grandpa's farm. Nothing really seems to bother you. Even when all the cows moo when we bent down to feed them.

These have been the good times when you really interact with everything that is going on. Mommy's so excited to be spending all this time with you now, it's really a blessing on how everything works out. We love you so much

xoxo Mommy and Daddy