Somewhere in between.....

Somewhere in between Summer and Fall so much has happened. My baby turned into a toddler and my toddler turned into a Preschooler. Lets start with Jackson. Jackson has the most incredible imagination I have ever heard. He amazes me all the time with the things he does and says. He is developed the wonderful appreciation for hero's and superhero's....Buzz Lighyear, Woody, Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Fireman, a Hunter, A Dallas Cowboys Hootball player (as he calls it).... just to name a few! We Brad, Collin and I are all his evil enemies such as Lots-o-Hugs, the Green Goblin, The Joker, a deer, the defense (because he is always the offense), in the case of Superman I am not the villain but Louis Lane who always get saved. Needless to say we go through these characters and many more almost everyday. Jackson also started Pre K 3 this year and he absolutely loves it!! It has been so good for his, while hilarious but timid personality! With that said Jackson has obviously said some pretty funny and some inappropriate things.
So here are a few things out of the mouth of JACK:
While sitting on the counter one morning as I prepared breakfast for him, he was watching his cartoons as usual and turns and looks at me and says "you idiot!" I was in complete shock!! I thought to myself surely he said something else and then say to him "What did you say?" Obviously not realizing that he would enjoy saying it again and he says louder and with a glare on his face "YOU IDIOT!" I was just as shocked the second time as I was the first, I don't know why, did I actually think he would change his words. What was going to do about this.....you guessed, I covered my mouth turned around and died laughing!!! Wrong thing to do, laughing is code to a 3 year old to REPEAT!!! So we quickly had to stop and figure out where this came from.....you guessed, SPIDERMAN taught him to say those endearing words! Our rule now is you can say "you idiot" all you want but only to the "imaginary" monsters we fight when we are playing Spiderman and not mommy when she is playing the monsters!!
One day as I was driving down the road, Jackson and Collin in the backseat watching their movie as usual, Jackson very sweetly says "Mommy?" I of course reply "Yes baby?" He says "When it is Christmas time, we will have Christmas lunch together and Christmas dinner together and watch It's a Wonderful Life together." My mouth dropped and I was speechless! I know he can remember that we eat Christmas dinner together but we have never watched It's a Wonderful Life as a family we watch Christmas Vacation every year.
One day Jackson walks up to my mom (mimi) and says "The suspense is killing me!!!" As usual she was speechless as we are most of the time. She asked "Where did you hear that?" And there was no response.
Where did he learn some the phrases and $2.00 words he says? Who really knows, but they sure are funny!

Collin is as usual doing his best to keep up with his big brother. He has earned the nickname Tuffy because he can take anything Jackson dishes out! Jackson does not know what he has come for him, one day soon Collin is gonna pay him back! While you have no idea what will come out of Jackson's mouth there is nothing coming out of Collin's. He refuses to talk! He will shake his head "yes" and shake his head "no" and will say momma and dada when it is necessary. I am fairly sure he doesn't talk because of his addiction to his pacifier! Wow are we going to be in trouble trying to take that away from him!

September

So here we are in our new home, just moved in and boxes everywhere, all in time for Collins 1st Birthday!!! I can't believe my baby is ONE!!! Wow how time flies by so fast, We have a 3 year old and a 1 year old...when did we grow up???

Up to this point Collin is still the sweetest little blue eyed angel, he has been so passive and relaxed, especially with Jackson! Then we he turned 1! We had a sock monkey birthday with just family. Mom and I made the monkey cake ourselves....which is really great for us!! It was time to open presents Collin really enjoyed this part and so did Jackson, of course!! We got Collin and Vacum Cleaner and Mimi and G-daddy got him the Zebra toy. He loved both toys so much and couldn't decide which one he wanted to play with and this is when he decided to be a toddler and not a baby.....he sat on his zebra with vacum in hand so that Big Brother Jackson couldn't play with either....Collin finally took ownership of something and Jackson was not allowed to play with Collin's toys!

Summertime!!!

As if you couldn't tell I have been so busy I haven't had time to update this blog....It was on of my "New Year Goals" but I seem to be failing! Oh well, better late than never, right? So, since I am so behind on my updates I am going to have to generalize this Summer.
JUNE.....As it began to get so hot outside we started swimming and swimming and swimming, we swam every chance we could!!! Jackson loves to be in the water but hates to get his hair or ears wet, so we pretty much float around! Collin loves the water and has so much fun, his pail skin though has to be slathered in sunscreen!! Then we had Jackson's 3rd birthday!!! I can not believe how fast time goes by. We had a Toy Story birthday party, Buzz and Woody and the whole gang. We saw TS3 prior to the party which only enhanced Jackson enthusiasm for the party. Who would have know the day after the outrageous Toy Story party he would inform us his new favorite character was Batman!! Collin quickly learned to love Toy Story. This is the beginning of Jackson morphing into any character at any moment!! Jackson's birthday was on the 20th and Collin turned 9 months on the 23rd. A few days after we hit the 9 month mark Collin decided it was time to start walking!! I couldn't believe it, he is the littlest 9 month old I knew, like in the 2oth percentile, yet this tiny little sweet boy decided to start walking like a champ. We also had Collin's Baby dedication this month! Such a precious time in our life to celebrate the gift that God has given us!

July and August...As the temperature continues to get hot we continued to stay as cool as possible until we decided to go to Florida for vacation...Disney World here we come!! Collin took Florida on better than the rest of us...he would just sit in his stroller and took everything, his favorite was the blue slushies his G-daddy would give him and he loved the rides!! Jackson loved to look at everything at Disney World yet hated and cried on every ride we took him on. He couldn't wait to meet Buzz, Woody and Jessie (who he has informed us is his Girlfriend). We waited and waited in line and finally made Jackson's dreams come true!!

When we returned from vacation we signed the papers and bought a new home!! We were in desperate need of more room with two growing and busy boys and that is exactly what we got...we are truly so blessed!! This new home needed a little TLC...okay maybe a lot!! We painted and painted and painted and cleaned and laid tile and had carpet put down and moved in our beautiful spacious new home!!! Pictures of the house to come when we are moved in!