Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Little Surprises

Jameson has been surprising us since the day he was born (yes, 10 pounds 5 ounces of surprise) so I'm not sure why I am shocked by our little cruiser. It seems like he mastered crawling in a day and is ready to move on to the  next phase, pulling himself up and even being brave enough to try a few steps. I love each new phase that he moves in to, but I am always a little sad to see the last one go. I have to look very hard to see traces of the baby I gave birth to almost 8 months ago.

This past weekend we were lucky enough to get chalet passes to the airshow, which is definitely the way to go. We spent the morning checking out the static display before it got too hot and miserable, then spent the afternoon in the tent with family and friends and a catered lunch. Thanks mom & HSI Show Productions! Jake was in his happy place taking pictures of airplanes and video of the show most of the day. Jameson did great although we did leave before the end of the show so he could get a good nap in. Sunday I got to sneak out in the afternoon to see a movie with the girls and even enjoyed a little shopping.

Jameson and I in front of Uncle Gordon's plane, he has model of this plane in his room!

VIP treatment

Boys and their toys

Enjoying nap time


Wing walker

On the Go


Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Life as we know it

These summer days continue to fly by. We had a great weekend celebrating Father's day and just being lazy. On Saturday morning we did our typical workout, omelets and coffee. We spent the day around the house and ventured out to Gander Mountain and to pick up some sushi for dinner from our favorite place. Oh how I love sushi. My mom and I are convinced they put something in it to make it addictive. I always want more! We also sat around and listened to two new records and drank wine and beer, Jameson had milk ;)

Sunday was Jake's first Father's day and I snuck out in the morning the morning and got us some Dunkin' Donuts, a treat we have not indulged in yet. How great are donuts every once in a while? They were absolutely delightful. We had a quite morning mostly laying in bed with Jameson and watching him work on his crawling and watching movies on TV. We spent the afternoon in Noblesville with family and friends. We had a tennis tournament and Peepaw and I came in second place (I was the only girl playing). Then we lounged for a while at the pool and then had a cookout at my parent's house. It was a great afternoon and Jake and my brothers had way too much fun playing with Will's Go-Pro during the tennis and swimming and were making slow-mo videos and such all night. It was a beautiful evening on the lake and even better when surrounding by family and friends.

Last week we also celebrated Jake's birthday with a delicious dinner at Three Wise Men. This is a microbrewery in Broad Ripple that Jake loves, but we try to avoid because all you want to do is eat their pizza and drink too much beer (this post really makes it sound like we drink a lot...). It was a great night and we ate outside, which meant that I got to people watch the passersby and indulge in dill pickle chips. YUM. It was delightful and I definitely think Jake enjoyed himself and the fact that he had leftover pizza for lunch the next day.

Other than celebrations, news around here is a little bit slow. I have recently taken on an additional nursing job. I'm still not sure why I am taking on additional responsibilities when my dream job is stay at home mom, but I just felt led in a new direction I guess. I will be working PRN, just picking up a few extra shifts, at Community North. My main motivator was the fact that the hospital is literally across the street from our neighborhood. The second motivator is the newborn ICU is a higher level of acuity than the one I work in now, so I am hoping to gain some new experiences. I absolutely love my job at IU and I don't plan on leaving (hear that coworkers?) but just wanted to broaden my horizons I guess. The great thing is the I can pick up 4 hours here and there and do nights and evenings so I won't really be taking time away from Jameson, just less time sleeping and who needs sleep, right! Thanks for all the support from my family too as I stressed about the transition, but I look forward to getting my hands in to something new, but still in my comfort zone.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Jacob

I am not typically the gushing type, but today I hope you will excuse it. I am actually a day late on this post, but better late than never, right?

June 14, 1985 my in laws welcomed their first son into the world. Nineteen years later he swept me off my feet and shortly after became my husband. I won't bore you with our love story, but I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I would say there are only a core group of people who really know Jake well outside of our family. He takes his time in building relationships with people, but when he does you will soon see he is very much worth the effort. He is a servant in less typical ways, always able to fix anything wrong with your electronics (and tell you why), and willing to get his hands dirty doing manual labor.

He provides without complaint which, is very uncommon in our generation of apathy. He is dependable as a husband and a dad. He is humble, yet confident. Funny, yet deadly serious. Traditional, yet current. He has never left me wanting and serves as an excellent role model Jameson. No, he's not perfect, but he is to me.... mostly ;)
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Couldn't find one of all three of us, hope to fix that soon!

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Monday, June 11, 2012

Summer

Isn't summer the best? I am a self-professed fall and winter lover (crazy, right?) but summer really is great too. It would explain some of our blog absence. We have been very busy with summer activities. Jameson has had his first boat ride, his first, second and third pool experience, his first tooth with the second on the way and his first farmer's market, with a few family gatherings thrown in. Needless to say we have just been busy. Our little guy is now closer to one than I care to acknowledge and he's learning so much that I can hardly keep up. He is very close to crawling, mostly getting up on all fours, swaying back and forth and most frequently succeeding more at a backwards motion than forward motion. It's going way too fast! 7 month pictures hopefully to come soon.

7 Months
Jameson & Ty
Jameson & Ana
Remember my green initiative? I wanted to give you a little update on my progress. I am no longer burdened by disposables. My swiffer sweeper is my very close companion. With the dog hair on our hard floors I can't seem to use it enough. The major downside to that is the disposable cloths that cost way too much and I blow through way too fast. Thanks to the container store I now have a reusable, washable pad that gives me the freedom to swiffer as much as I want without any guilt. I can use it with the wetjet swiffer too, with my all-purpose cleaning solution. I have also just bought my first re-usable snack sack, again thanks to the container store. Buying ziplocs will hopefully soon be phased out or at least much less frequent. With Jake and I taking our lunch to work I was getting frustrated at the amount of waste and money spent on plastic baggies. A slow transition, but a step in the right direction. Final update is my current work in progress. After the success of the laundry detergent I am gathering my supplies to try making a non-toxic, homemade dishwasher detergent. I use those ever wasteful tabs that of course come individually wrapped and though a big box will last me a long time it still is a little pricey. I just have one ingredient left to buy and I will give it a try and let you guys know how it goes!

My matching boys met me for lunch this weekend at work!
If this isn't a "big boy" pose I don't know what is!