i'm thankful for....

in no particular order.....

trevan
family
trevan's job
our home
sisters
medication
our church
good food
retail therapy
and....

her.
she is amazing.
aint nobody host a thanksgiving with 37 people like she does.

jammie heads

these two...



... are destined to be pals.

how can you resist a freshly bathed baby in pajamas? you can't. jude insisted on wearing his "snow flake" jammies after he saw what greta had on for bed. i wish they could match more often, i am so that mom. i love them.




p.s. greta saw the geneticist today and were off to the neurologist again tomorrow. more on that later....

wonder of wonders....

she's sitting!!!!!!

really, i have never been a prouder mama than when grets started sitting yesterday. i cried tears of joy because i not only thought this milestone was months away but i thought maybe this wasn't even in her future at all. just goes to show you how much i know! i can't wait to show her new skill to her physical therapist tomorrow. greta is amazing. i love her and i CANNOT believe she is actually sitting, and only a month late at that. she is incredible rolling and sitting fool. hurray for grets! she is my hero.

p.s. greta also popped 2 bottom teeth last week(hence the drool droplet)....sniff sniff.... where did my newborn go?

she's here....

and she's amazing.

poppy louise jackson
11-09-08
2:36pm
7.6 lbs
19 1/2 in

i love her already.

oh and p.s. brooke's water broke at 12:30 pm and she was here 2 hours later. she's beautiful and looks nothing like her sister, mom, or dad. she has a full dark head of hair! if i hadn't of seen her come out with my own 2 eyes i wouldn't believe she was theirs.

festivites for jude

jude had a great birthday, if i do say so myself. jude awoke to presents and for him, there is not better way to start a day. after presents and breakfast we headed over to bounceU to meet up with his cousins minie and gabi and friend jack. i love bounce houses and now so does jude. we will be heading back there immediately if not sooner... we all had precious delicious chick-fil-a for lunch and that was great until jude came following out a sobbing boy from the playplace. apparently, jude had bitten him and knew he was in trouble. great. have i mentioned that jude has been known to bite? even though it was his birthday that sin did not go unpunished and it was DEFINITELY nappy time.

after a long winters nap it was party time for jude. he had his aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents over to celebrate with him. he was a very happy boy (once he could open presents) and once again hit the jackpot with presents. his party was batman themed as per his request and we played a mad game of "pin the nose on the joker"and everyone was involved. it was great day for jude. he went to bed feeling very loved and very 3.
i love him

sleepy eyed birthday boy...

jude + jack

even trevan couldn't resist himself a little bouceU

beautiful pamela's ...

this would be my bratty sister 5 days from delivery. i hate her and love her all the same. and you can be sure she was enjoying herself on those slides as well.

the best part about jude and minie's realtionship is that jude has loved her from the get go, like in utereo he loved her. also, neither of them see an age difference between them. its great. they need to be best friends.

jack + his momma val

jude and gabi finally are getting along and they love each other. i am so glad that they do too! they play so cute together. cousin kisses are perfectly acceptable!

told you he loved his presents..

completely satisfied!

even the nan got involved in the pin the nose on the joker

Happy Birthday Judakins!

my tuck is 9

this little boy was my heart and soul until my own son came almost exactly 6 years later. i will love him forever and ever because he simply wonderful. robyn is so lucky to have him.

an e-mail from 2003 from tuck...

Dear Kennan,
I'm good. I want a new Video game, and a monster hot
wheels, Like the one on TV. I want to be Batman for
halloween. I think you sould be a mountain for
halloween...a hot lava mountain.  Trevan should be a
REscue Hero. Abe likes you and misses you. I am in
mommy's bedroom. I am sending you emails. Ia m done. I
love you bye..
Love,tucker 

h a p p y 9th b i r t h d a y
t u c k e r !

i voted.... for jude

but the results kind of excite me.....
change is good, right?