Picky! Picky! Picky!

Don't be fooled. It's a cute face but that cute little face is driving me insane! Jackson started showing signs of pickiness a few months back but it wasn't too bad. I was still able to get him to eat fairly well. But OH! MY! GOD! it has gotten so much worse! This kid is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo PICKY! There's very little he will readily eat. He'll see the nutritious meal I've made for him and say "no! no!". I'm like, what!?! Boy, you don't tell your mama NO! Apparently, I was an incredibly picky eater as a kid and you know, I have to admit, I still am an incredibly picky eater. So I guess I shouldn't be griping about my son. My mom & grandparents are probably getting a real big kick out of this. I'm not laughing! Not at the moment, anyway.

by the way, that's paint on the side of his face.

It's Premiere Week!

I'm so excited! Finally, all of my shows (which is a bit much, mind you) are back on TV this week! Well, a few won't be back on for another week or two but for the most part they're all back! Woo hoo! My DVR will be working hard this season!

Here's my list of shows:

Dancing with the Stars
How I Met Your Mother
Samantha Who
Pushing Daises
Lost (stinkin' Lost doesn't come back on for a long while. I hate that!)
Grey's Anatomy
The Office
30 Rock
The Amazing Race
Desperate Housewives
Brothers & Sisters
Mad Men (I'm catching up on this one right now)

And that doesn't count the few random shows or movies I record. Sheesh, where am I going to find the time to watch all this stuff? I actually had to drop a few shows because it was getting to be too much. Have fun folks, I know I will!

Boots & a Big Ol' Mess!

Jackson loves an old pair of black boots that I own. He found them one day thrown in the back of our closet (which is a disaster area)! He took them into his room and just started playing around with them. Instead of trying to put them on his feet, he was obsessed with putting them on his hands.

Another one of his obsessions is clearing all the contents of his bed. Actually, it's more like THROWING every single item on his bed to the floor. By the way, did I ever mention he's in a toddler bed now!? I can't remember! Basically we just removed the front piece of his crib and put in a bed rail. He had started trying to climb out of his crib. The last straw was when I found him hanging over the rail!

But anyway, I digress. So Jackson loves to throw everything on his bed to the floor. And he now has an awful lot of things in his bed. It used to just be Glo Glo (his beloved glo-worm), Patches (his patchwork dog), and another small stuffed animal. It has now turned into 3 HUGE stuffed animals (Pooh, Piglet, & Tigger), 2 Glo Glo's, Patches, Tiger (from the dentist's office), Penguin (from the Galveston Aquarium - a gift from his cousin Michael), Tracker (MY stuffed dog), Cinko (his Ugly doll), several books, and his vroom vroom blanket. I don't know how the kid has any room to sleep!! I've tried taking things out but he'll get upset if a single thing is missing so all that stuff stays! And it's all that stuff that I have to pick up every! single! time! with no help whatsoever from the little stinker. Whenever I ask for help, he squeals and takes off laughing! What a punk! :)

Attack of the Ink Pen

A certain little someone has gotten huge into writing all over himself. I was busy one afternoon unpacking when I realized it was awfully quiet in the other room. Jackson had gotten into my pens and took to scribbling all over his legs. He told me it said "Dada". How could I be upset at that!?

Oh sweet Starbucks

How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways!!!!

You have ushered in my absolute favorite time of year by bringing back the ever wonderful beverage known as Pumpkin Spice Latte! I'm in heaven! However, now is not a good time. It's as if you knew that we've been reading our Dave Ramsey book and that we've put ourselves on a strict budget. At a time when I am not supposed to be making any frivolous purchases, you roll out the red carpet for this blissful drink. What's a girl on a budget to do!? Indulge...that's what! It's my favorite time of year and my favorite type of drink! Budget schmudget! This girl is not making any sacrifices as far as PSL is concerned. Just don't tell Jerry. He might try and put an end to this love affair and I can't have that!

First Visitor

Jackson had his first visitor just a few days after we moved in...his buddy Daniel. Daniel made the long drive from Kyle with his mommy Wendy to come and visit us. They spent the entire day with us and we all had such a great time hanging out. Jackson LOVES Daniel so I know he was super excited to see him.

The boys eating lunch....mmm, good!

Daniel had hopped into Jackson's little wagon. Jackson saw this and decided to join him.

LOVE this picture!

Daniel was cool with it at first but then decided he didn't like it so much anymore. Jackson thinks it's funny!

Daniel decides he's had enough and starts pushing on Jackson to get the heck out. Jackson thinks it's even funnier than before!

Daniel's seriously annoyed now while Jackson thinks it's now completely hilarious!

Poor Daniel! His buddy Jackson is in complete hysterics oblivious to the fact that Daniel is thoroughly irritated!

Finally, Daniel manages to free himself. Too funny!

At the end of the day, they end up being best buds again and get ready for 'night night' together. Jackson wanted Daniel to stay but Daniel had to go home. So they ended their fun-filled day by giving each other a sweet hug & kiss! They'll hate us mommies for that when they get older! ;)

IKE

This is one nasty storm headed straight for Galveston and Houston. We just wanted to let our good friends down there know that we're thinking of them! Keep safe guys!

