I feel great.  Mother's Day is approaching and this year I'm feeling like I deserve some celebration.  Last year, Van was only 6 months old and I hadn't yet slipped into the role, but I'm excited about celebrating Mom's Day this year with a delicious brunch made by my husband.  Plus, this week is going to be busy with MOMS Club activities and ( Read more... )

In September:

I met Dan and Kathy's baby.  Very cute. Haven't seen or talked to them since.  I've seen her Great Aunt twice at the Costco.  Is this what happens to your friendships? 

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I got all my hair cut off.  I feel like I'm 10 again.  (My Mom always cut my hair short as a child, as I couldn't be bothered to take care of it.  Some things never change.  I got called Joy the Boy for years ( Read more... )

We bought a new car seat today for Van.  A new kid carrier backpack.  And a "family camping set" which included two sleeping bags, a tent for four, a cooler, a flashlight, and a carrying case which it all -- amazingly enough -- fits in quite compactly.  I'm way excited.  We are heading for Craig for our first family camping excursion.  The camping ( Read more... )

I just now uploaded the June photos on our gallery--  http://gallery.jacksonfusion.com/

We've been busy here.  Van's been growing, Dan's been working, and I've been doing laundry.  The usual.  I was considering training for a half marathon but I couldn't swing the 5/7 day schedule.  I ( Read more... )

Little Dude drank from a straw for the first time, and pooped in the potty, also for the first time.  Busy day in the Jackson household.

Suddenly, Van has 2 wee little teethies coming in. One was kinda there one day and then BAM! There were two bursting through ( Read more... )

so i went to the movies tonight with courtney and sarah. we saw Friends with Money. and a couple of things just completely side-swiped me. i completely climbed into those people's lives this evening and now i'm walking around all. . . . disembodied. lost. doesn't it rock your world when art does that to you? i can't tell whether i took ( Read more... )

he's starting to talk and swat at things and smile. he sleeps from 8pm-ish to 7am-ish. and my favorite thing he does these days is the not crying, meaning he hardly cries anymore. he fusses a bit, especially around 5-ish. but now that he chatters to himself, he doesn't cry after he wakes up from his naps. usually, he just lays in there talking ( Read more... )

"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies ( Read more... )