Clownin' around...

 Jackson's first Halloween was a big hit! He loves Halloween... it's quite obvious, as you will be able to tell from the pictures. Jackson went as a clown this year, and he made the cutest clown EVER! :) Last night we had a Halloween party at our church.  All the kids were so cute in their costumes! The food was delicious, and the trunk or treat was a hit! Jackson is already looking forward to next year's Halloween! (And this year's hasn't even happened, that's how awesome the holiday is) :)

Getting all dressed up

                             

 

Reaping in the joys of his labors :)

  

Costumes

So I have a sneak preview of Jackson's Halloween costume...This was the hat we were working on in the beginning stages, it looks much better now :) I can't wait to see the completed thing, it will be so cute! We are all dressing up as the same thing this year, any guesses from this picture what we might be?? (sorry for the bad picture, it was taken with our phone)

Jackson helping out with the laundry

 Well I hate doing laundry, so it's nice to have a little helper! Jackson loves being in the laundry basket, I guess he really doesn't help a whole lot, but it sure makes doing laundry funner with him around! :) Even if he does start to slack and just lounge in the laundry basket. I wonder if two little boys will share that space? :)

           

       OKAY! That's it mom...I've had enough of the laundry! :)         

          

Boy....or Girl????

Alright, today was the day we found out what we are having, I put all the pictures they took of the ultrasound up so you guys could make your guesses. When we came home from our appointment, our neighbors had these two gifts waiting for us. They found out what we were having by what we picked (they are so sweet, they have become Jackson's grandparents here in Washington!) Anyways, which one do you think we picked? :)

 

 

 

 

 

I LOVE Fall!

I absolutely love fall! I love the cooler temperatures, I love the leaves changing colors, I love hot chocolate and snuggling under a blanket with my sweet boys, and I love my fall decorations! It's my goal to get  more because I only have a couple, but I think they are so fun and cute!                        

 I love my fall walks! We got Jackson all bundled up for a fall walk! He loves being outside for anything, but he especially loves going for walks, he fell asleep on the way home! We ended the walk with hot chocolate waiting for us when we got back! Hope everyone is taking advantage of this wonderful season!

 

Jackson's new hat

So I have been looking for a hat for Jackson for a long time, and I can't find very many that fit him. And the ones that do, I don't really like! So Don told me I should make one, and since I love working on projects I thought it would be fun to do! I think it turned out cute, although I am sure it's the cute cute boy making it cute! :)

So I am getting bigger faster with this baby for sure, I wasn't even showing by this time with Jackson! But this is me at 19 1/2 weeks, almost half way there! I just love the picture of Jackson below, every once in a while he enjoys playing with his milk more than he does eating it! But hey, if he doesn't mind the mess, I guess I shouldn't! :) So cute!

Changes :)

It always amazes me how fast life can change! We have a lot of new things happening in our lives most of which we are anticipating with a lot of excitement! I am currently 18 1/2 weeks pregnant with baby number 2, we will find out on October 20th what we are having...so you better check my blog if you want to know the outcome :) Jackson is continuing to get so big! I want him to stop growing up! Can't he just stay little forever??? I can't believe the joy that has come into our lives from that sweet baby boy. Jackson and I had a break through this month, we both went to our very first fair! The fair here in Puyallup is the biggest on the west coast! It was huge, we had a lot of fun, we went to the circus, we saw a bunch of fun animals. We didn't go on any rides, but maybe next year, Jackson will be big enough to enjoy some! Don, Jackson and I miss you all!

The cutest clown at the fair :)
I love these pictures of Jackson, he got his deep dark blue eyes from my dad!

Standing against the couch, needless to say, he was pretty proud of himself!

Jackson will be 8 months on October 12th, and he can already stand by himself for a couple seconds. I wonder when he will start crawling and walking!?! That kid only knows one speed, I will be chasing him all day when that happens :)

Now for the grand finale.... Baby #2! These pictures were taken at my 12 week appointment! The doctor and nurse were shocked with how much this baby was moving, they kept telling him/her to stop, but of course that didn't happen :) I'll have another active baby on my hands and I'm so excited! :)

So before we found out with Jackson what we were having, I had a dream that I was doing monkey bars in the church hallway and I went into labor and I had a boy!! :) That dreamed turned out to be true. (apart from the monkey bars in the church hallway I mean) haha. Recently I had a dream that I was having a girl, I don't remember the dream that well, other than the baby was a girl, so we shall see! Any guesses on what we are having?