What I'm Loving Wednesday

♥ I'm loving that this time next month we will be on our 5 year anniversary trip on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

♥ I'm loving the little book I made from Shutterfly of my pregnancy with Jackson. I was so pleasantly surprised with the quality and everything about it. I can't say enough about their books. And bonus, it took less than a week to get it back. ☺

♥ I'm loving my sister's blog. She started it a couple of months ago, but has recently been updating it more regularly. I helped her with the design and its really cute. She has 2 little boys, Landon and Mason, that I talk about frequently on my blog. If you get a minute, stop by and check out her blog.

♥ I'm loving these cute pictures of Jackson I took over the weekend.

Standing up and blowing raspberries.

Crawling around.

Big smile. ♥

So silly.

♥ I'm loving that we're taking Jackson to his first pro. baseball game this Friday night. Cardinals vs. Royals.

♥ I'm loving that I have a 3 day weekend coming up! Yay!

♥ I'm loving that I finally got to get my hair cut and colored this past Monday. ☺ It hadn't been colored since last November, Yikes!

I'm loving this necklace my mom made for me. She found the idea on Pinterest and ordered the kit for it. It has a little picture of Jackson in it. ♥ I need to take a closer picture of it for you to really see it, but this is all I have at the moment.

♥ And as always...

Top Ten Tuesday - 10 Fun Things to do with Jackson this Summer in St. Louis

There are so many fun things I want to do with Jackson this summer. I thought I'd put together a list of my top 10 places I want to take him here in St. Louis. I thought this would be a good list for those of you who live here in St. Louis (or close by) or for those of you that may be visiting St. Louis in the near future.

These aren't in any kind of order.

1.) Grants Farm

Its been several years since I've been here and I can't wait to go back with Jackson. There are many animals to see and you ride a tram through the farm while looking at the animals.

2.) Missouri Botanical Garden

I went here with my mom, sister and nephew Landon a couple years ago. Its one of my favorite places here in St.Louis. I can't wait to take Jackson. They have a fun Children's Garden that I know Jackson would love.

3.) Purina Farms

I've only been here once and its been a very long time ago. I really want to go back and take Jackson to see all the cute farm animals and dogs. 

4.) The Magic House

There are tons of cool things for kids to do here. My sister just took her kids a couple of weeks ago and Mason, who is only 12 days older than Jackson, had a blast. There is even stuff for the babies to do. ☺

5.) The St. Louis Zoo

Though, we've already taken Jackson to the zoo earlier this year, I'd really like to go back and let him ride the train and go into the children's petting zoo. We didn't get to do those things before. I think he would get a kick out of petting some of the animals. Plus, when we were there earlier this year, they were still working on the new Sea Lion Exhibit and I believe its supposed to be done this month!

6.) Splash City Family Water Park

This is a little water park, right outside of St. Louis, in Collinsville, IL. They have parent/tot time on Friday mornings (a special time for kids under 7) that I'd like to take Jackson too.

7.) St. Louis City Garden
This is a beautiful new garden downtown that has a bunch of cool fountains for kids to play in.

8.) St. Louis Cardinals Game at Busch Stadium
We are actually going to a Cardinals/Royals game this Friday night. Jackson's first Pro Sports game! My husband is a Royals fan and I'm a Cardinals fan, so Jackson is wearing a Royals outfit and a Cardinals Hat! LOL.

9.) Butterfly House
I've never been to the Butterfly House, but have always wanted to go. I hope to make it there this summer sometime.

10.) St. Louis Carousel at Faust Park
I thought this would be a fun thing for Jackson. He's old enough now and sitting up on his own, so I think he would like this.

Our Weekend

This past weekend went by so fast, as most of them do. 

Friday night, Jake and I took his mom out to see a movie for her Mother's Day gift. We did this last year and it was really fun, so we decided to do it again this year. We went to the mall and had dinner at Panda Express and then we saw "Snow White and the Huntsman" which I had been wanting to see really bad! It was really good. Very dark at times. Charlize Theron did an EXCELLENT job as the wicked queen.

Then Saturday morning we got up and went grocery shopping before Jake left for his weekend "Guys Camping Trip" with some friends. 

