4th of July....Rancho Murieta Style :)

After the pancake breakfast! Happy 4th!

We had such a fun 4th of July! We live in a great community, but it is especially fun on the 4th. At 8 am we went to the Pancake Breakfast held at the Lake Joaquin. My grandparents, my parents and the three of us all went to the breakfast. Thankfully Trader Joes has dairy free pancakes, so I brought Jackson's pancakes :) After the pancake breakfast we walked back to our house and had another mimosa before the parade at 10. Jackson loved the parade. He especially loved the fire truck and of course all the goodies that were thrown to the crowd. After the parade we went swimming at Mimi and Poppa's (my parents) then Jackson and I took a nap while Nic played golf. We had a BBQ, dessert and fireworks at our house at 6:30 that night. Rancho Murieta uses part of the HOA's to pay for a $25,000 firework show. We can see it very well from our front lawn. They are shot over the front lake so we have a great spot. I was trying to be flexible with Jackson's schedule so we let him stay up to watch the fireworks. For those of you who don't know he goes to bed between 6:30-7pm and sleeps straight through to 8 am. He feel asleep in the middle of the show and even slept through the LOUD finale....poor guy was too worn out from the busy day. It was a fun day!! Hope everyone had a great holiday!!


Helping daddy set up blankets for the parade!


Playing with mister for the golf cart



oohh....thats cold!!


Waving "hi" to fireman!


Showing us he is big enough to have a lolly!


Yummy!!


One of the 100 golf carts in the parade



Yes part of our lawn is on FIRE!!!





Firework time~


Looking a little sleepy.........


Out for the count!

Mr. & Mrs. Jason Burke

My cousin Jason got married on June 12th. It was at Cordevalle Golf Club in San Martin, Ca. It was a beautiful day and it was so nice to see all of our family. This was Jackson's 3rd wedding and of course he was perfect! He did have some sweet dance moves to show off to everyone. Congratulations Jason & Megan!! Have a great time in Hawaii!!


Nic and I

My dad, Jackson and I (yes that is his "surprise" face and yes it comes out a lot!!)


MUST always have snacks :)


Groom Jason on left, his brother Josh who gets married 7/31/2010!


Jackson with cousins Ryan & Sean


The unintentional "dress code"

San Diego

We went to San Diego for Memorial Day weekend. We had a great time and even got to rest and relax too! We got to meet up with our friends JJ and Casey. They have a little boy Jake is 5 weeks older than Jackson. We took the boys to a beautiful playground in Mission Beach....man if our playgrounds looked like this in Rancho Murieta....I would be there ALL the time! They were amazing. We also were able to squeeze in some beach time as well as a trip to the Wild Animal Park. Here are some of the pictures from our trip!

Traveling with an 18 month old is fun, fun FUN!!

We had a 20 minute delay on the runway....thank goodness for lollypops!!



Playing with cousin Jake


Fun!




Busy boys!


Pointing out the planes to daddy!


No pool fence= lifejacket on outside!! Swimming at Auntie Em's house


Beach-time!


Having so much fun!!


Jackson soaking up the sun!

It's been awhile....

Were back!! The last part of May, and most of June has been especially crazy for us...but here it is better late than never! Look for a few different blog posts as we have been busy, busy!!

Jackson is now 18 months and I love him more and more everyday. I often call him my "best friend" we spend all our time together, he makes me laugh and I enjoy spending every minute with him. I feel so blessed that I get to be his mommy and stay home with him....Life is good!

At the Little Gym in Folsom


Daddy was able to join us for class!!


"surfing" with daddy!


Touch your toes and smell your belly!! He loves be on the beam...doing his routine with Ms. Cindy

18 months

-has only 8 teeth...more are coming though, 4 more are breaking through!
-Sleeping 12+ hours a night and is a breeze to put to bed! Still has a 2 hour nap in afternoon, yay!!
-Love to EAT anything!! This kids favorites are blueberries, brown rice cakes, hummus, Jamba juice smoothies, artichokes and asparagus.
-Is starting to talk more clear....though still shy with words in public. At home we hear, "I do it" a lot as well as mom, dad, dog, no, hi, ball, shoe and a few others
-Don't have his 18 month appt til July but right now he weighs 27.2 lbs, not sure of his height.
-In most 2T clothing and wears a 6.5 wide shoe.
-Loves his Tigger...thankfully Tigger stays in crib when Jackson gets out in the morning
-Just discovered Barney on Netflix....mommy gets a nice long shower and Jack is entertained for a few minutes
- He loves to help press the buttons on microwave, turn off lights or fans...basically anything that "big kids" do.
-Loves to brush his teeth...will stand by the counter using the signs "more please mom" to brush his teeth.
-Has become more affectionate with us....gives our legs hugs and asked to be held. He loves to sit on our laps and read books.

I can't believe he is an official toddler!! Happy 18 months Jackson!