Color Learning

Ya know, when you spend several hours with a child each and every day, you come up with games that can sometimes take the least effort but still teach a great lesson. This game is one of my favorites, I like to think that it is teaching Jameson his colors, observation skills, fine motor skills, discernment, concentration, tongue protrusion skills, discrimination, aerobic exercise, retrieval skills, listening skills, verbal skills, and the list goes on and on… As you can tell, it takes a great effort on my part to contribute to this game which can sometimes be waring, but when you love a kid, you just do what you have to….

Prego Dreams

I tend to have very vivid and strange dreams when I am pregnant. I have had quite a few funny ones this time a round, but last night’s dream was the craziest. 

I went to the doctor (even thought this time around we’re using a midwife) and he said that we needed to do an emergency c-section immediately. Totally taken by surprise, I consented without even calling David!  So the surgery takes place, and it was so detailed it was as if I had really had one before… too many “A baby Story” shows for me… So, the baby is born, totally fine, a girl and looking like David. (every other pregnancy dream I’ve had this time around the baby has been a boy, so this was also new) Then it hits me, I’m only 18wks prego! There is no way the baby would have survived if it was born then, and like immediately, the baby shrinks into the palm of my hand and dies! Unbelievable! So, now I’m mad and I’m asking everyone why I had to have the emergency c-section and no one can tell me why. I find the doctor and he tells me this; The baby somehow had gotten out of my uterus and was floating around in my intestines. It was all tangled up and that is what was causing my heartburn and gas pains…

So, yeah, totally strange. Just thought I’d share the adventures of my nighttime rest with you all!

Aforementioned Kiddie Ride Videos!

Florida in Pics and Captions

Sign outside Alabama hole in the wall restaurant we ate at.

We're gonna make Jameson a front porch lovin kind of guy.

Teaching him what to do with sand castle molds.

No little shovel for this guy, go big or go home.

He never got too far from us on the beach, he was afraid to walk in the sand...

Making "Drip Castles" with Dad, he's so good he doesn't even need sand.

Very proud of his "patting" technique

I don't wanna be a pirate

This is better...

Dinner one night on the big ole ship

Kiddie fair rides! J rode the ferris wheel and the train!

St. Thomas Bay park, check out the moss in the tree

Like most 1-yr-olds, skipping the beans and rice and going straight for the salsa

He was getting bolder as the trip went on, but still wanted Daddy to hold him

Because Daddy does fun stuff like this

Oh, and Mom was there too

Balance Check!

Such a big boy...

Cool dude... is it called skim boarding?

On the way back J needed some get out and play time, the best park we could find was this ghetto campground park, but david got this fun Merry-Go-Round shot.

Yeah, a lot of pics, so I’ll save you on the words. Important stuff: Jameson was a great traveler, Mamaw and Papaw are awesome hosts, no one got burned, our bellies were stuffed every night by Mamaw’s awesome chef skills, introduced the g-parents to Red Robin, J and I got new sandals, Mamaw and Papaw are awesome hosts, James was a great traveler… yup, all the important stuff!

Florida Trip

There really is so much to say and post pictures of about our trip, but I have decided to put the house back into some sort of order before I attack our pile of pictures. So, stay in touch but it may be a couple of days!