Playing catch up

Hello fellow bloggers! I have been on a 3 week (or something close to that) hiatus, so I am trying to get back into the swing of things. Let me give everyone a quick summary of our world starting with the most recent and ending with photo's from our East Coast vacation. This past weekend I had a craft night with the girls on Saturday, and Jett spend the night with gramma. I always have a hard time letting him stay overnight, but I survived, and he was having so much fun he wouldn't even talk to me:( I got his scrapbook all caught up, made a cute diaper wipe case for a friend, and made a tutu and two bows for 2 other friends' birthdays. Here is a quick photo of the tutu. So cute!

On Sunday, Jett and I met Abby and Amy at the park. The kiddo's enjoyed eating (and feeding each other) snow cones. As you can see by how filthy they are, they thoroughly enjoyed them. Even when mixed with sand...ewe!


On the 15th, Amy and I went to see the Circus concert by Britney Spears. It was amazing. Now I can officially say that I know what a 50 million dollar extravaganza looks like. This is us before the show. By the way, the show was only an hour and a half long. Seriously?!? Gimme More!!

On Labor Day my mom and I took Jett to the Tulsa Zoo. It was so hot, but Jett enjoyed riding the train a hundred million times:)




And last, but not least, vacation pics!!
Savannah, GA







My family on Tybee Island










Feeding the gators and watching the dolphins play!







North Carolina visit. Kirstin and I have been friends since we were Jett's age. We enjoyed our time with her SO much.



Washington DC. LOVE this place. I am ready to go back already.





Well, that's about all I have for now. Hopefully I won't wait 3 weeks to post again:)

Whiz Kid

Last week mom and I decided to take Jett to the Kirkpatrick Center/Omniplex/Planetarium in Oklahoma City. Jett is really hands on and loves interactive type stuff, so we thought he would really enjoy all of the neat science type things they have, and my mom had read that they have a new train exhibit, so that was all the more reason to go. I thought dressing Jett in his Whiz Kid shirt would be appropriate given the nature of this trip.








As you might be able to tell in a few of the pictures, Jett is sans shorts. He got a little to busy playing on the airplane display and forgot that he needed to go to the potty. Oops. On top of that, I had no extra clothes, or diapers. Mom and I had to make a quick pit stop to a family dollar (with bars on the windows I might add) to buy some to tide us over until we got home.
Earlier in the week mom and I took Jett to Toys R Us to do a little shopping before a concert. On the way out, Jett thought he needed an ice cream sandwich. We had him eat on the sidewalk outside of the store so that he wouldn't get my mom's new car all messy.




And finally, last Saturday was the Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, Poison concert! WooHoo!! I have been obsessed with Def Leppard since I was like 12, and I have seen them every time they have been to Tulsa since (4 times to be exact), and the fact that Bret Michaels was joining them was just a little added bonus. Here are my and my girls before the show!

I will be on vacation for the next 10 days on the east coast (pray that the hurricane doesn't get us), so I may be missing in action for next week's post.

A 5K, a Firetruck, a tattoo, and McCartney!

Friday night Bobby and I ran a 5K together. This was particularly exciting to me since I usually run with friends or by myself. Bobby has always been a sprint one mile kind of guy, while I am the distance/endurance runner. He decided at the last minute to run this years United Way Trailblazer run with me, and I was ecstatic. As you can see from the photo's below, he was a little beat at the end of the race, but finished about 5 strides behind me, which is great for his first sanctioned run!


Also at the event was a Firetruck for the kids to check out. Jett loves firetrucks, and gets really excited when we see one on the road (especially if it's lights and siren's are going). He wasn't, however, a big fan of being IN an actual firetruck, or actually anywhere near one.




They also had tents set up for "tattoo's". Jett picked out a train tattoo. Surprise, surprise! I didn't realize those suckers were so hard to get off! 4 days and 4 bath's later, it is still on his arm.


Saturday we attended a wedding for a sweet friend of mine, Ami. Here is a photo that I snagged from my friend, as I forgot my camera. Can you tell I am a runner by my tank top farmer tan?!?

And finally, this week was the McCartney concert! SO good. If anyone gets an opportunity, they should go, for sure! Funny story. An email went out from the BOK arena that camera's would be allowed at the concert, which never happens. So of course, I took my camera. We parked in the parking garage to my mom's office about 5 blocks away and walked (in almost 100degree heat) to the arena rather than paying to park close. Once we got there, I was informed that my camera was professional, and camera's with special lenses that can be removed or external flashes were prohibited. Being the runner I am, I removed my uncomfortable, cute heels and ran through the streets of downtown back to the parking garage, locked the camera in my mom's car, and ran back to the BOK arena barefoot. Yep! It's a good thing I trained for a marathon down there. I know the streets well. Here are the pictures we took from my mom's camera.

Vanilla Ice Cream, Baby!!

I don't have a lot of stuff to blog about this week since the summer days seem to repeat themselves over and over again, you know, play outside, play trains, play in the water, etc., so I wanted to post a few pic's of Jett enjoying a vanilla ice cream cone the other day. As you can see by his ice cream covered face, he thoroughly enjoyed it. What I am not going to enjoy is cleaning off the seats in Bobby's dad's car....oops!




