jackson's 1st date......

It has happened, my son went on his 1st date. Julie and Jackson went to Olive Garden on Thursday. When Julie got here, Jackson was very excited and kept walking up to her car seat and smiling and pointing at her. He wore a cute little outfit with palm trees on it, and she was in a sweet little green and pink shorts outfit. Then when we where getting ready to go, and put Jackson in his car seat, he and Julie were playing footsie. It was the most adorable thing ever. Well, when we got to the restaurant, Julie fell asleep, but not because Jackson was a boring date, because he was being a wildman, he sat in his highchair for a while, but then he wanted me to hold him, so as I was holding him he managed to get this foot on the table, and in my bowl of soup. And flirted with every girl, young and old in the restaurant. One waitress came up to me and told me that she was having the worst day until she kept seeing how Jackson was acting so silly and his cute little smile....and she thanked us for coming in and said that he made her day! That was pretty cool.

family day....

How cool is it when your husband brings you flowers and tells you that he is not going to work so that you can have a family day???? Well, that is what my wonderful husband did yesterday. He told me to put on something that could get wet, and to get Jackson ready, but he wouldn't tell me where we were going. I was really putting up a fight, because, I didn't want to put on anything that even came close to a bathing suit! But finally I found a bathing suit that was not too bad on me, and put on a pair of shorts and a tank. Jackson wore his cute swimming trunks and we went to the cutest little park in Collierville, it is a water park. For those of you who haven't heard of it, there are several different things like, rainbows and snakes, and buckets that fill with water, or spray water at different pressures and they are also set on a timer. It is so much fun, with all the kids running around everywhere, and the ice cream truck has a permanent parking space! I thought Jackson would be scared of the water spraying him in the face, but he was laughing and crawling toward the different station. I think that he is still young yet, but he still had a great time, and so did I. It was the best day I have had in so long, as a matter a fact, I can't remember the last time I had that much fun. Brian, you are the best, thanks for the flowers and the family day, Jackson and I had a blast. ** Go to the Collierville water park everyone. ** And I think we should get a petition up and try to get a cute little park like this one in Bartlett. We know the Mayor,(and we voted for him:) ) do you think he would listen to us????

pet names

Not to long ago our friend Mick put a post on his blog about all the nicknames that he has acquired thru the years, and why.Then he also put a place that all his friends could put there nicknames, too. I thought this was soooooo cute that I am stealing it, sorry Mick, but I would like to change things up just a little bit.....
I wanted to put all the cute little pet names that I have for Jackson:
1. pumpkin--because it's cute.
2. pump-pump--short for pumpkin
3. love--that's pretty obvious
4. lovebug
5. honeybunny
6. bug
7. bugsbunny--this one comes with its own song written by yours truly
8. honey
9. angel love
10. moe
11. mo-mo-- I don't really have a reason for this one! Brian hates when I call him mo mo.
12. sweet-sweet
13. angelbug
14. sugarplum
15. little man
16. baby J
17. jumpy jumperton--when he is in his bouncy seat.
18. little stinkpot--when he has a "muddy" diaper.
Okay, so I like pet names,and there are probably more that I can't think of right now. And yes, Jackson does know his real name, he hears it when he is getting in trouble....just kidding! :) So, what are some of the cute little things that you call your kids or spouses??? Or better yet what do that call you??? You better tell or you won't wanna here the name I think of for those who don't comment.. :)

Coronal Polishing

Yesterday and today I took a course called coronal polishing for dental assistants to become liscensed to polish teeth. I had to be down at UT on Friday @ 8:00 am so that meant that I had to get up with the chickens (really I just got up when Brian's alarm went off....5:20) I am not used to that, if I am up that early that is just to feed and change Jackson, but I don't have to do hair and makeup for that! My mom came over and was here around 7:00, Jackson was still sleeping when I left, and I was very sad. This I knew would be the longest that I had every been away from him, and he has a cold, so I also felt bad about that, too. But one cool thing that happened was that I got downtown with a few minutes to spare so I went by the firestation to see my honey. I ate my breakfast while we sat outside on the bench and watched all the hustle and bustle of people going to work. I went to the class, we had lecture until lunch, and then after we ate we went to the clinic and popped a typodont (a set of plastic teeth and gums) into a dummies head. And we polished a dummies teeth....and "you can learn a lot from a dummy!!!!!" :) I was proud of myself, I only called to check on Jackson twice while my mom was here, and she had to go to work, so Brian's mom came over to releve my mom @ 12:00 until I got home. And I called to check on him right after granny"shift change". He did great! I am so proud of my sweet baby, he didn't cry and he took his naps on time, and had lots of fun playing with his grannies!
Today, it was Daddy's turn to stay with Jackson, and it was sad leaving my boys, while they where sitting down to eat breakfast. I had to take a test this morning and then we teamed up with a partner and polished each others teeth. Then we had to be checked by the instructor to make sure that we didn't miss any plaque. I only missed on one on the written test, and did great on my patient. So I passed this part of the class and now I have to go to Nashville and take the TN. Board test, and this time I bring my own patient to polish, so Brian is the culprit! I have to ask him not to brush for a few days, so that he will have lots of removable plaque. Boy, he loves me a lot to say okay to that, huh? And I guess it shows how much I love him, since I will have to live with him during the few days of not brushing his teeth. But I wanted to say that the class was pretty cool and I am excited to add this polishing certificate to my resume'. Thanks to everyone ....Brian for your loving support, Mimi and Nana for taking such good care of my little angel, and Dr. Jodi Rump for letting borrow the instruments and supplies that I needed for the class. You are all awesome, and anytime that you need your teeth polished, I'm your girl!!!!!!!

crash and burn

I can't believe I am even writing this, but it is so funny, I can't help but to laugh at myself! I was working out on the treadmill, and jammin' out to the ipod, when for some stupid reason I thought I should let go of the rails and jog a little. But because I was so into the song that was playing on the ipod, and I was singing out loud ( this is where it gets really good) I closed my eyes....."why?" you ask. Because I was lost in the music, and I kept drifting further and further away from the front of the treadmill, when all of the sudden, I flew off the back of the treadmill and my cheek landed first. The treadmill was still going, and I scrapped both knees, and elbows, and on my right elbow I have a long bruise. I made this thud sound when I landed, and I was so embarrassed. Luckily I was in the room alone, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to tell Brian or not but I think he saw my wounds. So then I had to tell him, but I tried to make him promise not to laugh....but how could he not, heck, I was laugh as I told him!!! And I think if anything positive can come out of flying off a treadmill, AT LEAST I WASN'T @THE GYM when it happened!!! How embarrassing would that had been. But I am okay, and looking forward to my next workout, this time I won't close my eyes.

little swimmers

What would summer be without a pool in the back yard? Last week Baby J and his friend Caleb went for a little swim in our baby pool. I think it took me longer to fill it with water, then they stayed in it. But I guess babies don't have very long attention spans do they? Even though they where only in the pool for about 10 minutes, they had a fantastic time, splashing and kicking, and crawling around. Baby J tried to climb out about 100 times, but he does love to climb, so I should not have been surprised @this. They were so cute (OF COURSE!)

headlines....

again with the headlines, I know...but I got a newsletter from the zoo. And I open it up and the first story said:
Giant Panda's Pregnancy Ends, zoo staff looking forward to trying again next year!
I thought Jay Leno might get a kick out of the zoo staff trying again next year, we sure did! So, if you watch headlines on Monday nights look for this one.