Project Life 2012 - Week 10

I finished up another page for my 2012 Project Life album. This one was really fun. I love the kits I used! All found here.

Happy Valentines Day!!

I made this little valentine using Picmonkey.com and this Mini Digital Scrapbook Kit.

A Boy and His Dog(s)

People always ask me how Jackson and our three dogs get along together, and the answer is... they get along great! I always hoped Jackson would love dogs as much as Jake and I do and I think there's no question that he does.

When Jackson was a baby, we kept him separate from the dogs to eliminate the dog hair from getting all over him, but we would occasionally let the dogs smell him and get used to him. As he got older, we would integrate them a little bit more, and now that he's walking, they spend much more time together. 

We taught him early on to be gentle with the dogs and have tried teaching the dogs to be gentle with him. This has gone very well and we've had no problems, aside from the dogs running by and knocking him down on occasion. Libby, (the dog in all of these pictures) lets him climb all over her, not moving a muscle. She is such a gentle dog. The other 2 dogs tolerate him ;-) and he just adores all 3 of our dogs.

 (Some of these pictures are a bit blurry as its hard to get pictures of a toddler and a dog together without one of them moving. Ha!)

I taught him to hug the dogs and now everytime he's around them, he lays his head on one of them and says awww. Its the cutest thing ever!

He even hugs a dog magnet we have on the refrigerator and says awww.

Last night we were downstairs and Libby was laying on the dog bed. He went right over to her and sat on her bed with her. Of course, by the time I got my camera, he had already moved on to something else... playing in her kennel. I did get a couple pictures of that. :-)

So I think its pretty safe to say, he and the dogs will be the best of friends, and that makes me so happy.

Project Life 2013 - Week 6

 My Project Life Scrapbook page for Week 6 of 2013.

I used the Woodland Adventure Kit by Elle Designs.

Our Weekend and A New Blog Design

First up, I re-designed my blog and I'm so happy with the way it turned out. :-)

Next, we had a great weekend. Saturday, Jake and I took Jackson to Steak n Shake for lunch and then to the Science Center. We also stopped by the Zoo to check out their new Sea Lion exhibit, which was very cool! Jackson absolutely loved running around the Science Center. We basically just put him down and followed him all around. He LOVED it! We had been cooped up in the house all winter and we just really needed a day out of the house together. It was a GREAT day! Here are a few pictures that I took with my phone. I brought my DSLR, but unfortunately forgot a memory card for it. :-( Major Fail!

Jackson and I at the Science Center.

Jackson in the Sea Lion Exhibit at the Zoo.

After leaving the Science Center and Zoo, he was out practically out before we made it off the parking lot.

Saturday night, we rented "Trouble with the Curve". It was really good! 

Jackson was so sweet that night too. As we were watching the movie, he got up on the couch in between Jake and I and I layed my head on him and he put his arms around both of us. It was so sweet. He was giving out lots of hugs and kisses (which he doesn't do very often) and then he eventually got back up on the couch and fell asleep all by himself. 

Then Sunday we went to church and then went to lunch with family at Chili's. After lunch we went home and took a nap, which was quite nice and doesn't happen often enough. That evening we had dinner and my cousin and his girlfriend came over to watch "The Walking Dead" with us.

So that was our fun weekend. I hope you all had a great weekend too!

Jackson and His Harmonica!

Jackson got a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Instrument bundle for Christmas this past year. It had a drum, harmonica, recorder and several other little instruments in it. He really loves trying to play all of the instruments! 

On Monday, after I was done taking his Valentines Day photos, he grabbed the harmonica out of the toy box and started trying to play it. He doesn't quite have the hang of it yet, but its fun watching him try. I got these photos then and I'm so glad I did. They are just too cute!

Project Life 2012 - Weeks 8 and 9

I finished up 2 more pages for my 2012 Scrapbook this week! 

Week Nine.

For this layout, I used Railroad Boys Digital Scrapbooking Kit by Katie Creates.

Week Eight.
For this layout, I used the Document 2013 mini kit freebie from Libby Pritchett.