Mommy's Little Helper

Lately Jack is way into mimicing everything I do, especially household chores. Here's some picture to illustrate just how much he loves to mimic. He got a little broom and vacume as two of his birthday presents and they are by far his favorite things ever.

Baking

Brushing his teeth with mommy & daddy's toothbrushes

Doing the dishes

Sweeping the floor

Vacuming

Birthday Cake Fun

Here's some pictures of the little guy digging in to his b-ball cake we made him since he loves balls. He had a very fun birthday! We celebrated with the Grahams a little while ago by singing and eating cake, then saturday we took him to the pet store since he loves animals, and toToys R Us to get some birthday presents- a kid sized broom, The Jungle Book dvd, and some blocks. Yesterday, on his b-day he got to go to lunch with mommy, and we sang happy birthday again with cupcakes and then daddy (John) set up the tent and sleeping bags for him, which he absolutely loved! He kept running from one end to the other in it, giggling like crazy. It was a fun birthday for Jack and he is lucky to have so many people who love him! Thanks for all the toys and phone calls from everyone!

Happy 1st Birthday Jackson!!

I can't believe we have a one year old!! It seems like just yesterday John and I were in good ole' Rexburg freezing our tails off, dating and talking about marriage. Now we really are married and have a little 1 yr. old boy! Crazy! But at the same time, I can't image and really remember much about life before Jack. One year ago today, we went to the hospital here in Eugene after three miserable and sleepless days of labor and 4 hours later we had a healthy 7 lb. 8 oz. baby boy! This past year has been busy, stressful and tons of fun all at once! Here's what Jack is up to now at 1 yr. old:

• He's walking like a big boy and barely ever crawls anymore
  


• He loves balls (his first word besides mamma and dadda was ball) and has at least 10 of them in various sizes and colors. He also loves to dunk his ball on his little tikes hoop that Grandma Sue got for him, and claps for himself after every basket
  


• He loves to mimic mommy like brushing his hair, trying to put blush on the top of his head with mommy's blush brush, and his favorite- sweeping the floor with his own kid sized broom



• He LOVES dogs and pretty much all animals- he has a ton of fun at the pet store
  


• His favorite foods are black beans, corn, fishies, and ice cream



• He loves to give mommy & daddy hugs and kisses and high fives



• His favorite songs are "If your happy and you know it...", "Patty Cake", and "The wheels on the bus"



• He has 8 full teeth



• He loves to open doors and run outside, even if it's pooring rain



• He loves to play with his buddy Kellen
  

We sure love our little guy! Happy Birthday Jack Jack!!

Finally, a picture from Halloween!

I know, I know. It's a little late, but here it is! A picture of my cute little Captain Jack the pirate on Halloween. He looked way cute! Thanks for the costume mom!

Yay for Daddy!

Guess what?? John got a job!! Yay! It's for Pricewater House Coopers in Portland! It's one of the best companies to work for in Accounting. We are absolutely thrilled! It is a huge blessing and we are so so grateful. They called tonight and said that everyone that met John really liked him a lot and that they would love to have him join the team. Sorry, I just have to brag because I am sooooo proud of him! He didn't think he had a chance, but I knew they wouldn't be able to resist that cute smile of his! hehe :) John graduates in June and will take the CPA exam that summer (which they will pay for as well as the review classes... yes!), and then the job starts in September! So we will still be here in Eugene for a little while longer and then on to Portland! Wahoo! I love my hubbie!

Jackson in his business attire

...more pictures from the patch

So for some reason when I posted the blog about the pumpking patch our computer would only work for one picture, so I thought I'd just post some more here because we did get some more pictures than just that one of the little guy from that day, so here they are!

I like this little baby one- it's just my size!

Pumpkin Patch!

Last weekend we took Jack to the pumpkin patch, and he absolutely loved it! It was a little bit chilly, mainly because it was also super windy, but it wasn't raining so we were excited about that. We got to take a tractor ride out to the patch and Jackson just clapped his hands and yelled, "yeah!" (his favorite word he says when he is excited) over and over again on the ride out. When we got to the patch he kept walking up to big pumpkins and putting his arms around them, thinking he could actually pick them up! I guess he didn't realize how heavy they are. He finally found a real cute baby pumpkin just his size that he loved and we took it back with us. He was really sad when we had to leave the patch. But back at the front of the farm there were some sheep and goats that you could pet and feed. I brought Jack over to them just to see if he would be too afraid of them or if he would like them. He walked right up to the cage, stuck his hand right through the opening in the fence and pet them! He loved them. He kept giggling and yelling, "Ba!" at them. At one point, one of the sheep stuck his head out of an opening and Jack stuck his tongue out and tried to give it a kiss! It was so gross, yet so funny at the same time. He just had a blast with those animals! We ended the day with a huge and super yummy carmel apple that John and I shared, and that was when we realized that life is good! :) It was a fun day at the pumpkin patch! We can't wait til next year to go again..... maybe next year Jack will try to ride the sheep :)