My Little Train Conductor

This year, Jackson is being a little Train Conductor for Halloween and he's got to be the cutest Train Conductor I've ever seen!!

Yesterday evening, I took Jackson up to an old train station where they have two train cars for you to walk around on. He had fallen asleep on the way there and wasn't in the best of moods for these pictures, but we got a few cute ones nonetheless.

 

What are you or your kids being for Halloween this year??

Halloween Pajama Party Link Up

I'm linking up with Darci and Meredith today for their Halloween Pajama Party Link Up!! 

I love dressing Jackson up in cute Halloween jammies. So this link up was right up my alley.

Here he was last year in his Halloween jammies.

And here he is this year! It's amazing how big he has gotten in just one years time.

Jackson's Two!

This past Sunday was Jackson's 2nd birthday! I really can't believe my sweet boy is 2 years old already! Time certainly does fly by. It seems like just yesterday he was born and changed our lives forever in the best of ways!

We spent the morning at church and then went to a local Pumpkin Farm with Jake's side of the family. 

(Someone doesn't like to cooperate for pictures anymore.)

Picking a Pumpkin.

He loved the slide.

Waving bye bye as he rode off on the barrel ride. He's such a big boy!

Walking through the corn maze.

We have his "Little Blue Truck" Birthday Party this Saturday!! I'm praying that the weather is nice. We are planning on having a hay ride and we won't be able to do it if the weather doesn't cooperate. I also have a few kids games planned and we're having a very Fall/Farm menu of Chicken Noodle Soup and Chili. I can't wait!

(A little sneak peak of the "Happy Birthday" banner I made for his party!)

His present has been delivered. I can't wait to give it to him at his party!

And finally, I just finished up his 2 year photo book yesterday and ordered it in time to get here for his party! I can't wait to see it in person!

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We feel so blessed to have this super sweet, funny, adorable and amazing 2 year old in our lives! He is getting so big and growing up right before our eyes. Its so fun to watch him grow and learn new things! We love you so much Jackson! 

12 Week Bump Date

How Far Along: 12 weeks today.
 (You can check out my 12 week post from when I was pregnant with Jackson here.)

Size of Baby: (According to babycenter.com) 12 weeks: Your baby is about the size of a lime. Your lime-sized little one now weighs 1/2 ounce and is just over 2 inches long from head to bottom.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I'm not really sure, I should find out on Wed. at my 12 week appt.

Maternity Clothes: A few things here and there.

Gender: We should be able to find out in about 6 weeks. Sometime in early December. I can't wait.

Movement: Not yet, but I can't wait for this as well.

Food Cravings: None yet. Just whatever sounds good at the time.

What I miss: Nothing really.

Sleep: Sleeping okay. I just have to get up a few times a night to use the restroom. I can usually fall back asleep pretty easy, so that's good.

Symptoms: Feeling a little better as long as I keep my stomach full and chewing gum seems to help any nauseousness I have. For some reason I don't feel so good in the evenings and I'm pretty tired as well, but I'm really hoping this is over soon. With Jackson, the "yuckiness" starting subsiding at around 12 weeks, so I'm hoping thats the case again this time. My chest has been very sore, which I never had with Jackson and I'm still having a little heartburn occasionally in the evenings.

Best Moment this week: Spending a beautiful Fall weekend with family and celebrating Jackson's 2nd birthday yesterday!

What I am looking forward to: Baby Related: Hearing the baby's heartbeat at my appt. on Wed. and hopefully feeling the baby move soon. Non-Baby Related: Jackson's 2nd birthday party this coming Saturday, the Harvest Fest at church on Sunday evening and Halloween Night next Thursday!

5 on Friday

I'm linking up with Darci and the other ladies above for 5 on Friday today!

Happy Friday! 

We have a busy "Fall" weekend planned. I can't wait to get it started!

Tonight we are (finally) taking Jackson to hopefully find a Halloween costume! I haven't a clue what we'll end up with, but I've been thinking maybe a farmer or a scarecrow would be cute!

Tomorrow my mom, sister and I are taking the boys to Relleke's Pumpkin Patch. We've been going there since my sister and I were young, so I can't wait to take Jackson for the first time!

(My sister and I at Relleke's Pumpkin Patch back in 2008. I think we need to re-create this picture again tomorrow. Ha!)

