Happy Halloween!

That was an original title, huh peeps? haha Anyways, today is Halloween, and it has been a fun day for the Jackson's. Daddy got to golf with buddies this morning, and mommy got to visit with her favorite family and Bff. Yesterday was Connors birthday party and WOW did we have fun!

My BFF, Shelly and her hubby and kiddo came to town, as well as my family from Ada and Edmond. I was overjoyed with the turnout at Cs party. It is truly a blessing to have people who love you and your child enough to make a 3 hour drive to come celebrate a very special day in a little one's life. C may not remember it, but I will for sure tell him how loved he was on this day. Feeling loved is something we all enjoy, and I thoroughly felt love this weekend. Couldn't have asked for more.

C's party was at Nanny and Pops' house with an Elmo theme and turned out super cute. Everyone wore Elmo-face shirts or cookie monster faced shirts, which made for some adorable pictures. (of which I will have to borrow from someone since this busy party planning mommy didn't have her camera nor the extra hands and arms to snap). Thankfully, my entire family owns the Canon Rebel camera so there are some pretty fun pics to share soon. Shel-bel helped me get everything together in time for the party to start and I couldn't have done it witout her! And thank you mom and dad for letting your house be party central!!!

Friday was C one year well baby appointment where he weighed 21lbs, 12 oz. Was 30 in long and his head was well, in the 70th % is all I remember. Doctor calls him perfect which makes mommy and daddy proud and grin big. We even shared the video of him eating his cookie monster cupcake, and she laughed and grinned as if she were family. Love our pediatrician! Unfortunately, C had to get FOUR shots at this appointment so needless to say he was a pretty upset lil guy. Understanding the doctor office and equating it with pain is not fun for a one year old, and C gets it. Luckily, this happy boy recovers quickly and was back to his care-free self pretty soon after. For his party day, though, we had bit of a struggle. C was not feeling well from his shots still, and naps were not happening so he was EXHAUSTED for his party. Funny, because aren't most one year olds cranky at their party?

As I look back over the weekend, i am just purely happy. It was just an all around great time.

I am looking forward to another amazing year with our angel and seeing his personality bloom, and maybe even hear a few real words. He's got DADA down pretty good, and I am starting to hear Ma once in a while when he is hurt of course. (hehe, but I will take it no matter what).

Thank you dear family for coming to celebrate this weekend. Each one of you made Connor's birthday a very memorable loving day, and I am so thankful. Having a family like ours can be crazy, wild, hilarious, loud, fun, and it takes a family just like mine to make the best memories you could ever make! (and when I say family, that of course includes my BFF and her fam too!!!)

Early Birthday Post

TEARS OF JOY, TEARS OF SADNESS, TEARS OF PURE EMOTION.

Okay, so I didn't cry when Connor got his first haircut, but man I have been fighting back the waterworks the last couple of days as tomorrow is the day our son turns one year old, and I can't even wrap my brain around it. It's so joyous, so fun, so exciting, and I am so blessed from this year of love and happiness. I just can't believe it is here. I wondered why I haven't been able to sleep this week, and I finally realized that I am party planning while trying to snooze, and I am thinking of the past year as I try to doze off. Shutting off my brain has been hard because I don't want to forget a thing from this past year. I want to write something profound to this child, and I can't even find the words that I want to say. His party is going to be so fun, and I can't wait to see friends and family to celebrate this day that I was given a miracle. Thank you God for letting us spend our time on earth with the presence of Connor Brayden. He is truly a miracle, truly a blessing, truly the best thing that could have ever happened to this momma and daddy.

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Iphone Pictures! C at 10 and 11 months..

Finally Fall

Greetings dear blog followers:

I title this blog finally fall because it has been such a blessing to have some cooler weather in the great state of Texas. Mostly, I am loving this weather because of my recent re-entry into the running world; otherwise, I would care less that it's 120 degrees outside. I know this blog really isn't about me per se, but it has felt great to get back into running and burning calories post nursing cheating. Ha! Man those 600 free calories were nice, I am having to work too hard to keep these burning. Its all good though. It takes a team to try to train for a race and work and have a baby. Thankfully, my mother is a good team player and keeps our angel to let me get some running in.

Side note: I am trying to simultaneously upload photos to Facebook to no avail and I feel my bp rising. end of side note.

We officially have a "walking baby" in our household. This week has been a major milestone in the walking. Labor day weekend we got our first few teeny attempts at steps, and it has been non-stop since then. Sometimes I look down and see Connor walking towards me and I am taken aback by how time flies and how big he is getting. Oh and do I have a fun post for you on time to follow. This post could get long so stay with me peeps.

My funny story for this blog includes a story of Connor walking. A week ago today, I was picking up around the house and C was following me everywhere until he got distracted and was playing in his room. I went out of his room to continue my quick clean, and I sat on the couch to fold some clothes. I could hear C crawling on the carpet, so I knew he was coming towards me. In a matter of about 30 seconds I look up toward the hallway and see C walking down the hall holding onto nothing. Startled, I thought to myself, is that MY SON WALKING down the hall toward me? It was a surreal moment in deed. Ever since, he has just been a walking machine, and it is awesome and fun to watch. Guess its' a good thing I am trying to run again so I can keep up with this little man. I am leaving it all up to C to keep mommy's metabolism in high gear. :-)

Now for my post about time. Friday night, i was rocking C after his nighttime bottle, and as I was rocking him I was thinking. Me, holding baby, rocking, and I think... a lot. Well, the thought of time came up in my mind. And as you can tell from my previous posts I often make reference to how fast time is flying by. It is truly mind boggling at this point in my life. So I am rocking and thinking, what would Webster's say about time? Is it anywhere close to the emotion we feel as time passes and we suddenly realize how fast it actually goes by? My next thought about time after thinking about webster's dictionary was how that day at lunch I was heating up my leftover spaghetti and I was watching the seconds countdown on the timer. I thought, well it's nice that it only takes a matter of seconds to reheat food, but what happens to those :30 seconds? I am just standing here watching the time disappear, and it is forever gone. Those little :30 seconds affected me for some reason. Because in the grand scheme, once a moment is gone, it is gone forever. We can hope that our memories will hold strong, but I am scared that they won't. There are so many things about this season of life that I don't want to forget, yet time is going by so fast I don't know how to hold onto so many things. Is this getting too deep? I think it, and I am not sure I want to face the emotion that goes along with that deep thought. Anyways, time is precious and I just want to enjoy every single second that I am on this earth and getting to enjoy this precious gift from God. I am not sure what we did to deserve this little man, but he is the coolest addition to our lives. It doesn't get any better for sure.

(as I told my hubs about this "time" thought process I had while rocking Connor, he looks at me and grins. I said, you know me and my thinking time!" again, he just grins at me)

Haircut! I am questioning myself somewhat as I did not cry when C got his haircut yesterday. it was his first cut, and he looks precious and toddler-esque. I was so proud of him, he sat there and watched Dora on the little t.v, and he let the lady cut his hair without a major breakdown. I am giggling right now because I keep picturing his adorable face as she squirted itty bitty amounts of water to get his hair wet; he would scrunch his shoulders and squint like he was being drenched. The lady that cut his hair was so gentle and sweet to him, and he was so good. I was so excited that his bangs would be out of his face, and I was so happy to see him acting so well behaved that I just didn't cry. I know that I wasn't supposed to cry or feel sad, but I fully realized that he was a big boy and this was a milestone. I just keep looking at his little haircut and it's so cute on him and he looks like it feels better than having his hair tangling his eye lashes. :-)

Pics to follow. I say that often though don't I?..