Every Mom has got to love when this happens spontaneously… it’s not very often that a 20mo-old climbs up into your resting session, gets comfy and promptly falls asleep. Ahhh, what a cutie!

Here are a few pictures of the view out of our living room slider. This branch hangs right in front of our porch, awesome yellows huh?… the other part of the view is a year round occurrence…

We had a lot of fun playing the name game when we were deciding on a name for our first son, who is now Jameson as some of you might know…. But for this one, we thought we didn’t need the game. “No need to broadcast it” “It doesn’t really matter what others’ think” “It not as big of  deal this time around” are all things we were thinking… We also thought that we had it down… But once we thought we had decided, we talked more, and decided that we have not decided. So we’re back to our fav five and we’d like to see what others’ have to say this time around as well. So please include your input! I’ve posted a poll on FB, and Isaac is kicking butt! 

Isaac

Jonathan

Nathanael

William

Zachariah/Zachary (undecided)

One little boy in one big bed, think he has enough leg room? Jameson is sleeping in his new bed starting tonight!… and I thought I didn’t get any sleep last night…. I love that I found some airplane sheets that match our room colors. So keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we make this big transition!

He’s the coolest big boy on the block.

… and this is how he plans to escape!

Did you know that Jameson loves smoothies?

We spent a short time at a local Pumpkin Patch the other evening, it was pretty chilly, but we still had fun! It’s the same place I took J last year.

Jameson is getting a new bed in November! David and I are thinking that 1) we want him in a big bed before baby two gets here 2) We’re going to Cali in late December and Jameson has outgrown the pack and play we have there. 3) We don’t have anymore weddings in Nov., so no one else will be putting him to bed for a while.

So, the fun begins! The past couple of months I’ve been trying to catch things on sale, like sheets, a mattress cover, and comforter. Originally we had the grand idea of going ahead and getting bunkbeds that the boys will eventually share, but we’ve since let all of that big dreaming go. We think a mattress on the floor is fine, BUT I found an entire bed set (mattress, box spring, frame, headboard, sheets if we want them) on Craig’s List for $100! That is a spectacular deal!

So, I’m pretty excited as I got the final touches yesterday at Walmart… airplane sheets! Pics will definitely come when we get everything together.

Now comes the time for everyone to share their good and not-so-good stories about transferring to the big bed… Please share!

Wow, so its Thursday, last night I was totally thinking that if posted today it would only be a day late…. that goes to show how off I am this week. Monday was a holiday so that threw a little loop into things… 

Last week I would give myself a D+. I did about average, but since I’m trying to improve, it would be a below average performance. Also, two meals were crap, which always makes for sad times. They don’t make good leftovers! I also accidentally left out the chicken I was going to use for soup over night… I don’t mess with guessing if those things are good or not. TRASH. Also, my jar of minced garlic leaked because the lid was not on tight, ruining the smell of my kitchen and getting into some things. Geez! So, I’m here, thursday, with nothing. No plan, other than tonight. Fridays are busy in the mornings for us so we’ll see if I get to the grocery store… we have plenty to make something for every meal, but I’m bummed because I am trying to Improve! 

Better luck and persistence next week!

We were up. Early. Got Jameson up. Early. After a wedding night, I might add. We were there at the appointed time. The beautiful sunrise finally popped over the horizon line of puffy clouds. “Surely they’ll start filling the balloons any minute now,” we thought from our well-thought-out previously planned outside the gate position. Any minute now 50 hot-air balloons are going to fill the sky. 

It did not turn out in such a glorious manner. Only moments later we happen to notice the trailers of the balloons leaving, baskets and all! We had no idea where they would be headed, so after seeing a good 10-12 head out we decided to drive by the gate and ask the attendants what the heck was going on. They had decided to change the race from taking off in the field to the kind of race where they place a target in the field and all the balloons try to swoop in as close as possible and drop things on the target. I’m sure it takes great strategy to judge the wind and height and all that good stuff, making the competition side of things even greater, but we sure were bummed. This meant that the trucks we had just seen leave would not be returning for another 45-60min. So, we decided to go grab some bagel breakfast and come back in time for their coming in. In that 45min a bunch of clouds came in and it looked as though it may even rain again, just as the balloons came in. The ones that did make it close to the field were all scattered, coming in from different directions and we could see a good 10 in the distance that had misjudged and were landing in some random places all over town.

All that to say that we were really bummed, and there was a lot of huffing going on in our car. The few pics we managed are still cute, but we had such grand hopes for greater art! So here’s what we saw, sorry its not spectacular!

They're everywhere!

I was glad to see this one come in close, it's probably in my top three favorites!

Watching them come in straight overhead can be a neck breaker!

Forts! There is so much to teach your first child! Not that his own imagination will not one day take off on its own… but we sure do enjoy helping the process along. Here was his first lesson in fort building!

#1 Rule: No standing up!