Fill in the Blank Friday

Happy Friday Everyone!

I'm linking up with...

 1.   My favorite place I've ever traveled to is Maui on our honeymoon.  

2.   Australia is somewhere I'd love to go someday.  

3.  I pass the time on a plane (or bus, or car ride or train) by reading a book/magazine or watching a movie/playing a game on the laptop.

4.  My three must-haves when I travel are my ipod, laptop and a book/magazine.    

5.  My favorite travel companion is my husband Jake.  

6.  The craziest thing that ever happened to me while traveling is: Nothing too crazy has ever happened that I can think of, but a funny story we talk about all the time is when I was with my friend Carley, her mom and my mother-in-law (before she was my MIL) in California back in 2000. My friends Mom left her wallet in the rental car. She didn't realize this until we were getting off the bus to go to the airport. All of a sudden she yells MY WALLET!!! She did end up managing to get the driver to take her back to the rental car place and thankfully her wallet was still in the car. We still joke around all the time and scream "MY WALLET", when we're all together.

7.  The most exotic food I've ever tried while traveling is: Nothing exotic for me. I'm a pretty picky eater and don't usually try crazy foods. We could have tried Poi while we were in Maui, but I was warned before we went that it wasn't very good, so I didn't try it. I kind of wish I would have at least tried it now. Oh well, maybe next time.    

8.  If I could live anywhere else, I'd live in Maui, Hawaii.      

9.  I have been to 20 states in the U.S.

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!

Thoughts for Thursday

Oh How Pinteresting Wednesday (Super Bowl Edition)

I'm linking up this week for Oh How Pinteresting Wednesday!

Super Bowl XLVI

With the Super Bowl coming up, I thought I'd devote this post to cute Superbowl party ideas I've found on Pinterest. We have a party every year and I've been pinning some cute ideas for our party this year.

What kind of fun Superbowl Party ideas have you had or come across??

What I'm Loving Wednesday

I'm linking up here this week for What I'm loving Wednesday.

*Today I'm loving my new blog layout. I think I finally have it the way I want it. I've been playing around with it for the last few weeks, trying to get it just right, and I think I finally LOVE it!

*I'm loving that Jackson has slept til almost 7 a.m. the last 2 nights. My Mom usually gets to our house at around 7 to stay with Jackson for the day and I leave for work at around 7:15, so 7 is a great time for him to sleep til. I'm usually ready for work by 7 and it gives me a little time with him before I have to leave. He had been getting up at around 6 which makes it kind of hard for me to get ready in the morning.

*I'm loving that I got to spend the evening with all these babies last night. My sister and I take care of the babies in the nursery during bible study on Tuesday nights at church. We have four babies in there (her 3 month old, my 3 month old and her 9 month old twin nieces) and we also have one toddler who is almost 2. Babies are so much fun!

*I'm loving that since we've had Jackson, my husband has been doing a majority of the laundry, all the cooking and all the grocery shopping! He's pretty much always done the cooking, but its been a big help that he's taken on a majority of the laundry.

* I'm loving that a friend of mine at church is going to have a little sewing class for those of us who want to learn how to sew. Its next Saturday and she's going to teach us how to sew a bag, using a pillow case. :-) She's very good at sewing and sews a lot of her girls' dresses, among other things. I've been wanting to learn to sew for quite some time now, but just haven't taken the time to sit down and learn. This will be a great opportunity to learn how. Here's a picture of the bag we are making.

* And last, but not least, I'm loving my family! I have the best family ever and love them all dearly.

Jackson is 13 Weeks Old!

Jackson turned 13 weeks old this past Thursday and his 3 month old birthday was this past Friday. It's going by so fast. He's really starting to get a cute little personality. He's so fun and so sweet! I just want to kiss his sweet chubby cheeks all the time! :-) Here are his 13 week pictures! Enjoy.

TGIF!!

Yay! Its finally Friday! And its a 3 day weekend for me!! Hooray!

So far we don't have a whole lot planned for this weekend and I'm pretty happy about that! Tonight we are just relaxing at home. I think my husband is planning on grilling steaks, which sounds wonderful to me!

 

We may go bowling tomorrow night to practice for a tournament we're in with my office next weekend. I haven't bowled since last years tournament in January. I was pregnant a majority of the year so bowling wasn't really an option. Jake thought we should probably practice since its been so long for both of us.

Sunday we have church in the morning. Then we'll probably just hang out at home and watch football that afternoon. Sunday evenings we always go to some friends of ours house. We usually have dinner and sometimes will play a game.

Monday I'll probably meet up with my Mom and Sister for lunch and a little shopping with the kids.

So thats my plan for the weekend. Do you have anything fun planned?

Jackson is 12 Weeks Old!

Jackson turned 12 weeks old this past Thursday and had his 12 week Dr. appt. this past Saturday. He weighed 14 lbs. 13 ozs. (he's in the 75th to 90th percentile on his weight) and is 24 3/4" long (he's in the 75th percentile on his length). He's such a big boy. Unfortunately he had to get 2 shots and drink the Rotavirus vaccine. He drank the medicine fine but did not care for the shots at all. Of course Mommy and Daddy didn't like that Jackson had to get those mean old shots either. :-(  It makes me cry every time and Daddy couldn't even look.

The Dr. said that Jackson is doing great. He said he's holding his head up like a 4 month old and growing and gaining weight like a champ!! He's still doing well with 6 ozs. of formula every 4 hours. The Dr. said he can start having rice cereal at 4 months, so we're looking forward to trying that then.

We also tried putting him in his crib at night for the first time this past weekend. He has done great so far. The first night we tried, he slept from midnight til 6:30. Then last night we tried again, but it kind of got messed up because we had some thunderstorms come through and the tornado sirens went off. He slept from around 9:15 til I guess it was around 2 or 3 when the sirens went off. I got him and put him in his little bed in our room when I heard the sirens, but he slept through the whole storm and even moving him into our room didn't wake him up. He didn't wake up again until 5. I fed him then, and put him back in his crib awake (but tired), where he fell asleep on his own and was still sleeping when I left for work this morning at 7:30. My mom said at close to 9 he was still asleep!! He's such a good sleeper and I'm SO thankful for that.

One other thing I wanted to document for this week is, he has been mimicking me blowing raspberries and its the cutest thing ever. He started this on Saturday and I couldn't believe it at first. He was really watching my mouth when I would blow raspberries at him and then he started trying to blow them back at me. He even makes the same sound as me. Its so cute. I really need to try to video it.

I feel so blessed to have a happy and healthy baby. Here's his 12 week picture...