Lincoln's first experience with freedom

So we have been trying to teach Jackson to be "soft" with Lincoln. I leave Lincoln in the playpen all day because Jackson can't be trusted quite yet :) Jackson just loves his little brother.  He gives him kisses all the time and runs to help whenever he cries. So the other day I decided to put Lincoln on the floor to see how Jackson would do...and it made for some pretty priceless pictures, he sure loves his brother :)

"Hey Lincoln, this is so neat we never get to play with each other!"

 "Let's start by giving loves to each other." :)

 Jackson was so soft he would just barely touch him, he was so gentle and sweet.

 This is how we taught Jackson to be soft. We would grab his had and barely rub Lincoln's head, now he does it all the time.

 This picture made me smile, he wanted to lay with/on Lincoln so bad :)

 He loves watching Lincoln.

 I had to pull Jackson off a couple of times because he was trying to steam roll Jackson on the head, but overall, it was a success...I think soon we can give Lincoln freedom and let him experience the world outside the play pen :)

 "I just love you Lincoln."

Puyallup daffodil parade

Two weekends ago we had the Puyallup daffodil parade.  The weather was so nice we just had to go! We were so surprised at how much Jackson liked it. He paid attention so well, he just sat on the sidewalk and soaked it all in.  And we are always so impressed with how much he loves his glasses and keeps them on for everything.

 Eating his goldfish on our walk to the parade.

 Waiting with dad for the parade to start

 Some of the cool floats for the parade

 This little girl, Jemma, is one of Jackson's best friends.  She lives right next to us, and they love getting together and playing with each other.  She's over a year older, but they get along so well. She can never call him just Jackson, it has to be "baby Jackson", she's so cute :)

 I love this picture of the two of them from the back :)

 A daffodil dad got for Jackson from one of the floats

Silly Boy!

So the other day I went to get Jackson from his nap...and this is how I found him...

 Showing some shoulder :)

 Jackson is at such a fun age! He is starting to really play with Don and I.  His new favorite game?...Hide and Seek and he has discovered the perfect spot for it! (Don't mind our half naked child...I think it's a stage) haha

 Getting ready to get into position

 Waiting for me to find him

 "Aw mom, you found me! But I bet I tricked you!"

"Lets do that again, it is SOOOO fun!!!!"

My Birthday and Easter

My Birthday was perfect this year! We had my cake and ice cream on Easter and on my actual birthday we went and saw the movie the Hunger Games. So good!

 I found this on Pinterest and really liked it, so what does Don do you ask??? Gives it to me for my birthday! :) We are still going to put hooks below it for holding my measuring spoons and cups, it was a perfect birthday present, he is always so thoughtful about the gifts he gives me!

 Our good friends Andrea and Marv spoiled me for my birthday. They had us over for a turkey dinner on Monday and they gave me some new gladware containers and this beautiful flower which is still bloomed and beautiful! I love it and it smells so good!

 So for Easter our ward did an Easter egg hunt on Saturday and I was actually surprised at how well Jackson did! He didn't care about the candy in the egg, but he definitely wanted to keep all the plastic eggs.  Now that they are on sell, maybe we will go get him some for his toy box! :) The weather that day was perfect, it was nice and sunny...we finally pulled out shorts and put our jackets away for the day!

 The whole grass area at the church looked like this....the kids had WAY too much fun! :)

 It was so hot in our house I thought Lincoln would love to wear this outfit...he's pretty cute :)

 "Hum...I wonder why this camera is always in my face?".....I guess we can't get enough of him! Hope everyone had an amazing Easter, and spent time reflecting on the life and resurrection of the Savior. How blessed we all are!

Family Pictures

So the girl who took our family pictures gave us the CD with all the pictures on it today...they turned out so cute! I've put some of my favorites on here.  She was so accommodating, she took newborn pictures, pictures of Jackson and family pictures! We haven't gotten family pictures in a really long time so I was really excited! I must say that I am extremely blessed...my 3 boys bring a happiness and joy into my life that can never be replaced. I love them all so very much.