Could we have any more accidents????

Jett's poor little lip had just finished healing when Friday night he fell on his bottom, causing him to bite his upper lip AGAIN. Poor little guy! He looked like a trout for about 2 hours, but luckily when he woke up Saturday morning and it wasn't even swollen or puffy. To start the week, I was on my way Tuesday morning to get my daily French Vanilla Cappuccino and as I was turning left, a girl came over the hill and slammed into the side of my vehicle. YIKES! Whose fault it was is still yet to be determined. I technically was at fault according to the law because I was turning left, however, she got a ticket for speeding so I am thinking it is partially her fault too. Fortunately, Jett was at home with his daddy and not in the car with me. They came immediately to the accident and, of course, Jett was fascinated by all of the "big trucks" (firetrucks, tow trucks, etc.)
Bobby's dad let us borrow his car until I could get mine back, but we received a call Saturday evening that we needed to bring it back to them because he accidentally hit the gas instead of the break and drove his car into their kitchen. Everyone was OK, but the hood and lights were damaged on the car and there is a huge hole in their kitchen wall. On top of that, Bobby got a call from the body shop on Friday and apparently, when you wreck a Mercedes, you have to replace the parts with only Mercedes parts. In other words, the parts are very expensive and it doesn't take a lot of damage to total out one. Now we have to decide, do we total out my vehicle and get a new one? Or do we have them fix it since it is only a year and a half old????? Bobby and I looked a little this weekend but couldn't find another SUV like mine with a 3rd row seat (must be a rare thing), and a navigation system. With the gas prices as high as they are, I told Bobby I was going to let them keep my car and I would get a hybrid. Seriously, these gas prices put me in a bad mood. We did drive a H2 Hummer and Jett LOVED it! I think it was being up high because he just kept looking around and squealing at the top of his lungs.

On a much more exciting note, we got to spends LOTS of quality time this week with our friend's, the Coatney's. Amy and I have been best of friends since we were 15 (that's 15 years, so half of our lives). It is so exciting now since we are both getting to experience mommy hood at the same time. Jett loves Abby, but he has this thing about wanting to poke her eyes. I don't know what it is, but I always have to grab his little hands as he is driving his pointer finger directly towards her face.
Thursday night Amy and I met up at Utica for a little shopping, music, and dinner. Jett's favorite part of the evening was pushing Abby's stroller wildly around the parking lot (please excuse Jett's windblown hair and farmer tan).



















On Saturday we met up again with the Coatney's for dinner at Los Cabos on the Riverwalk in Jenks. I meant to get a pictures of Jett and Abby with their daddy's, but I forgot! Maybe next time. These were not the most flattering pictures, but the best we could get considering the kiddo's weren't interested in looking at the camera, and the weather was miserable (suffocating humidity and no breeze at all).


















Today we saw the Coatney's again at church, and tomorrow Jett and I are going to meet up with Amy and Abby again. We are so lucky to have such great friends!!

Also, just a side note, Jett is counting now! He says, in the sweetest voice ever "oooooone, twooooooo, freeeeeeee, fooooooooou, fiiiiiiiii, freeeeee, foooooooou, freeeeeeeee, foooooooooou" on and on. To cute!!! Here a few more funny pictures from the other night when I went in to check on him before I went to bed. His feet were completely through the bars of his crib. What a crazy sleeper!!

18 months and lots of Uh-Oh's....

That pretty much sums up our weekend in a nutshell. If there is one sentence that sums up last week it would be this, I am glad it is over! Last week was just insane crazy and busy for us. Every night last week was a late night preparing for our friend's daughters graduation party, my scrapbook retreat, Bobby's birthday, and our family/Jett's 18 month pictures scheduled for this morning at 9:00a.m. The party was amazing (and the cake too, of course), Bobby's birthday was uneventful (sorry baby, I will make it up I promise), and the retreat was wonderful.....until I got a call from my mom to alert me that while her and my grandma were chasing Jett around her living room (his absolute favorite game), he tripped on his new sneaker and dove mouth first into the TV stand. OUCH! Needless to say, it looked pretty nasty and I had to call Saturday afternoon and cancel our pictures. I was flipping out because our photographer is booked until July. Luckily, she said she would definitely squeeze us in somewhere before then. Here are a few pictures of my angel baby with his puffed up lip.























Isn't he just the sweetest thing even with a fat lip? One time when he was a little baby I was playing with him and he head butted me right in the lip causing it to swell up. I remember being paranoid about it, and Bobby kept saying "Babe, people pay big bucks to have lips like that". Poor Jett, after the accident with the TV stand, he slipped and fell on a step outside and hit his scab only for it to start bleeding again, and skinned the top of his hand. Then today, he came home from Bobby's mom and dad's house with a goose egg on his head. Oh, the joys of being an 18 month old!

