Fall Photos

After I had Jackson, and I was still HUGE, I never wanted to be in any pictures with him. I was just so afraid of looking fat in all the pictures. A few months after that I was looking through photos to scrapbook and I realized that I didn't have any pictures of Jackson and me. This made me very sad. I decided then that no matter what I looked like I would always be in pictures with my son. When Jackson and I went to North Carolina my parents wanted some photos of all their grand kids and it was a great opportunity to get in some photos with Jackson before I get HUGE again. Here are some of the photos, the really good ones are being touched up and should be on the site soon. The picture of Jackson all by himself I love because he is saying cheeeese, but there is a pretty bad shadow, just imagine it without that and enjoy that beautiful little boy!

So this is our next little peanut. We kind of have a love/hate relationship right now with how sick I am feeling. I actually am happy if I can go two straight hours without feeling like I am going to puke. Last Monday I went to the doctor for our first ultrasound of the new baby. I was a little nervous just because I knew how important it was that we heard a heartbeat. (The risk of miscarriage goes from 80% to 3% once there is a heart beat.) I asked Josh to come and keep an eye on Jackson as I talked to the doctor. He was only able to stay for a little while because he had class, I thought it would all work out because I thought that they would do the ultrasound first. It turned out that he had to leave before the ultrasound. Josh was told that with how sick I am that we are either having twins or a girl. Josh said that he didn't want either. (What a guy, he just wants an entire basketball team.) After Josh left I gave Jackson a bunch of cookies and begged him to behave. (My awesome mothering skills in action.) I had the ultrasound and right away the doctor found a strong heartbeat. Then she tried to measure the baby to find the exact due date because we weren't exactly sure what it was. It was funny because she was having such a hard time measuring the baby because it is so long...we are going to have another tall one!
After I left the doctors with my new due date June 28th, 2009, I texted Josh to let him know all the good news. I wrote, "The babies look good, nice strong heart beats". He then wrote back that I better be kidding about the plural form of baby. I then replied that it was all his fault because his grandma is a twin and that I had nothing to do with this. He then said again that I better be kidding. I finally broke down and wrote, "Don't worry Josh you are still a one hit wonder". ( I don't think he has ever been more relived.) So time will tell if the doctor was right that we were have twins or a girl. Ahhhhh. What would I do with a girl?

My Little Kryptonite

Is it still morning because I am still sick as a dog?!? Okay, so I keep telling my self that I am not going to complain about this pregnancy when there is so many people out there who have a hard time getting pregnant. But... over the last few days I changed my mind. This little parasite is sucking the life out of me not to mention all of my food. I seriously do not remember being this sick with Jackson, although it is possible that I just blocked it out.
The other day I went to Fry's to get some deli meat for Josh before Jackson and I went to North Carolina to visit my family. As I walk in to Fry's I can smell that they are cooking something that the baby doesn't like. I walk to the deli counter using my deep labor breathing to see if that would help and then I just resort to pulling my sleeve over my mouth and nose. I place my order at the deli and as I am standing there I realize that I am not going to make it......I quickly ask the deli man where the nearest trash can was, he slowly pointed to the one behind the counter and asked, "why". He didn't have to wonder long as I came barreling around the counter and grabbed the trash can as I heaved my breakfast in to it. Of course on top the the vomit I was crying out of embarrassment. To top it all off in the middle of all this the man says to me, "mam that is a health code violation." Thank you sir, I thought that this was totally okay...but next time I will do it on your shoes! (I didn't say that but I sure wanted to.) Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!! What a terrible day and this kid is just floating around living it up as he/she sucks the life out of me...my little kryptonite...he/she better be cute.

Number 2 is on the way!

If you haven't heard yet...baby number 2 is on they way. We are so excited! I think it is more fun this time because we know what we are getting. We know that it will be hard (labor and delivery, ahhhhh) but it will also be so much fun.
This pregnancy came as a little bit of a surprise. We were trying to get pregnant, but after 4 negative pregnancy tests I told everyone that unfortunately we were not pregnant. About a week after all the negative tests I was feeling very tired and sick to my stomach and didn't want to eat anything. I still figured that I wasn't pregnant so I drank a few Diet Dr Peppers (which are my absolute favorite) and tried to just wait it out. The next day I decided to take one more test at the urging of my doctor, and I was shocked to find that it was positive! (I hope all that Diet Dr Pepper didn't do anything.) Josh was equally shocked but then proud that he "got one past the goalie".
I added the little ticker to the blog so you can keep track of where I am in the pregnancy-as I will again be painfully aware of how long this process is.

Halloween

Well it came, my favorite day of the year! I just love Halloween. It is so much fun to see everyone dressed up and having a good time. This year we went to Trunk R Treat at the church. As usual Jackson just wanted to do his own thing, but when it came to getting candy he was a little more willing to go where we asked him to go. Jackson got way more candy than he needed especially because mean mommy and daddy don't let him eat very much. (I think he has had 2 pieces so far.) Overall it was a fun day and he was the cutest pumpkin ever in my opinion.

Picture Time!

I just LOVE this picture. Jackson just started to smile in pictures. He will say CHEEEEEESE and then I take the picture. Here he is at his friend's house and he is just relaxing in his recliner and reading.
The weather in Arizona is just beautiful right now. We are back to our walks at night and every Sunday morning. It is by far the best part of our day is the time we spend together walking to the park and playing. I don't know who is more excited to go when we say we are going Jackson or Paca.
Last week Jackson got his Halloween costume and he is so excited! Just about once a day he says, "pumpkin?" and then we put on his costume. I can't wait to go trick or treating with him this year because he understands that he is getting candy now, so I think he will be much more interested in the whole process.

Playing with the Cousins

This summer Jackson went to North Carolina to see Nana and Papa and to meet Uncle PJ for the first time. While he was there he spent a lot of time playing with his cousins; Olivia and Isaac. One day it was so hot Papa set up the slip and slide for the kids to play in. They had a blast! As you can see Jackson can "rock the hawk", but no matter how much fun he is having he always takes his serious picture. Jackson has become very selective with his smiles. Half our ward thinks Jackson doesn't like them because he always gives them the stink eye. Oh! Speaking of church, last week was Jackson's official first week in Nursery! Hallelujah!!! I finally get to listen to two meetings in church with out getting up to take my loud child out of the room. The nursery leader said that he did great and he was already ahead of the rest of the kids because he knew "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes", and "Popcorn Popping". Luckily I was informed by one of the other moms in the ward that I wouldn't want to be the mom that picks him up last. Apparently, because I am new to this mom thing, kids love to have their mom be first to pick them up. She was right. Jackson smiled ear to ear, yelled "mommy", and then turned to smugly wave goodbye to the other kids (whose mom's were late). Score 1 for Jackson's mom!