After grocery shopping, Jackson and I picked up my mom and we all went to my nephew Landon's T-Ball game.

Landon playing the pitcher position.

He did a great job fielding the ball.

Jackson with my cousin Tyler.

Jackson wearing Tyler's Hat. :-)

Mason will now mimic you sticking your tongue out at him. Its really cute.

After the very HOT and sweaty game, my mom, sister and the boys and I went to lunch and then stopped by Kohls. I really needed some new sunglasses and I wanted to get Jackson a couple new shirts.

After that we went back to my sister's house for a while and then we met my dad and went to a graduation party for a friend of ours from church.

After the party we went back to my parent's house. My sister's husband was on the same "guy's" camping trip as my husband, so we just spent the evening at my parents' house. We put all three boys in the bathtub (which they loved).☺

These will be fun to show their girlfriends someday, Ha!

Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub. ☺

The next morning, Jackson and I got up and got ready for church, which was much harder by myself I might add.

After church we went to a baby shower for a close family friend. They are scheduled to have their second child (their first boy, Max) at the beginning of July.

After the shower, Jackson and I headed home. Jake was home waiting for us. We just relaxed the rest of the evening. After Jackson went to bed, Jake and I watched a movie on Netflix (Drive, with Ryan Gosling). And then went to bed after that.

It was a fun weekend, but far too short.

Hope your weekend was GREAT!

Jackson Loves His Papa

I just got to my parents house, after work, and this was too cute not to post. Jackson loves his Papa (my Dad). I love that Jackson has such wonderful grandparents in his life. I love that he is, and will always be, spoiled by them. This picture melts my heart!

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and in black and white

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Jackson is 32 Weeks Old!

Jackson turned 32 weeks this past Thursday. 

When we went to the Dr. on Monday he weighed 21.1 pounds. He's such a big boy!

He has gotten good at picking up the little puff snacks and putting them in his mouth. It keeps him busy while we're eating dinner. :-)

He's still wearing 12 and 18 month clothes. Still taking 6 ounce bottles every 4 hours. He eats a jar or two of baby food each day along with some oatmeal or rice cereal.

He's learning how to drink out of a sippy cup. We have to hold it or else he just plays with it, but he has figured out how to drink out a Nuk sippy cup that we have for him. He takes some juice and water out of it. 

We tried some yogurt bites this week and he really like them. He also had a popsicle last night and LOVED that. He's had some vanilla ice-cream and yogurt and loves it ALL!! He really just loves all food.

He's saying "Mama" more regularly now. Which I am loving! That and "Baba" are his two favorite things to say.

He's sleeping fairly well at night. He goes to bed at around 9:00 and wakes up around 1 or 2 times a night to eat. He then wakes up for the day between 6 and 8, but goes down for a nap in the morning, early afternoon and then a short nap in the late afternoon.

He's crawling around like crazy and pulling up on everything. He will hold with only one hand sometimes and even let go once and stood there for a few seconds. If I had to bet, he'll probably walk long before he turns one.

He does not like diaper changes and getting his clothes changed these day. He is trying to roll over the entire time. Its a challenge to say the least. I have a feeling he's going to be very strong willed. Oh joy!

He's such a sweet boy and we are so blessed to have him in our lives. Its so fun to see him learn and grow. :-)

We love you sweet Jackson. ♥

What I'm Loving Wednesday

♥ I'm loving that I finally ordered the pregnancy album I made of my pregnancy with Jackson. I made this little book a few months ago, but never got around to actually ordering it. However they had a special offer for a FREE 8x8 hard cover book, so I thought I better order it now so I could use the promo code.

♥  I'm loving that Jackson had a good night last night, only waking up twice to eat and then falling right back asleep. I hope this means his ears were feeling better and the antibiotic is starting to kick in.

♥ I'm loving these few pictures I took of Jackson this past Monday.

♥ And I'm loving that I finally got a picture of Jackson's first little tooth!

♥ I'm loving that I got to scrapbook over the weekend and finished up these 5 pages.

(The picture quality of these pages is poor. I cropped them down on my phone and didn't realize it would make them so unclear. I'll have to update with better pictures.)

♥ And as always...