Three Years and Counting....

Joey and I went to dallas for our three year anniversary this past weekend. Joey surprised me with an amazing weekend planned. Our stay at the Hyatt Regency was wonderful except for the minor fire on the 15th floor on friday. A short evacuation later we were back in. Joey also took me to a fun italian restaurant called Campisi's and we met my sister Jessica and my brother in law Jonathan. We then went to a Derek Webb concert in Deep Ellum. If you have never heard him he is an amazing singer/songwriter. It was probably my favorite concert I have been to. It was really laid back and so great! While we were doing all of this Jackson was having just as much fun with my parents in Dallas. This was his first road trip to the "big city". He met so many great people including my mom's good friend Virginia and good friends and neighbor's Darrel and Stephanie. We were nervous about the trip since the longest Jackson had been in a car before this trip was about ten minutes. I just have to say that he made it all three hours both there and back home and didn't cry one time. We were so impressed! Here are some pictures from our fabulous weekend.

Polo Prince

Jackson was in his little Polo outfit and Joey popped the collar for added cuteness. Of course I had to take pictures.

Cutie Pie!

Ok, so this weekend my mom came into town and we took tons of pictures of the little guy. I think I am obsessed with my new camera! Well, there are entirely too many good ones to post here so i will give you a taste and then go to the link to the right that says Cutie Pie for all the fun pictures from this weekend.

Well, we started this new face just a few days ago. He started doing this when he is intently looking at something or trying to do something. He puckers his lips and drops his chin....adorable!


This is a preview of the photo shoot that my mom thought of.

Check out the rest of the pics at the link on the right.

Mr. Personality

I wanted to post a few more cute Jackson faces




Here are some with his daddy


He sure loves his cousin, Carson

2 month check up

We survived our 2 month check up. Lets say that Jackson handled it beautifully, but mom was a mess. He had to get three shots and although I didn't cry, I made Joey hold him down while the Doc stuck him in his legs. I know there will be many more of these shots to come and I will continue to get better with each one. Jackson only cried while he was getting them, then he was ok. We also found out that he is in the 90th percentile for his length at 24in, and he is in the 50th percentile for weight at 12 lbs. He is healthy and happy. He is just growing like crazy and doing all kinds of fun things. He has so much more control of his arms and hands now and is hitting the little toys hanging from his play mat. He laughs and smiles so much now, and is sleeping great! If you could'nt already tell we are proud parents who can't wait for the next two months!!!

Funny Faces

We got alot of fun faces from Jackson this weekend. Check out the great expressions, just click on the link to the right called "faces". Enjoy!

Its Rivalry Week Baby!!!!!

All I have to say is Duke by 11. As a family, we watched what Joey ,and Dickie V call the greatest rivalry in college sports. Duke verses North Carolina in Chapel Hill. It was a great game and as you can tell by the pictures, Jackson really got excited to cheer for his favorite team, which just so happens to be his daddies favorite. Go Blue Devils!!!!! And to quote Dickie V again....."It was awesome baby!"


Sorry the pictures are turned. They were normal but when I downloaded them they turned..go figure. Anywho, I had to post the pictures of Daddy and son watching the big game.

All About Jackson

In case you were wondering what Jackson has been up to lately let me fill you in. Here are a few things about him you may not know.
His favorite things to smile at: Daddy, the Baby Eienstien play mat, and the ceiling fan. (We are working on smiling a momma but she's not near as funny as these other things, except when she sticks her tongue out then she's funny)

His favorite thing to look at: the bright orange basketball nighlight in his room (thanks Fran and Flip) He is amazed by it and it is usually the first thing we take him to when he is crying because he loves it!

My favorite new thing he does: His high pitched squeals when he is smiling. Oh wow...it really will melt your heart.

His biggest milestone: He just slept through the night! Yeah!!!! Ok well is was from 1:30am until 7:00am but for him that is definately through the night. Praise the Lord! That is the longest stretch of sleep time we have had and are so thankful for it.

New trick: When I catch him at the right time of day and stick my tongue out at him he will try smile and do it too. So precious! I got an email from a baby website saying that around this time they will try to mimic some of your actions and so to try to stick your tongue out at them and watch them try it too. Thats mom's new favorite game. So much fun!

Wow, can a 7 week old really be this cool? Guess so. He is just growing like crazy and is almost unable to fit into some of his onsies. He seems to keep getting longer and his cheeks keep getting chubbier. I have started seeing some leg muscles (probably from all the kicking because of gas). He is just such a blessing and we are thrilled he is doing so well.