In Remembrance...

Today was the annual 9/11 Firefighter Memorial Stair Climb. Jerry once again participated along with 30 or so other firefighters from the area. I had to miss yet again as Jackson & I are both sick. The guys climbed the training tower 110 times equal to the 110 flights of stairs at the World Trade Center. They wore their entire bunker gear plus air packs. Their goal was to complete the climb for the 343 firefighters who lost their lives that day. A couple of news crews were out filming but unfortunately because of ugly Mr. Ike churning in the Gulf it wasn't given the time of day. actually, KXAN showed maybe 2 seconds worth and that was it. I'm extremely disappointed about that. The fact that these guys come back year after year to honor those fallen firefighters is something worth acknowledging. Stupid Ike! So here on my little old blog I acknowledge Jerry and Josh and Chris and all the other guys who went out today to honor their fallen comrades! And thanks Mom for calling today to let us know that you were thinking of Jerry. That was very sweet!

Sick!

Ugh, Jackson & I are both sick!! Jackson started on Tuesday and it hit me yesterday. Fever, runny noses, sore throats, cough, etc.... No fun! So we've been bumming around watching some of our fave shows, fingerpainting, and getting lots of sleep!

The Imagination Movers

These guys are HUGE in our house. Jackson love, love, LOVES them! I really like them too. We watch their DVD pretty much every day. Just this week their new show on Disney Channel started. Jackson's hooked! It's a cute show. I'm glad there's at least some new Mover stuff to watch. As much as I like them, I was getting really tired of that DVD. Although my mommy crush on Rich never stopped me from watching! ;)

Good background info on the Movers here and here

Just a cute pic...

Snack Time with Bisa

All Moved In!

So we made the big move to Cedar Park close to 2 weeks ago and we're getting settled in. I miss Kyle but CP is really nice and we're really liking it here. It doesn't hurt that Super Target is less than 10 minutes away!! In fact, there are so many things close to our house that we don't know what to do with ourselves!

Jackson is doing okay. He did great the first few days here but recently things have been difficult. He's terrified of bath time now and he's taking about an hour to fall asleep at night. No fun! It's also been a battle of wills around here. He fights me on everything, whines constantly, and just doesn't know what to do with himself. Jerry says it's like The Perfect Storm...his age, the move...they've collided full force! If you have a prayer list, put me on it! :)

Other than that, we're doing good. My brother, David, was in town for a week. He had been in Spain since February and will be heading to Washington state this weekend for some training...or something. It was nice to see him and get his help with some unloading of furniture! :)

Unfortunately, I haven't taken too many pictures recently nor do I have pictures of the new house. It's still chaos here so for now I'll share some old pix that I never got around to posting.

Until next time...here are a few pix of Jerry & Jackson at the toddler park

Cowboy Jackson

Check him out! Who can resist a cute Cowboy!?! :) Texas, Texas Yee Haw!

Buddies at the Park

Daniel & Jackson

My boys

You can see them off in the distance taking an afternoon walk together. So sweet and so cute! Those are my boys! :)

This is what happens...

...when Daddy is in charge.

I went out for coffee with a friend of mine one evening so Jerry was on Daddy duty that night. This is what Jackson looked like the next morning. A Beatles t-shirt, striped pants (that are all twisted, mind you), and red sox. I thought it was so funny that I had to get a picture. I told Jackson to stand by the wall so I could take a picture and he did just that. I couldn't stop laughing!

Sold!

One important thing I wanted to share right now is that we sold our house! It sold in 2 weeks and we couldn't be happier! It was actually quite a stressful situation in that the new owners wanted us out in a weekend. We said, no way! That was absolutely not possible. So they gave us until the 14th. Again, we said no and so now we have until the 29th to move out. Which meant we had to scramble to find a house. We did a ton of house hunting last week and found a house in Cedar Park that we absolutely loved. We made an offer, they countered, and we accepted! We close on our new house on the 26th and we'll be moving in on the 27th. Yowza!! This is all happening so fast that I really haven't had a chance to wrap my brain around it or even tell anyone about it, for that matter. I'm really bummed about leaving my neighborhood and just the south part of town in general. And of course, my great friends out here. (I'll miss you folks...you know who you are!) But it makes sense for us to be out north right now with all of Jerry's commuting. So Cedar Park here we come! Although I'm hesitant, I'm sure I'll really grow to like it out there.

Here's a pic of the new house. I can't wait to move in. I really love it!

As usual...

...we've been super busy the past couple of weeks. My uncle, aunt, and cousins came into town on Aug. 2nd and will be here until the 16th. We've had all kinds of good times with them! My in-laws also came into town last week and will be leaving tomorrow. We've had a great time visiting with them. And, we've been consumed with house stuff! We just can't seem to catch our breath! I've got lots of pix to share so I'll update as soon as I get a free moment!

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