Waking up on October 7th

 Living in Ashton, Idaho means there is going to be SNOW!

However, you NEVER EVER want to wake up on October 7th, so early in the FALL season to this scene.  Luckily, I know it will go away and as for right now I know it is not here to stay.

It still does not make one happy to see WHITE stuff on the ground.

 But, when you wake up to see this FACE everything seems so much better in life.

White ground or not....I have a happy little boy to put a smile on my face!

How can you not be happy looking at this kid.

 I am not a morning person, and I never have enjoyed waking up in the morning, but Jackson makes this task just a little bit better because he is so dang cute in the morning.

How can anyone be upset that this little guy woke them up so early in the AM!

I know that I am not!

And plus...he will take a nap soon, and so will I!

Blanket

We got a new blanket in the mail today.

It was a gift from our doctor in Arkansas.

A lady in Lubbock, TX actually made it for us.

I love it and so does Jackson.

Subbing/Babysitting

 The last couple of days I have been doing some substitute teaching.

While I taught, Britney watched Jackson.

Then she subbed and I watched Carter and Hailee.

We had a great time together.

Carter really was interested in Jackson's swing!

Wednesday Morgan came over while Leah was at Joy School.

After Joy School Leah and Hailee came back to my house.

That meant there was Jackson, Hailee, CArter, Leah and Lily over at the house.

Luckily, it was a nice day outside so the big girls played outside.

That is where April our next door neighbor's daughter came from.

Morgan and I spent our time doing some crafts and making food.

Then Andrew came home from school...

Not expecting to come home to so many kids.

Towards the end of everyone's time there they all ended up INSIDE the house.

Morgan and I were out at the Dining Room table...

I took a glance INSIDE the TV Room and this is the scene I saw...(pictured above)

If only this picture had sound to it..I guess that would be a video huh?

It was pretty fun to see Andrew surrounded by all those kids!  

LOVE IT!

I enjoyed my time subbing, but looked forward to being HOME once it was all said and done!  Thanks Britney for helping out and splitting up the job and watching Jackson!

Roll Over, Roll Over

Jackson has been trying for a couple days now to Roll Over.  Today he did just that!  So glad I was there with my camera to document the big event!! The first time he needed just a little bit of help from me, and then the second time he was ALL BY HIMSELF.
HE IS NOW A ROLL OVER KING!

Spending some time Outside

 Lately, the weather outside has been very nice.

A bit chilly, but sunny and beautiful.

We are trying to take advantage of this weather, because we know SNOW is on its way.

 Saturday morning Andrew and I headed down to Rigby to see our nephew Forrest play in his soccer game.  His dad, my brother, Spencer is his coach!

It was great to see Forrest play.

He is a great soccer player.

After the game we hung out at a park for just a bit before Ariana & I headed to a Baby Shower for our friend who is having TWINS!

I made her SIX tie onesies.

Can't wait to meet the little fellas!

The next day on Sunday we went out to our friend's house...the Stegelmeiers for a little food and fun with our other friends the Schauerhamers.  When we got there Morgan was taking family pictures of the Stegelmeiers, so we tagged along.  They went up into a grain field and took some fun shots with the Tetons behind them. Jackson had a great time hanging out of the SUN ROOF...while the car was in PARK of course!!  Doesn't he look so cute in his little Cat in the Hat Onesie!  Thanks Mom Walker for giving that to us.  

It was great to spend the evening with friends.

It was also nice to be outside in the sun!

Wonder how long that will last?

Look at these Fun Rice Krispie Treats

I made some CAKE BATTER Rice Krispie Treats.  They were pretty yummy.  I decided to put them in the shape of footballs and used melted chocolate chips and piped them on to make sure they looked like footballs!  They were so good!  In order to make CAKE BATTER Rice Krispie Treats all you do is make up a batch of rice krispies and just add some YELLOW CAKE MIX to them!  AWESOME!

Three Months

 Look who has reached the THREE MONTH mark!

Can you believe it?  Three months have already gone by.

I will let Jackson tell you how he feels about this last month

(From Jackson's point of view)

I have started to realize there are toys I can play with.

This one even makes noise when I pull it.

I love learning about the world around me.

I am so proud of my daddy who started his second to last semester of school.
Here he is holding me on his first day of classes.

Have you heard about my new swing.

I LOVE IT! 

It is so comfortable.

I love when Mommy wraps me up tight and puts me in the swing.

I just lay there and go right to sleep.

Thank you Gramma and Dja-Dja for this awesome swing

It is my favorite!

 Hey everyone, LOOK AT ME!

I am sitting up in my Bumbo chair.

It is a whole new world when I am sitting up.

I can see so many NEW things.

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE my Bumbo chair.

I also love this rattle.

It is my friend.

This is one of my FAVORITE things to do.

My mom puts me in front of her computer and I watch the slide show of all my pictures that she has on it.  Am I conceited or what?

I just love looking at myself.

I sure do love my Daddy!

He plays with me all the time.

He even puts off his homework so I can spend some time with him.

He just makes me SO happy!

I also LOVE spending time with Mommy!

She has started reading me books and I love to look at the pictures and hear her tell me the story.

Here are some pictures that Mom's friend Morgan took for me to celebrate me turning 3 months.  And some of the things that Mommy and Daddy love about me.

 They love it when I lay on the ground and just kick my legs and flail my arms all around.

They love it when I chomp down on my binky.
They also love it when I play with my binky and pull it in and out of my mouth.

 My mom and dad both love when I open my mouth up really big with a huge smile on my face.

They love that I am so curious about things.

They love when someone new comes in the car and I STARE them down.

They love it when I am in my PJs and all soft and cuddly.

They love all my little sounds that I make when I am happy.

They love how I smile at them all the way across the room!

They love how I smile with my entire face.
Even my eyes glow!

They love how I am healthy and happy.

Glad that they love me, because I sure do love them!

Carseat Cover, Birthday Sign, & Cream Cheese Delight

Yes, I know, I still have a TON of stuff to catch up on.  I am not even done with our trip back to Ashton, HOWEVER..I thought I would put what I have been up to lately.  I of course have had quite a bit of time on my hands, and I have been keep it busy...mostly with taking care of Jackson, cleaning dishes, folding laundry and watching TV!  But, I have done some FUN projects among all the day to day things!  Here they are...

 Last Saturday, I decided to make a carseat cover for Jackson. I took the fabric that I had left over from making his quilt and put this together. 

 I am not going to lie...when it was all said and done, I was way proud of myself.

 I even got fancy on the stitch I put on it.

I am so glad that we have this now.

That next day we went to a Court of Honor.

It was outside and it was so nice to have this to protect Jackson from all the bugs flying around.

Thanks again Morgan for teaching me how to quilt.

Next project...a Birthday sign.

Andrew's brother is serving his second tour in Irag.

His Birthday is Monday and if he were here, we would call him and sing him one of our original birthday songs.

However, he is not..so we decided to make him a sign that we would take a picture of and email it to him.  This was the first sign. Not too shappy...but after looking at it, I realized I was making a sign for a SOLDIER!!  A soldier who is protecting OUR freedoms.

I decided he needed something more from me.

He needed me to take more time and put more effort into his birthday poster.

It was the least I could do for him...so this is what I came up with!

 Not going to lie...I was very PROUD of the finished project.

Not to shabby having just posterboard, glue, and scrapbook paper.

It took me quite a while, but I really enjoyed doing it.

It was fun to do something creative.

AND...Jackson even slept the WHOLE time I was putting it together.

That was his birthday present to Mike.

 We took some pics with it and then sent them to Mike.

Oh my gosh!  Jackson is sooo cute!!!