And yes, that sweet little boy is every bit as sweet as the ice cream he is wearing! I have often said that he is so sweet that I could take a bite out of him:) Have a good week!

Social Butterfly

This past week has been so busy (as you will be able to see by the pic's) that I haven't had a chance to sit down and blog about what's been going on around here until Thursday, which means that in just a few more days it will be time to do it again. Sheesh! Time has been slipping away from me so fast lately. Now that Jett is getting older, the days and weeks are just flying by so quickly. It really makes me sad because I feel like he is growing up so fast and I wish there was a pause or rewind button sometimes so that we can enjoy him at this stage just a little big longer. He is old enough now to really enjoy playing with kids around his age, and luckily I have several good friends with little ones that are eager and willing to meet up for play dates! I am so glad to see Jett be social. I have always been worried about that because he is so attached to me, and he is not consistently around other children. Last week we met up with my good friend Shanna and her family at the splash pad for a play date with Reid. The boys were so cute to watch, and are both so well behaved and easy to handle!




Later on in the week we met several more of my friends back at the splash pad (what can I say? It's nice and new and we love it!) to celebrate Shelby's 5th birthday. I attempted to make her pink cake balls that ended up being melted cake ball mush due to the scorching heat that day. Before melting they looked super cute though! Here are the kids playing. We had SO much fun!






Also new this week was a slip-n-slide! It took me demonstrating (yes, my husband took pic's...no, they won't be posted) before Jett got the hang of it. He still preferred running on it and swimming in his froggie pool though.



It's so hard for me to grasp that Jett will be 3 in just a few more months. He is still the funniest kid I have ever been around, and I am certain that he has the cutest voice I have ever heard:) He is getting so tall lately, but is still wearing a 2T perfectly. I am almost finished with his fall/winter wardrobe and it's a little depressing to buy 3T's:( He is wearing a size 7 shoe, and weighs a little over 30lbs. His obsession is still Thomas the Train, and everything still has to be "green like Percy". He has also become obsessed with hamburgers, and I am not sure where that one came from. We are still working on the potty training. He will go several days without accidents if we take him continually to the potty, but he won't tell us when he needs to go a lot of the time. He is way to busy for potty breaks! I have been rewarding him with Percy stickers, which he loves, but I end up finding them in very unique places around the house and on his body in the morning when I go in to get him out of bed. We are basically still crazy in love with him and can't get enough of his sweet hugs and kisses. I hope everyone has a great rest of the week (or what's left of it)!

We Heart Summer

Yes, we LOVE summer time around here. Pretty much every week around here from about May through September is the same old routine. This year we have substituted about 3 days a week at the park for 3 days a week at the train tracks on the west side of town. A little scary, but we go during daylight, and Bobby is always with us! We did take a break from the trains long enough one afternoon to enjoy Woodward Park. You can tell by Jett's red face that this particular day was a little toasty.










And one picture of Jett standing on the digger at the train yard.

Not much else is going on around our house except for yard work, preparing for vacation (5 more weeks to go.....woo hoo!), and getting ready for 3 concerts in 3 weeks. Yes, I will be going to Def Leppard, Cheap Trick,and Poison, Britney Spears, and Paul McCartney. I know what you're thinking....quite a variety, right?!? What can I say....I have eclectic taste in music, for sure! I don't really know why I pay money for entertainment these days though when I have Jett around to keep me laughing. His latest comments have been "Don't worry about it mommy", "It's not yours...it's mine", and "That's not nice mommy". He's so funny. The other night I bought him a Lights and Sounds Percy, and in the car he says to me "Did you buy me a green train mommy?" I replied to him "Yes, mommy bought you a green train because you are a good boy and I love you." He then says "Gramma bought me a bigger one." Ouch! That's about all I have for now. I'm going to post one last picture because it shows what Jett's favorite activity is besides playing with trains. Our poor pup! He just will not leave her alone at all.

Toot-Toot, Ding, Ding, Ding!!!

Jett is completely obsessed with trains, so Bobby and I decided to take him downtown to see the train tracks. We thought there might be a few trains on the track not moving, but we lucked out and ended up getting to see a freight train go by while we were out there. Jett was so excited, and a little bit scared as it went directly in front of us. He thought it was really cool that the conductor tooted the horn and waved at him.





We have been so busy lately, and Jett is still our number one form of entertainment around here! His number one interest is still Thomas the Train, or any train really, and he can name them all, tell us what number they are and what color they are. He has started singing "You are my Sunshine", which just melts my heart, and his newest thing is to say "Thank you for helping me mommy", and "Good Morning mommy", randomly throughout the day for no apparent reason. My good friend Kelly had a new baby girl last week, so my mom, Jett and I went to visit her on Sunday. While we were waiting to meet my mom, I decided to take a few random pictures of Jett and I love them! They just show his personality so much. Happy, wild, and funny!



And a few pictures of Jett skinny dipping Friday in his green (like Percy) swimming pool.


I am going to keep this short becuase I had lots of pictures to upload! Have a great week!