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Sunday, June 7, 2009

Jackson Get's Baptized





Yes, we finally did it. Jackson was Baptized on June 7th 2009 at Saint Adalbert's Catholic Church in Berea, Ohio. Jackson was wonderful for the whole ceremony. He did not even make a peep during the water bath. He looked absolutely adorable in the outfits that both Grandparents gave him. Mimi and Grandpa gave him a beautiful Christening outfit with adorable white leather shoes and Grandma and Grandpa Kaylor gave him an adorable onesie with a cross and matching socks and a bib, Grandma had stitched his name and date on. Jackson's Godparents were there minus one, Kathy and John D. and Alison and unfortunately, my brother Bryant is the other one and is in the Air force and is was not able to make it.
We had a wonderful time and really appreciate all the love and support from our family, and for Jackson as he entered into the Church!






Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Mimi and Mother's Day






What a special Mother's Day, my mom Mimi came up from Tennessee to visit for the week and that was the best present I could have gotten.

We had a wonderful time when she was here. We went to the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Natural History Museum and Cleveland Botanical Gardens. It was so much fun and Jackson loved the dinosaurs in the History Museum.

On Mother's day I was surprised with breakfast in bed, my favorite super sweet sticky rolls, yum, yum, oh and I got to sleep in, which is a big deal in our house, as Jackson has his own clock and decides that 4, 5, 6 or 7 are good times to get up in the morning:)
We then headed to Mass and back to open presents. Chris and Jackson gave me some wonderful presents and I was on cloud nine. We then started working on our garden which has now grown to over half of our backyard.. eeekk, but you cannot beat fresh vegetables all summer long. After starting that project we decided that we were in need of some fuel so we went to my favorite Thai restaurant Sweet Mango, and had a fabulous meal. We have been going to the restaurant since day one and have become good friends with the owners, they have been through my pregnancy cravings of Thai at 7 am or 9pm or anytime in between and whenever they see Jackson they laugh and saw he is all Thai... They gave us a special desert for Mother's day, which was really meaningful because they had given us the same desert the night before I delivered Jackson as a celebration.

Easter





Wow ...

Time sure does fly. It is hard to believe that I am just posting an Easter story on here. We we had a very busy and exciting Easter. We woke up early Sunday morning to a surprise the Easter bunny had dropped off an amazing display of baskets filled with yummy goodies. Jackson however just wanted to play with the plastic wrap on the baskets, who knew...


After this we got dressed and headed to Chris's parent's home in Loudonville, Ohio where we attended church and then went back to there house for a wonderful feast and more Easter festivities including coloring eggs. It was so wonderful to be around family during the holidays:)

Monday, February 16, 2009

Mimi returns....







February 6, 2009

Mimi comes back for a visit and we had such a wonderful time. We went shopping for cloths and furniture and even made a trip to the Malley's Chocolate factory, yum was that fun:)




A friends 1st Birthday



January 30, 2009

Jackson went to his first birthday party. His friend and next door neighbor turned 1 and he got to join in the festivities!


He is quite the little party animal:)



The First Wagon Wheel



January 27, 2009

From veggies to wagon wheels. Jackson started to eat and love wagon wheels. They are the perfect size. We gave him cheerios but they are still a bit small but the wagon wheels fit perfectly into his hand and he absolutely loves them!

The first time in snow





January 10, 2009

It was a snowy but beautiful day so we decided to shovel the snow and let Jackson play outside for the first time.






Jackson Sits Up



January 6, 2009


Jackson sits up all by himself. What a milestone. It has been wonderful to be able to just sit him down and he can now sit up on his own!

Jackson eats "real" food!

December 29, 2008


Jackson ate "real" food, as in some rice cereal today. I am making all of his baby food and currently sweet potatoes and carrots are his favorite veggies and pears and apples are his favorite fruits. He likes edamame, but it is a bit tricky to eat:)

Thursday, January 1, 2009

New Year's with the Silverberg's




We had a pretty low key New Year's!
We met up with one other family, the Silverberg's who have a 2 year old boy and a 5 week old girl. They are so fun and we had a great time.

We had some kickin veggie lasagna, some cole slaw and some great black eyed pea salsa to start the new year out right. Desert was an array of brownies and cheesecake. I ate myself into oblivion and then made it home in time for baths and for Chris and I to be in bed and asleep by 10:30 pm. We are such exciting people!

Christmas in Mexico






We celebrated Christmas in Cleveland a week before Christmas and then traveled to Cancun, Mexico to be with my parents.


What a great time we had. Jackson got to get into the pool with his Dad for the first time. My parents also got a walker for him and he loved moving around the condo in it!

We had a lot of great dinners and a wonderful day at the Mayan Ruins. Jackson loved just being in the warmer temperatures and he actually got to see and play with his feet.
We had some great family time with my parents and Mimi babysat for us to have a dinner with just Chris and I, wow we really needed that.