jack's first day of preschool

(he would NOT stand up and hold his sign)

(and then he would not let his sign go!!)

jack had his first day of preschool today!! i knew that it was going to be a very emotional morning for me. i walked jack in to meet his teachers, but when we got in there he was the first one because all the other mom's apparently do carpool. i love the idea of carpool especially when charlie gets here, but i just thought that i needed to walk him in for his first day of school! anyway, the teacher made it known (nicely) to go through carpool from now on. jack grabbed onto my shirt from the ground and said "you staying with me momma?" oh goodness, that broke my heart. i would have loved to stay with him all day long, but i knew that i just needed to pretty much walk away from my crying baby. i used to work at a day care and that was the best for the kids. they like to make their parents feel terrible and then right when they walk away they are fine. it is super hard to walk away from your own kid though!

by the time i had gotten to my car i had tears all in my eyes! i cried almost all the way home. i cried when i got home too...it was just so quiet! i made my grocery list real quick and got out as fast as i could. i spent almost 2 hours at target...that part was super nice because i didn't have to keep up with jack!

i came home, dropped off the groceries, and went to get in the carpool line. i DID NOT want to be late so i got there at 12:30 :) i was the first one in line and when they brought him to me at 1:00 he was so doggone cute! he was holding onto the teacher's hand and had his back pack on and his lunchbox in his other hand. i swear i could have just eaten him up! he smiled and said "hey momma" and then climbed up to his carseat. then his teacher buckled him up and that was it. he told me about his day (somewhat). he told me what he ate for lunch (even though i already knew about it because i packed it for him). when i would ask him a question that he didn't know how to answer or what the answer was he would say "you tell me." i would say "i can't because i wasn't there" and he said "yes you can!" haha! i got him a lightning mcqueen to celebrate his first day of preschool (we lost his other one a while ago).


when we got home we went straight back to his room and read a book. jack was asleep within .5 seconds!! he has been asleep for over 2 hours now and hasn't made a sound!! i am sure he had a blast and i am excited for him to make new friends!

hopefully i can hold myself together on wednesday for his second day of school :)

getting ready for charlie

we had a great weekend! we got so much accomplished. i am feeling better about charlie coming into this world now that we have his bed set up and most of his room done.my parents came to watch jack during our baby shower and to paint charlie's room. thanks to mom and dad for everything!! i think we had a great weekend and i know jack enjoyed having them here:)

at the very hot farmer's market (my parents loved it though)

thuy did a great job organizing our baby shower. it was fun to have johnny there with me!!

thuy made the diaper cake!!!

we bought a pool for jack (my dad and johnny went to get it from walmart and instead of folding it or tying it to the roof they just put it on the roof of the highlander and held onto it with their hands). i hope that this is the winner for us. we have been through 4 pools already. the blow up pools just don't work for us. anyway, andrea got this one for clara and my friend sarah got it for her 2 boys. it is great for our yard because we don't have a completely level area and this one somewhat levels out because it is hard plastic.

pete was a little hot...can you tell??

mom watched jack in the pool while i showed dad and johnny where to put the furniture.
when jack came in he was fine for a bit, but when he saw that the chair was out of his room he lost it! jack does not like change when he can see it happening. that is why we tried to do everything while he was swimming. he got over it pretty quick. he still is a little confused as to why i am changing him in charlie's room, but no more tears have been shed!

so here is charlie's room so far...

close up

i have washed and washed and washed! he is set until he is 1 :) this is just newborn to 6 months and half of the clothes are folded up :)

splash pad

saturday we went to the splash pad with robby, andrea, and clara. jack had a blast! clara had fun, but she didn't want to get in the water. we brought a picnic for lunch. i can't wait to go back!

jack did not want to stay still for a picture...he loved the water!

jack especially loved to shoot with the water gun

we had a war!!

our 6th anniversary

saturday was our 6th anniversary!! grandma came over to babysit jack so that we could go out. we went to satterfields in cahaba heights for dinner. it was yummy! after dinner we went to the summit and shopped for a bit. we went to restoration hardware and tried out all the couches and chairs...we will just have to dream about them because they are soooo expensive! after we walked around and read magazines we worked up an appetite for our second dessert! we went to 32 degrees and got frozen yogurt.

this year the gift was supposed to be iron or candy. so we gave eachother an iron swing for our backyard (i forgot to take a picture of it) and candy.

i can't believe it has already been 6 years since we got married. in some ways it feels like yesterday and in other ways it seems like a while ago. we have done a lot in 6 years. we have moved twice, got pete, had a baby, and have one about to come! it's been lots of fun and i can't wait to see what this year brings us!

johnny's vacation

johnny had monday and tuesday off this week. jack and i enjoyed every minute of him being with us. we stayed pretty busy. i enjoyed going shopping during jack's naptime!!

we set up jack's other pool that i got at the end of the season last year for $12. it is nice, but i thought it was going to have a bigger slide on it. so i think we will try to get a better pool that is a little deeper. anyway, it works for now. he had a blast playing it and splashing us!!

memorial day

we went to the zoo monday morning and had a great time. it was hot, but we tried to stay in the shade a lot and made the trip faster than normal (love having the membership). johnny wanted to ride the train with jack since he is so into trains right now. jack loves the train ride and is so happy the whole time he is on it.

that night we had grandma over for dinner. we grilled out pork chops, peaches, and corn. it was yummy! then we went for a walk at the botanical gardens to make room for dessert!

random one:

we went to the mall tuesday morning for an indoor activity. we went to let jack ride the carousel, but then we saw this train and he wanted to ride that instead..surprise surprise! it is a little train that rides around the mall. jack waved at all the kids in the mall!

swimming

we took jack swimming tuesday evening. we tried to go to our neighborhood pool, but it was closed (which i guess was a blessing...our neighbor told us that we do not want to go to that pool). anyway, so we went to our friend's old apartment complex. luckily nobody kicked us out!! jack had a great time. he was scared at first, but then he got used to it. he even swam by himself!! i was so impressed and proud.
he only had one major choke which he will tell you about.

he was so brave towards the end that he would jump off the side to daddy!