zoo day

jack and i went to the zoo this morning. it feels like we haven't been in a while (it's probably been 2 weeks...which is crazy for us). jack had a lot of fun looking at the monkeys and running through the alabama wildlife area.
at one point in the al wildlife area he was running so fast and looked back at another little boy and ran slap into a log that lined the path. it was so funny to me! it was like watching him fall in slow motion. i felt bad for laughing at him cause there were 2 other moms right behind us....they probably judged me :)
the last time i jack play in the water he fell and hit his head (really hard) on the concrete ground. i let him play in it today and he wouldn't let go of my legs. i think he is scarred from his fall!

i must have wore him out at the zoo by letting him walk more because he has been asleep for 4.5 hours!!! (don't worry i have gone to check on him) he normally sleeps about an hour and a half. hence why i have posted on the blog 3 times, cut my coupons, took a monogram out of an outfit, ate lunch, made a to do list, made my grocery list, watched teen mom, 19 kids and counting, and dancing with the stars, packed some of our stuff for this weekend, and much more! the things you can get done when your kids naps so well!!

i LOVE this picture!

he had a lot of fun in the big truck!

23 months

jack is now 23 months old!! that means in a month we will have a 2 year old!!!! i can't believe it!
about jack at 23 months:
* talking more and more (basically all the time, but mainly just one word)
* getting better at saying 2 words together (especially when he is saying what color something is..." yellow. truck.")
* loves green beans
* favorite breakfast food: pancakes and syrup
* favorite lunch food: cheese
* favorite dinner food: chicken nuggets or hot dog
* not sure what he weighs because our scale is broken
* wears a size 7 or 8 shoe
* size 4 diapers
* loves nemo!
* loves curious george
* has become mr. independent sometimes..."myself"
* takes naps without the sleep sack

here's a video of him talking on the "phone" ie calculator to mimi and papa (this is after his trip to stay with them. he would wake up in the morning talking about "maymay and papa")

ocoee rafting trip

well i survived the rafting trip!! we camped friday and saturday night and had a lot of fun except for the terrible night of sleep friday night due to the fact that we had a huge group of frat guys right by us playing cornhole and loud music until the wee hours of the night! i had enough at 2 am and told johnny i was going over there to tell them to turn down the music. he said that he couldn't let me go by myself...i am so glad he went with me cause seeing about 40 guys sitting around a bonfire was a bit scary! anyway once they turned down the music i was fine and got a whopping 4 hours of sleep!
saturday morning we started the rafting adventure around 9:00 with some rules and safety advice that freaked me out!! haha. then we got on a bus for a 25 minute trip to the top of the river. we got right in and started paddling.
when we would come up on a rapid our guide would tell us what it was named and why. well that about freaked me out everytime!! i know i had fun cause i would catch myself smiling but i was so glad when it was over. i was exhausted!!
the 2 most scary points of the trip were...
1) surfing humongous (this was on the 1996 olympic course). we almost flipped over, but somehow we didn't. we lost johnny, jason, and tian. my hands were shaking after this so hard. everybody was fine though! thank goodness it wasn't me that flipped out cause i don't know if i would have finished the trip :)
2) we got stuck on a bunch of rocks after "rescuing" 4 other people from a boat that flipped over. i was so scared that we were going to flip on top of rocks and that a 250+ pound man was going to land on top of me!! but our guide was awesome and some how managed to get us out of a nasty situation with out any major damage!

we had a lot of fun, but i told johnny that i will not be going rafting for a long time. i was so tired from being so scared that i could hardly move afterwards :) haha!

thuy cutting up a yummy snack

from left to right:
amy, thuy, tian, johnny, tara, jason

sunday on our way home we stopped by ty and emmie's house for a quick visit and some brunch. it was good to see them and we are planning to go up in october to visit for a whole weekend and let frank and jack play together!


frank playing catch...his favorite

fun with mimi and papa

jack stayed with mimi and papa this past weekend while johnny and i went rafting on the ocoee! jack had a blast and hardly ever even asked about us. i think he asked for me one time after his nap and that was about it. he has so much fun there! it is like every kids dream with all the toys they have there. they have a pool with a slide, a pop up thomas the train huge tent, a wagon, about a million toys, the circus, and so much more! i am glad he loves it there. most importantly i love that my parents keep him on his schedule!!

