Broken

So my computer is broke and has been broke for a week or so now. Actually since about 10 min after I posted my last post. 

I'm hoping the Man can fix it soon but he's a busy guy so I'm not sure when it will become a priority for him. I am also hoping he will do a couple posts for me since I am not a big fan of blogging from my phone. My guess is that it won't get fixed till middle/end of August seeing as we leave on our 11 day family vacation in a little over a week!!!

But rest assured I will be back soon or later and hopefully with an update on this pregnancy, baby names, bump pics, our trip and the family!!

Window Shopping!

I've had a huge itch to go shopping lately...this is a big problem since we are saving our money for our up coming trip to WI, a car with 3rd row seating, a house & last but not least another baby. Here are a few items I am wanting at the moment for me & Jack

Anthropologie Open Knit Cardigan: $98.00

Anthropologie Stacked Stripes Ponte Skirt: $98.00

H&M kids t-shirt: $5.95

H&M kid's denim shorts: $17.95

H&M kid's t-shirt: $9.95

Jackson Part 2

So I realized that I left out a bunch of stuff I had intended to post in the update about Jackson.  So here is what else is up with Jack!

~ He has 11 teeth now! His front 8 have been in since 12 months and since May he has been slowly getting his molars in. 3 of them are visible and I'm hoping the 4th comes through before our trip to WI. It could be the vaca from hell if it decides to try and appear then!

~ He is starting to say words and tries to get his point across. The words we think he is saying are: more, water, ball, hello. He also roar's like a lion and moo's like a cow when ever he sees a cow.

~ If you ask him where the following things are he can usually get them right once in awhile he gets hung up on a couple of them: eyes, ears, hair, belly, nose, tongue

~ Jackson has also started helping put his toys away at night and during the day. He knows where they belong and will take them there again this is usually because he gets distracted fairly easily, I blame his dad :) and put them where they go. The only hang up we have is that after he puts it away he gets super excited and then takes it back down/out to play with it again. So I have to quickly get to him on to something else after putting his toys away so he doesn't take them back out right after putting them away.

~ We are working on eliminating the bottle. Towards the end of June we cut him off cold turkey from a bottle before his afternoon nap, didn't phase him. The next week we cut him off from the bottle in the morning, it was harder on the Man and I than him! And now about 2 weeks after that I am trying to weaning him off of his bedtime bottle. Instead of giving him a full 8-9 oz bottle at bedtime I have been lowering the amount in the bottle everyday...tonight his bottle had 5 oz. and he didn't even finish it all. I'm sure he would be fine getting cut off cold turkey like the other two but I am selfish and I really enjoy our current bedtime routine and I am afraid I won't get as many bedtime snuggles...judge away but Jackson gives some pretty amazing snuggles! I should also mention that the week before we started any of this we started putting milk in a sippy cup just to get Jackson use to the idea that milk doesn't just come from bottles. I think this helped a lot because the first couple of days he would take a drink expecting water and make a disgusted face and have nothing to do with it. After a few days he got use to the thought of milk or water being in his sippy cups. So now in the morning Jackson is given a sippy cup of milk when he wakes up and usually drinks that while snuggling with the Man for an hour. Then he has breakfast, after that he gets some snacks and a morning nap. At lunch he gets another sippy cup of milk to drink between then and his afternoon nap. After nap time he might get a little snack while I'm cooking up supper and then he gets another sippy cup of milk with supper. Then around 6:30 - 7 p.m. he is usually hungry again so he gets another snack and then at 7:30 - 8 its books, bottle and bedtime. Hopefully by the end of next week it will just be books & bedtime. this bullet got much longer than I intended!

Hair!

I am planning on getting a hair cut/color before we head back to WI in August. But I'm just not sure what to do with this mop on my head. Here are some pictures of various hair styles I have sported in the past years. I would love to hear your opinions on what I should consider doing. Keep in mind that most of these pictures were taken of me while I was drinking! Also if you have a suggestion that has nothing to do with any of the styles in this picture let me hear it :)

who's jam is it?

This is one of my new favorite jams!

Jackson!

Holy Cow Jackson is already 15 months old!

I really don't know where the past year has gone...I actually find myself having a hard time believe that he was ever as little as he was.

Jack has changed so much in the last year its crazy. Watching him learn new things daily amazes me. He is becoming such a little ham. He loves to make you smile and laugh at the silly things he does. He is so full of love its crazy! He loves to give the Man and I snuggles and kisses....once in awhile he will give a few other people snuggles. Jackson has also started to share his water bottles and snacks with us...he gets such a huge smile on his face when he shares something. He LOVES to be outside, whether its going for a walk or playing at the playground.  He does have his share of meltdowns in the month/week/day and does things on purpose that he knows he shouldn't be doing...like standing on the furniture or playing with the blinds. But all in all he is pretty much a lover of life and a happy-go-lucky kid.

All of these pictures are from my phone again so sorry if you have already seen some of them on Instagram and I didn't include any photos from the 4th of July since I really do intend to post that seperate!

Visitors, visitors & more visitors

Over the last couple of months we have had a ton of visitors. Most of them came out because we needed a babysitter for Jackson. Yep you read that correctly we don't have anyone out here that we trust with our child so we have family fly out here from WI. It seems crazy but in reality it usually is cheaper for us to do it that way instead of paying for daycare for the week.

In May the Man's sister Faith and her daughter Dahlia were awesome enough to drop everything on very short notice and stay with us for 2 weeks when the Man started his new job and was training on days. Having them out here was really nice. It was Jackson and Dahlia's first time meeting....Jack is 7 months older than Dahlia. Jack acted super protective over Dahlia, every time she would cry or fuss he would go by her and start pointing and yelling at one of us to come and help her out.  I'm hoping this means he will be an awesome big brother like I had already hoped and thought he would.

The day that Faith & Dahlia left the Man's Mom arrived. She came to watch Jack for the last week that the Man was working days. Jackson loved having her out here as always.

After she left we had about a week before our next visitor arrived. The Man had to go on a 2 week det for the Navy Reserves. My cousin Kelly was kind enough to come out for those two weeks and watch Jack.

We are very grateful for the people that were able to come out and help us over the last couple of months. We really don't know what we would have done without them. And trust me we are working on trying to find at least someone that can watch Jack once and awhile out here that won't cost us my entire paycheck.

After Kelly left and the Man got home from being gone for 2 weeks, we had 2 weeks to ourselves again. My Dad then arrived with his girlfriend and her two kids. They were here for 5 days and mostly did touristy things on their own and just used our place to eat, sleep and shower. They actually just left yesterday. did you notice how fast May to July just happened! We were able to celebrate 4th of July with them which turned out to be one of the nicest days they were here. We went to the Nationals vs. Brewers that morning and then back to downtown D.C. for fireworks that night. It was extremely hot all day long but Jackson was a trooper and napped in between the two events and ended up staying awake till midnight!!! Jackson LOVED the fireworks and was grinning from ear to ear the entire time. I will post pictures from the 4th later, I'm tired and lazy and thinking about having some popcorn....sorry that means this post will be ending and pictures will have to wait!