Just a Quick Weekly Update

This week has been... well, not so great! 

I was off work Monday for President's Day and also off Tuesday because Monday was my normal Monday off. Having those days off was great, but the not so great part is that we all ended up with the Stomach Flu! 

I should start by saying, this stomach flu was like no other I've ever known. It was like a Super Virus or something. It actually hit my sister's family over the weekend, going through all 4 members of her family. Monday, it hit my parents and by Monday night it hit Jackson. Jackson, only really threw up once and never even acted like his stomach hurt, but he had terrible diarrhea ALL WEEK LONG! I mean like explosive diarrhea. (Sorry if thats TMI, ha!) Let me also add, that this is not fun to change when your own stomach is all upset! He actually still has it, but it seems to be getting a little bit better. Yesterday I must have changed at least 8-10 poopy diapers, and he had to have 2 baths. To make matters worse, all of that caused a diaper rash, even though I was changing him as soon as he would go.Thankfully, when he woke up this morning, his diaper rash was pretty much gone and I've only had to change 2 poopy diapers today.

The flu hit me Tuesday night and Jake Wednesday morning! It really has been awful. :-(

Thursday, we got a huge snow/ice storm. We were all still home sick, so thankfully we didn't have to get out in it.

Today, Jake went back to work and I stayed home with Jackson because he was still having diarrhea and I just didn't want my mom to have to deal with it. Thankfully, its been better today and I think it may be safe to say that we are all on the mend. Thank goodness! I was able to get the house all cleaned and sanitized today, which feels good.

So thats why I haven't really blogged this week. Its just been a not-so-fun week. Here's to hoping this weekend and next week are better.

To end the post on a happy note, here are a few pictures from this past week that I posted on Instagram. (Most from before we all got sick.)

Jackson's first time on the carousel at the mall last Friday night. He loved it.

Sunday morning at church in the Nursery Class. I had nursery duty, and I couldn't help but get a picture of these three cuties eating their cookies together. ☺

These next two are from Sunday night. Jackson snuggling with Daddy and...

Jackson standing on his toy! He's becoming a little monkey.

My super silly boy eating lunch on Monday.

Jackson decided to join Libby in her kennel Tuesday evening! Ha.

He also decided to help Daddy out on the computer!

Thursday morning couch time, watching Disney Jr. and trying to get over the flu.

Later Thursday morning as the snow and ice started to come down. You can't really tell from this picture, but the snow flakes were huge!

I hope you all had a better week than we did and I hope you all have a great weekend.

My Sister's Blog Re-design

I am so blessed to have a wonderful sister. She and I are pretty much best friends. I love having her close by so we can share our lives together. 

She has a 5 year old and then she and I got pregnant within just a couple days of one another in 2011. (You can read about that here.) Mason was born just 12 days before Jackson. I hope our children will grow up becoming the best of friends. ☺

She started a blog around this time last year. She blogs about her family and her days as a stay at home mom! She also blogs about some of her sewing projects, which are always fun to see.

Since I just re-designed my blog, and had so much fun doing it, I decided to give her blog a re-design and I'm so excited about how cute it turned out. She LOVES owls! So we went with an owl theme!

If you get a minute, stop by her blog and check it out! ☺

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!