Earlier in the week while I was watering the flowers, Jett decided that he wanted to help. I took off all of his clothes, put on his rain boots, and handed him the hose.
He was having way to much fun playing in the water and mud. This is absolutely what makes having a little boy so much fun! We love every minute of it!















Also huge news this week....we left Jett in the nursery at church. OK, so it was only for about 10 minutes at the very end, but hey, we are making progress! I think I was more freaked out about it than he was. The nice lady said that he "got a little weepy" once he realized I was gone. That of course didn't make me feel any better. I think I am the one with separation anxiety.

Mothers Day!!

Happy Mother's Day everyone!! I told my mom and grandma today that every day seems like mother's day with Jett, but it is nice to have 1 special day to celebrate being a mommy! Yesterday we spent all day with Bobby's mom working in our garden. Isn't she great?!?! It's Mother's Day and she is working her tail off in my yard. What a amazing woman! She is in her sixties and probably in better shape than me. For Mother's Day I scored big time. Between my mom, Bobby, and my mother in law, I got 4 azalea bushes, calla lilies, geraniums, orchids, 2 hanging baskets, etc. I love flowers and shrubs. I decided after Saturday that I am not a huge fan of planting them by myself though. That was more of a workout than running! Bobby also did good my surprising me with a new 160GB Ipod. Yippee! We are an Ipod obsessed family and don't know what we ever did without them. Here are some fun Mother's Day pictures, some at home, and some at my grandma's house this afternoon.

















This thing looked better from far away...














Jett enjoy's mowing Nenal's driveway
















We should come here more often, these toys are way more fun!














I feel SO blessed to be a mom, as for years I was told that I would probably never be able to have kids due to damage I did to my body in my younger years while battling eating disorders. It wasn't easy for us, but it was definitely worthy the wait!! Jett is the best thing that ever happened to our lives. These are some pictures I took Friday evening while Jett and I were playing around the house.

















Friday night our friend Jamie was in town from Texas, so Jett and I hopped in the car and met her at Utica Square for a quick bite at the Olive Garden. We haven't seen Jamie since she got married last summer and moved. She couldn't believe how much Jett had grown, and he took up with her immediately as soon as she started feeding him candy. I didn't get a group picture since Jett and I were straight out of the shower and dressed to go home and jump straight into bed, but I had to get one shot of Jamie, looking gorgeous as usual, and Jett.














One last note: We took Jett to the Dr. last Monday for a check up, and we are pleased to announce that his is finally growing!! He is now in the 30th to 40th percentile in weight, height, and head circumference. Woo Hoo! I mentioned that I guessed he wasn't going to be tall, and the Dr. looked at Bobby and then at me and simply stated that it didn't look like it was in his genes. Oh well, he is perfect to us not matter how tall (or not tall) he is. :) Have a great week!

Jett's first family reunion

And even more exciting than the title, Jett spent his first night away from home without mommy. Yes, you heard me right. After much begging and pleading, I gave in and let my mom and grandma take Jett with them to Arkansas a day early for our reunion. After a night of agony (there is apparently no cell phone towers in the mountains), the worrying (due to the whole non-cell phone tower issue), and tears (because I missed my baby boy SO bad).....WE MADE IT!!!!! While Jett was having a fabulous gramma and nenal and getting spoiled rotten, I was at home walking in circles bored stiff not knowing what to do with myself (along with calling everyone short of the authorities in Arkansas to find out why my calls weren't going through).
Bobby and I headed to the mountains 1 day later and arrived at the cabin just in time to roast marshmallows in the fire pit. I couldn't wait to let Jett try one, and he of course loved them. He takes after his momma and loves pure raw sugar! Here are some pictures of Jett at the cabin. The views are just amazing.





















They day of the reunion, we took Jett to he lookout point. Now, for those of you who know me and know that I HATE heights, this was huge for me to climb up to the top and look over. GULP! My stomach started turning, and the second Jett started walking towards the beams on the outer ledge, I had to grab him and head back down.
After that, we headed to the cemetery to decorate my grandfathers grave, and we ran into my cousins. They have a 2 year old daughter and she loved hugging and kissing on Jett. Every time my mom would pick him up, she would tell her to put him back down. Jett didn't know what to think since he isn't around other kids much, but he finally got used to running from her, and at one point he fell and she tried to help him up and she fell on top of him. It was too cute. Here are the pic's.

















The worst part of the trip was the nights. Jett does not do well sleeping somewhere else, and it is making me super nervous, as we have a 9 day trip planned to NYC in June. Everyone say a prayer for us because we might need them! Here are a few random pictures from earlier in the week. I took Jett upstairs to watch his baby praise and worship video on the big screen in Bobby's movie room, and since he has only been in that room maybe twice in his whole life, he was fascinated by the faux grapes that he spotted on a breakfast tray on the ottoman. He thought they were real and he kept trying to eat them. He also figured out that there is a shelf under the coffee table and he enjoyed playing peek-a-boo. Enjoy!!