Up:
- Our little girl turned 8 months old on Tuesday. She is seriously the happiest little girl. Hard to believe she ever had colic looking at her now. She loves following her big brother around and wants so badly to keep up with him. Earlier this week Jackson ran in my room to tell me that Kennedy had spilled his fruit loops. I go in the kitchen and there she is with the biggest smile on her face, two fruit loops in her mouth and one in her hand! What a cutie!
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| I forgot the teddy bear, so no size comparison this month or next. |
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| Rare to catch her without a smile. Beautiful! |
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| Brother had to get involved! |
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| Showing off her new skill - waving! |
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| My little mess, into anything she can get her hands on! |
- The Montgomery Zoo hosted a Military Appreciation Day on Thursday. All military got in for free, received a free train ride and had a free lunch catered by Dream Land Barbecue. I loaded up the kids and met a couple of other spouses and their kids. This was Jackson's first visit to the zoo. I think he enjoyed seeing all the animals we read about. He also took his first train ride. While on the train ride we saw some monkeys climbing on a tree. Everyone kept talking about how cute these monkeys were and my son sees the well landscaped lawn and says...a golf course! Guess we aren't quite old enough to fully appreciate the zoo yet, but it still made for a fun day. Kennedy also enjoyed the fresh air!
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| Jackson and his new friend Alex playing on the playground at the zoo. |
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| Kennedy loves to swing! |
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| Checking out the giraffe! |
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| First train ride! Anytime Jackson hears a train he says, "Choo Choo Soul with Genevive!" from the Disney Channel! |
- It is so neat to listen to the way Jackson's brain processes things. He's such a smart kid and I love hearing anything he has to say. Here are some examples:
- We dropped Mike off at work this week and Jackson saw another guy in a flight suit and says, " look Mommy, there is another daddy." Then he looked around even more and saw a whole lot of guys in flight suits and said, " there are a lot of daddies here!"
- I came home from Target last night and Jackson spotted the splash bombs I bought for him to play with in the pool. He comes running up saying, "a prize, a prize. Good Job Mommy!"
- Last night when we said our nighttime prayers Mike asked Jackson to tell Jesus thank you for something. Jackson said, "Thank you Jesus for balls. I want to play ball with Jesus!"
- One of the guys in Mike's class has a 17 year old daughter and we employed her to watch the kids while we went on a date yesterday. There really isn't much showing right now that we wanted to see, but we saw Rock of Ages. It was actually pretty funny despite some weird unnecessary parts. Then we hit up a few shops before heading home. I was able to get some Christmas wall flowers from Bath & Body Works for 32 cents each! What a great day!
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| As soon as I put Kennedy's swimsuit on, Jackson says," Oh, Kennedy, you're a princess!" |
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| Lovin' the water! |
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| Jackson's decided maybe he does like to swim. Our apartment has a 1ft. wading pool that's just his size! |
Down:
- Somehow the kids and I picked up a nasty cough/cold. We all sound like chain smokers. Thankfully, I think we are getting better and Mike hasn't gotten it (yet)! The worst part about it was not being able to taste food for a couple of days. It just takes the joy out of eating.
- Mike's schedule hasn't exactly been what we expected. We were hoping for a lot of family time, but he has had so much homework to do that family time is just on the weekends and even that gets cut short for homework too. I know he's here to work, but a little bit of play time wouldn't hurt!
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