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Father's Day Breakfast

French Toast and Bacon

TWO!

Oh yeah!

Jack turned two on Saturday. He had a great birthday. It started off with a giant blueberry muffin (his favorite), then progressed into a morning present opening extravaganza and then that afternoon, he had all of his little friends from the neighborhood over for cupcakes and backyard water sports. The day ended with pizza and a happily snoozing little boy, in bed at 7:15. The kids on our street are all a little older than Jack but they are all really nice kids and they come over and play with him regularly. We even had a surprise guest--a turtle--who came by for a swim in the pool. We got the little man a basketball hoop. It's a bit tall for him but it doesn't stop him from trying. 

So cool...

Ya Ya and Hoonie

Jack has gotten pretty good at giving out nicknames. Last week, Nina and Ron came for a visit and Jack named them Ya Ya and Hoonie. They came with gifts--a big new fancy swimming pool with a slide and a great big ball that is a sprinkler. It was nice to have some help during the week. Jack's energy level has far surpassed mine at this point. 

Memorial Day

We spent the holiday weekend at home after three weekends on the road. There was a lot of grilling, kiddie pool playing, yard work and getting ready for the arrival of LB (Little Brother). 

Ready for the water

Tennessee

We made one more trip this last weekend to Tennessee so that I could go to my sister-in-law's baby shower. Yes, that makes three straight weekends in a row that we have been on the road. Jack still hates being in the car. He won't sleep and more or less whines the entire time. I can't say that at almost eight months pregnant that I handled it much better. So that was it for us for a while. 

We had a nice trip. Grannelle and I took Jack to the zoo where he got some free chocolate milk and got his belly licked by a camel. The baby shower went well. Jack crashed it at the end and persuaded my mom's friend, Deena, to feed him leftover cake and petit fours until he could hardly see straight. While we were there, David and I got to go out to dinner without Jack two nights in a row. We had our sixth anniversary on Saturday and it was nice for us to be able to celebrate a little. 

Georgia

A couple of weeks ago, we drove down to Georgia to visit with David's brother's family as well as AnnMomma and Joe. Jack had a great time with his cousins and AnnMomma even came back with us to North Carolina for a few days. It rained the whole time she was here so we had to be creative with our activities. 

Logan and Misty

We never get good pictures at weddings and this weekend was no exception. They are always of the backs of people's heads or completely out of focus. We went to Johnson City for my cousin's, Logan's, wedding. He married a very sweet girl in a very sweet ceremony and it was all very nice. It's a little strange to see him with that ring on his finger but we are really happy for them.

Jack really likes Misty. He cuddles with her whenever he can (sometimes a little inappropriately) and so he is very happy to have her as a permanent part of the family. At the wedding, he danced and danced (dancing=running around the room at top speed while waving his hands over his head) until he just couldn't even move. At seven months pregnant and chasing after a toddler, I found that night weddings aren't quite the party they used to be for me but we all had a really nice time.

Awww...

Berry Pickin'

This afternoon Jack and I went to a strawberry farm close to our house with some kids from the neighborhood. Jack loves fruit more than anything and strawberries are his favorite. He ran laughing up and down the rows. He quickly developed a method for picking: pick, take a bite, drop in bucket.

 

 

Garden

We had a busy weekend with a cookout, a trip to IKEA and a garden to plant. Jack had a blast at the cookout, making dinner out of about six pieces of watermelon and three lemon bars. It ended with Jack being drug around on the pavement in a battery operated car, one leg on the ground. He was more upset about not being able to get back in the car than he was about his skinned up knee.

On Sunday we drove to the IKEA in Charlotte. There are not enough meatballs in Sweden to make that fun for an almost-two-year-old. When we got home, David and Jack planted their garden. Jack was pretty distracted by the watering cans and hose but David was very patient with him. He sectioned off part of the garden for Jack to "tend" and gave him a couple of his own plants. Jack's other backyard obsession is the bluebird house. We now have five baby bluebirds. The mother bluebird doesn't really like Jack and she buzzes him whenever he comes close to the house. He doesn't care. He check on his "babies" every day.

Baby Bluebirds

Random Pictures

We haven't taken many photos lately but here are some I have taken with my phone over the past few weeks. This weekend promises to have lots of great photo opportunities as David and Jack are planning on planting their garden.