 After the Pumpkin Patch Saturday we are going back to my parents' house for some yummy chicken noodle soup and some fun pumpkin painting/carving with the boys.

(Jackson and I carving pumpkins at my parents' house last year.)

Then Sunday is Jackson's 2nd birthday! It's so hard to believe my sweet little "Punkin" will be 2 in just 2 more days! Where did my baby go?

We are spending his birthday at church in the morning and then we're going with Jake's family to a different pumpkin farm. It looks like it will be a lot of fun. I've never been to this one before, but I'm excited to try it out.

Have a great weekend!!

Big Boy Bed!

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, then you probably already know we are three nights in to Jackson sleeping in his "Big Boy Bed" and he's doing great! 

One morning last week, my mom called and said "You'll never believe what your son just did"! She proceeded to tell me that he had somehow climbed out of his crib and opened his bedroom door all by himself. She said she heard a door open in the kitchen/hallway and when she went to check it out, Jackson was standing at the gate in his bedroom doorway!! 

Needless to say, I was shocked! I had never even seen him attempt to try to climb out of his crib, so I couldn't believe he made it all the way out. Thankfully he didn't get hurt. My mom didn't even hear him climb out.

The only way I can think that he did climb out without getting hurt, was that he climbed up onto his changing table and then got down onto his diaper pail and then onto the floor. My mom said he had pulled his noise machine down off the window sill, so I'm assuming this was his method of escape. Crazy Boy!!

So I went right to the store that afternoon and got a guard rail to attach to his "big boy bed" in case he would move around while asleep and fall out. His crib can be converted into a toddler bed, so I took the front portion of the crib off and then added the little guard rail. 

I have to say, I was very nervous that he would know that he could just get down when we put him to bed and wouldn't go to sleep so easily like he's been doing for so long. But much to my surprise, he went right to sleep the first night and when he woke up the next morning, he just cried for me to come get him, just as he would do in his crib. The second night, he went to bed just as easily, but my mom heard him awake in his room the next morning and he was at the door when she went to get him. So he has figured out he can get up. Last night he went to sleep great and was still sleeping this morning when I went to wake him up to drop him off at my Parents' house. Hopefully, he continues to go to bed just as easily and we can check this milestone off as a success!

 (As you can see, he definitely needs that guard rail. He's a crazy sleeper.)

Our plan all along has been to use Jackson's crib for the new baby and buy Jackson a twin bed when we get closer to the new baby being born. I wasn't exactly planning on moving Jackson up quite this soon. However, I feel like converting the crib to a toddler bed for now is a good stepping stone for him to get used to not being in a crib anymore. This will get him ready for a bigger big boy bed in the near future. :-)

11 Week Bump Date

How Far Along: 11 weeks + 2 days.
 (You can check out my 11 week post from when I was pregnant with Jackson here.)

Size of baby: (According to babycenter.com) 11 weeks: Your baby is about the size of a fig. At just over 1 1/2 inches long from head to bottom, your baby is still teeny-tiny – so while she's already kicking and stretching, you won't feel her acrobatics for another month or two.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I would say around 3 pounds, but I'm not really sure.

Maternity Clothes: I've been wearing some maternity pants, but still in regular shirts.

Gender: We should be able to find out in about 7 weeks. Should be sometime in early December. :-)

Movement: No movement yet, but I can't wait til there is.

Food Cravings: None yet.

What I miss: Nothing really.

Sleep: Still sleeping pretty well. We just bought a new mattress over the weekend, so thats been nice these last 2 nights. :-)  I have to get up at least once or twice during the night to go to the bathroom though, but thankfully I can usually go right back to sleep. 

Symptoms: I'm not feeling as nauseous as I had been, but I've been having some heartburn in the evenings that's no fun at all. And out of the blue, I threw up this morning. :-( So I'm not sure what that was all about.  I'm really hoping we're at the end of the "sick" road. I'm so ready to feel better.

Best Moment this week: Having a 4 day weekend and getting some things done around the house and for Jackson's 2nd birthday party coming up on the 26th.

What I am looking forward to: The second trimester, when I'll hopefully start to feel better. I'm also looking forward to hearing the baby's heartbeat at my next appt. on the 23rd and feeling the baby move in the next few weeks.

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