Sacramento Zoo & Birthday Fun!

It has been a while since I have done a post....as usual life has been crazy! This summer has been so fun. Jackson took swim lessons for the first time...sorry no pictures from the lessons, since it was a mommy and me class, I had to be in the pool the whole lesson. It started off a little rocky...the pool was freezing, the first lesson included lots of screaming, crying, and swim suit pulling....yes that's right. My sweet little baby exposed me to Mr. Frankie the 20 something swim teacher!! Lol gotta have a sense of humor to be a mommy!!!

We are still going to gymnastics class and Jackson continues to be such a fun kid! I am so lucky to be a stay at home mommy.....I can not imagine my life any other way. Thankfully I have a great group of girlfriends who are also lucky to be SAHM's. Here are some pictures from the Zoo playdate we had with Layla and Jayme. Layla & Jackson also take gymnastics together. They are soooo cute and really enjoy the company of one another....which is awesome since I love spending time with Jayme. :)


Layla & Jackson


At the very cool Giraffe exhibit!


Jayme paid the $3 to feed them ( I was a little scared after my incident with the lorkeets in San Diego)


Sophie Le Giraffe


He was saying "whoa" as he pointed


Inside the tepee at Fairytale town


Checking out what was in the tunnel


At the top of the hill to "fetch a pail of water"


Thankfully not "tumbling down" :)


Crooked Mile


He did it all by himself!


Stopping to pose for the paparazzi


Go Jackson Go!!


All done!!


What's next Layla?!??


Not sure of the merry go round......


Holy crap that thing went fast.....made me so sick :(


And he's out.........

My good friend Kim's daughter Aubrey turned 2 on July 18th. She had a fabulous party that was a Sesame Street theme. This time last year my non mobile son would have allowed me to snap all sorts of fabulous photos. This year I was too busy chasing him around I didn't even get any of the birthday girl :( Here are some pics from the party!


Not to sure where the shoe is?!? He loved this thing!!!


Getting ready to jump in

Who knew????????

Shaving cream could be so much fun!!



Just a matter of time before that happened!!


Asking for more shaving cream

Trying to shake it off his hand....not quite like bath bubbles :)

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"