"maymay" is pulling jack for his wagon ride

he loved julie!
as you can see with the next picture...

kisses are very hard to get from jack. i have to bribe him most of the time! so julie, consider yourself very special that he willingly gave you one!!

reading "special" with papa
(that's what jack calls it....it's really called God made you special)

on the way home from mimi and papa's house...this was at like 5:00 so he had already had his nap...he was soooo tired!

toddler bed

we got jack a toddler bed at the lil lambs consignment sale. we got it for $20 so that was exciting. we took it apart that night and are hoping that we won't have to put it together for a while :) we hope that he doesn't figure out that he wants to get out of his crib. he can climb into it, but hasn't tried climbing out!
i think we are going to try to paint it white and get white furniture to go with it.

it's official...jack is a dork like his daddy!! haha
i don't care...i love nerds!

mcwane

my blog is back to normal!! who knows what was going on. i am just glad it is back!!

we went to the mcwane center on saturday afternoon. we had a lot of fun! jack had the most fun in this submarine thing they have...none of the buttons work, but to him it was the best thing in the world! he must have stayed in there for about 20-30 minutes. he called it an airplane. after many attempts to get him to come out of the airplane and do something else, johnny and i finally just sat back and let him play and play and play :)

driving with daddy

pull!!!



at the end jack is saying "off" because he wanted it to turn off i guess! haha! he got tears in his eyes toward the end cause he was so scared.

labor day

monday afternoon we went over to sue's house for a bar b que. jack did great! he loved being a show off and playing with the cat toys!

i think the first picture is of laura, jimmy, jack, and grandma.

jack really liked playing in sue's backyard and running to the side yard to go on a "trip". he would come running back to grandma and give her a hug. it was so cute! he would say he had fun on his trip.

the last picture is a random one. it was of jack playing with a ramp that i made. he got all of his cars and drove them up the ramp and down the ramp. then he got his stuffed animals and let them go down the "slide". it was lots of fun to see his little imagination going.

on a side note: he has been laughing at shows lately!! it is too cute! it is the BEST laugh i have ever heard. tonight we were watching the wonder pets and ming ming was helping a pony deliver mail. she flew up to his mail carrier and got out mail and said "junk. junk. junk" jack thought that was sooooo funny! i guess it really was. johnny rewound it and let him watch it again...he belly laughed again! i really love the fact that jack is understanding more and more what is going on around him.

first auburn game

i hate that i am so behind on my blogging!! i don't know why my blog is being so difficult right now. i can't put my writing in the middle like i normally do for some reason and my font is different. very strange! also for some reason i can't see my pictures when i download them into blogger. ugh! so i can't leave little captions about each one.

anyway, here are the pictures from the first auburn game day!! war eagle!!

molly came for her annual labor day visit. we had a lot of fun with her. saturday we went to the farmers market and then came home and molly and jack took a 3 hour nap!! then we had some friends over for the game! sunday we went to church. that afternoon during jack's nap molly and i went and got our nails done and did a little shopping. sunday night we went over to our friends chris and krysten's house for dinner. then monday molly slept in a bit and left :(

my fingers are crossed that this post will work!

**well it worked but i still can't leave captions under each picture. oh well.

water table fun!

my mom got jack a water table from a consignment sale. it has been nice because when he begs to go outside i just take him on the porch (where the ceiling fan is) and put water in the table. it keeps him busy for about 20 minutes.

cheese!

he likes to put everything in the water and then use a paintbrush to "paint" the porch. he also likes for me to put ice in there.

he put pete's toy in there and splashed water all over the porch. he was super excited to splash momma!!

i am very annoyed...

i tried to post yesterday and this came up...

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so i thought i would give it a day and try again. well it still says it!!! so i guess i am on blogging restriction!

random pics from jack's dedication weekend

here's my family. from left to right:
(top) dad, michele, mom
(bottom) emmie, ty, frank, namer, johnny, jack, and me

the dogs were tired after playing all weekend together...

where's bea?

jack showing his nice dance moves for grandma, jimmy, and laura

playing the guitar with uncle jimmy