Easter fun, week 2

Although Easter was last Sunday, Jett was just not ready to put away the eggs yet.....or atleast Tiffany wasn't. Bobby and I bagged up all of the Easter eggs into two trash sacks and sat them by the kitchen door. Apparently Tiffany could smell that there had been chocolate inside those eggs and decided to tear open the sacks and proceed to scatter and destroy plastic Easter eggs all over our formal dining room floor. Oh Goodie! There is nothing like scrambling around trying to pick up itty bitty pieces of saliva covered plastic before your 16 month old puts them in his mouth. Fun! Jett thought so. He was excited to see the Easter eggs once again, nevermind that most of them could not be salvaged.














Well, as I had suspected, the Easter bunny visit was basically the whole Santa episode part II. Jett was actually excited about seeing the bunny and even touching his fur, but as soon as I leaned over to sit him on his lap, this is what the scene looked like.....not a pretty thing.





















I mentioned last week that my grandma bought Jett a really adorable Easter gift but I forgot to post a picture. Rather than bore you with a picture of the present by itself, I decided to have Jett pose next to it. Pictures are so much better with Jett in them!














Jett is getting SO active and loves to horse around and play rough. I just LOVE this because this is the exact reason we wanted a boy so bad. Bobby and I are both very active and love chasing him around, tickling him, etc. One of Jett's favorite things to do is jump around on the bed. I am sure the day will come (or not) when we will get on to him for this, but for now it is so fun to see him get excited and have so much fun. Here are some pictures from my little monkey the other night.

















On Thursday night Jett and I met Abby and Amy at the park for a walk. Amy and I have so much fun with these two angel babies! We both look back now and wonder how we ever had fun without them in our lives. Everything we do now is focused on them.
Here are the kiddo's at the park.























This weekend was my friends' daughter's senior prom. Jett and I stopped by Saturday evening to see Shelby in her beautiful gown. Jett really enjoyed playing peek-boo with the netting of her dress, and he was fascinated by their kitty, Tucker. He has never seen a cat before, but I explained to him that it was a kitty and for the rest of the evening he followed Tucker around saying "kitty, kitty". Too cute! This is Jett and the kitty, kitty, and a random picture of Shelby and I. Of course, Shelby is looking glamourous and Jett and I had just woke up from our afternoon nap.















My favorite thing that Jett is doing these days has got to be singing the name game.
OK, so to be more accurate, we sing "Jett, Jett bo bet, banana fanna fo fet, me my mo met" and then Jett says "Jett, Jett". I can't believe that 2 years ago Sunday, March 30, we found out we were pregnant with Jett. That is a day I will never forget. I stopped on the way to work and bought a test and it was positive. I didn't belive the test (I bought the cheaper one and I was convinced that the cheap ones aren't accurate..ha!) so I left work, ran by Walgreens and bought the "better" test that came 2 to a package (just to be sure) and they both were positive as well. I immediately woke Bobby up to tell him and I was so nervous because although we weren't surprised, I didn't know what to do next. I made an appointment with the Dr. that afternoon to have a 4th test (positive again) and Bobby and I went to dinner to celebrate! We have been celebrating ever since because this beatiful baby has brought so much happiness to our lives and to the lives of many others. We love him SO much!!!

St. Patty's Day and Easter in the same week!!

I am happy to report that I am finally feeling back to my normal self, and nobody else in my family contracted the nasty stomach bug I had last week. Praise the Lord!
Usually those types of things spread from person to person and it is a vicious cycle.
Other than Jett falling and scraping his noggin, and me throwing my knee out of whack runninng this morning, all is well here! Since I didn't feel well last Monday (St. Patricks Day), I had to put Jett's Lucky and Charming shirt on him this weekend.
I was laughing to myself as I was taking his picture, because he looks much more like a little Irish boy with his red hair than he does a little Asian boy! My genes definately took over when it came to his coloring. Bobby and I think he is just a perfect blend of the both of us! Definately lucky to be loved so much, and absolutely charming. (Notice his new favorite toy.....the vacuum)













I ordered Jett a duck chair several weeks ago for Easter and couldn't wait to give it to him this morning. Bobby and I blew it up last night and had it ready for him when he woke up. As soon as he saw it, he kept saying "quack,quack,quack". Here is a shot I was able to get of him before church this morning. I love this picture!!












My aunt and uncle from Plano, TX were here this weekend and we were SO glad to see them. We spent lots of time in Owasso at Nenal's house, and Jett got to spend 3 days straight with Gramma (AKA "mo-mo"). My poor mom probably won't be able to walk for a week because he will not let "mo-mo" put him down. Bad for her back, but good for mine to have a break:) Gramma found him a PERFECT easter basket. It was a furry blue jet. She had it so full that stuff was pouring out of it, and she had to wrap it in fancy blue paper to keep it all together. Here are some pictures of Jett checking out all of his fun new Easter goodies. Notice that I hardly have any pictures of his sweet little face because he is far too busy to look at the camera.















After dinner Jett wanted to go outside so we bundled him up and took him out into the front yard. My grandma's neighbors were riding their 4 wheelers up and down the street and Jett was fascinated by them. He wouldn't even look at the camera because he was so mesmerized by the kids playing.














When we got home this evening Bobby wanted to do an Easter egg hunt. He had 2 bags full of eggs, so we tossed several of them in the yard and let Jett pick them up and put them in his basket. Once we got inside, Bobby dumped all of them in the floor and Jett had a hay day frolicking around in all of them!














That's about it for this busy week. My grandma got Jett the cutest thing, but I forgot to take a picture. I also forgot to post Jett's Easter Bunny picture (very similar to the Santa episode). I will try to post those next week. As for new words, Jett's new favorites are bike, airplane, and in the bathroom. They sound more like "back", "eh-pane", and "in da bat-oom". Too cute! Have a great week.

Long time, no Blog

Let me start this post by apologizing to all family, local friends, far away friends, and blog friends for the delayed post. I have been sick since Saturday night, and am still feeling a little under the weather. I must give a shout out to my hubby who has been great at entertaining and taking care of Jett while I have not been feeling well. Bobby put him to bed last night, and when I went in to check on him this morning, he was sleeping soundly...in his clothes. If I would have felt well enough, I would have located the camera and taken a picture. I was pretty cute.
Since I didn't get a shot of that, here are some cute and fun pictures of Jett from the weekend while I was still feeling healthy. These pictures just make me want to kiss all over his sweet little face!! (I forgot to make the pictures large, so you will have to click on them to see them better, sorry).




Jett is still obsessed with the vacuum cleaner, so my mom ordered him one from the Pottery Barn Kids last week. Just FYI, it was under the boy toys. It is nickle rather than pink plastic. I had to be sure to tell Bobby about this so he wouldn't freak out about Jett having a girl toy :) Before his new toy arrived, he was throwing a fit at my grandma's the other night because he spotted her carpet cleaner in the garage. Needless to say, whatever Jett wants, Jett gets, so we had to push it out onto the driveway so that he could push it around.

















Another thing Jett loves to do these days is jump, roll, and play on the pillows and blankets while I am making the bed or changing the sheets. Here is what it looks like around our house if you leave pillows lying around.



Ok, so the last one is of Jett sharing with Tiffany. I just thought it was too cute not to share. He is so much fun these days, and we are enjoying all of his new words. He will pretty much try to repeat anything you ask him too, although sometimes many of the words sound similar. One last funny thing in regards to his talking. Last night Bobby, Jett, and I ran to the store to pick up diapers and Pepto Bismol, and I started feeling really iffy in the car. I had Bobby pull over (you can only imagine what happened next). Oh yes, I was hanging out of the car, as I did not want to get sick in the car, and Jett, who was quietly sitting in the back seat, out of nowhere said "yeeeee-uck!". Classic moment for the baby book. I hope everyone enjoys the pictures and has a great rest of the week.

We have a climber...and a bowler!

Over the past few weeks, our brave little guy has decided that he wants to climb on everything. He is completely fearless! I can't take my eyes off of him for 1/2 of a second before he is climbing on something. Last week it was the chairs at Gymboree, this week it was his push toy, the dishwasher at my grandma's house, etc. It makes me a nervous wreck, as I am sure this stage of toddler-hood does every first time parent. Here are some pictures of him in action that I was able to take this week (most of them taken with one hand as the other was reaching out to catch him if he were to lunge forward). If you click the first picture to make it bigger, you can see the look of concentration on his face. Too funny!














Several weeks ago while at my grandma's house Jett found my grandpa's Billy Bass thing (I can't remember the real name of it) and he loves it! He loves for gramma to push the button and let him dance to the music.












Also new this week has been Jett feeding himself with utensils. OK, so most of the food ends up on the floor, on the chair, or smeared all over Jett's face, but you have to start somewhere. Here are some pictures of him eating spaghetti o's at Nenal's Friday night.













Although I have much anxiety these days over him getting hurt, Jett is SO much fun. Bobby said to me this morning "He is so cute, and so much fun, we should have had him 5 years ago". I would have to agree. What were we waiting for?!?!? We both love taking him places with us, and this particular weekend we met up with some friends to go bowling. I don't even remember the last time I went bowling, and it was obvious by my score (25...yikes! I really should have used the bumpers). Jett was overly excited about all of the "bah's" and wanted to check them all out. Bobby and I took turns letting him "help" us bowl. At one point, I bowled, Jett got excited and decided to chase the ball, I took off after him to catch him, and when our feet hit the freshly waxed wood of lane 12, we both slipped and fell and slid about what seemed like 10 feet on our backs. We were both fine, and everyone else got a good laugh.



Once again the weather was nice here this weekend, so Jett and I spent a lot of time outside and met Amy and Abby at Utica Saturday to enjoy some outdoor shopping. It is so nice to get out and breathe fresh air. Here are some random pictures of Jett enjoying playtime outside. Notice that in most of the pictures he isn't looking at the camera. He is so busy these days that it is hard to keep his attention long enough to get him to strike a pose. Have a great week. I think I am going to try to do Easter Bunny pictures this week, so keep your fingers crossed that we don't have another Santa Clause moment.....stay tuned.

Lovin' the nice weather!

Hooray for the fabulous weather this weekend!! Jett and I were tired of being cooped up inside, and have been waiting impatiently all week for the 70+ degree weather this weekend. Saturday morning after I went running I got Jett up, fed him breakfast, and then outside we went. We played in the yard for a while and then I pulled him around the neighborhood in his wagon. When we got home, he noticed a plastic toy shovel in our neighbors yard and wanted to play with it. He has quite an imagination because he kept shoveling up stuff in the yard and saying "yummy, yummy, yummy". I think he must have thought the shovel was a gigantic spoon. Here are some pictures from Saturday.

Taking a break from the wagon to walk a little beside the curb.



















Mommy, why are you always being so silly?












This is a very big spoon! Yummy, Yummy!


















Saturday evening we went and did a little shopping so I could find Jett an Easter outfit, and while we were at Gymboree Jett fell and hit his head on the wood floor.
Yes, I know, I am a horrible mother for not making him ride in a stroller, but I love holding him, and I sat him down in one of their little plastic chairs right beside me while I went to hang something up and he fell over. He only cried for a second but it freaked me out. I felt so bad that after he went to sleep Saturday night I made a little pallet on the rug in his room, got him out of his crib, and slept with him on the floor. Jett didn't let a little bump on the noggin keep him down though, he was up today and ready to play outside again. He loves to swing and slide on all of the playground toys now that he is walking, running, and climbing.
Here are some pictures from LaFortune Park.

Getting buckled in and ready to go.

















Weeeeeee!!!!













Are you sure your going to catch me at the bottom mom?













Today Jett and I went with Amy and Abby to the Just Between Friends Sale at the Expo. There were just so many people there, and we honestly didn't see any great bargains. Jett liked playing with all of the toys while I browsed around, and he seems to have a new word each week that he says over, and over, and over again. This week it was "vacuum", and "cars, vroom vroom". I can't wait to see what his word(s) of choice will be this week! Have a good one.