What Our Munchkin is Up to and Other Things

Swimming. The water finally warmed up so now he doesn't glare at me like the middle pictures.

Jackson loves: ice cream. coloring. sweeping. hanging out with his favorite cousin. his Buzz Lightyear action figure that his Aunt Lauren gave him.

My favorites lately: summer manicure/pedicures. Madewell. This chapstick. Being Jack's mom. The bottom photo was taken on Mother's Day.

We celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary.

A goal of mine for 2012 was to read a book a month. I love reading and I don't get to do enough of it! These are the last 3 I read. For some reason I missed out on reading "The Outsiders" in high school!

Went on a "stay-cation" in Scottsdale. Best 2.5 days EVER.

It was nice to be missed, however. He didn't leave my side for DAYS.

Last minute road trip to Vegas for my friend, Carolyn's, 30th birthday surprise party. I am pretty lucky in that Stuart thinks he should carry all the luggage! Thanks, Scurr's, for letting us crash at your house!!

Girls that went to Vegas.

Randoms. Top Left: Stuart has started his Bar Prep course and is not home as much. So for a few mornings Jackson wanted to look at pictures on my phone of his Daddy. It makes him smile from ear to ear. Top Right: Toolson's came to town and Jack got to meet Asher! They were fast friends. Bottom: Went to take a few pictures for Britt & Cody of their new darling baby. There is nothing like being around a newborn. So sweet.

Stuart's Law School Graduation

About to play catch up, like I always do! But this is the family journal so I am not giving up!

STUART GRADUATED LAW SCHOOL!
Big accomplishment in his (read: our) life and we are so proud of him!

The ceremony was during Jack's nap time and he was really tired. Decided to lay on the (filthy) ground for a few minutes. If I hadn't been trying to keep him quiet I can pretty much guarantee that he would not have had a chance to do this.

 

Went to dinner at Don & Charlie's that night with his mom & dad, sister/brother-in-law, and his grandpa.

Grad Present from Jack to Daddy.

Easter

We celebrated Easter a week early this year because I was going to be going out of town. It was so relaxing and so much fun to see Jack catch on to Easter Egg Hunting.

Contents of his Easter Basket.

Just deciding what he thinks about it.

Found the ring pop and that's all he cared about after that.

I found the cutest Easter Pasta for the kids dinner.

Setting them Free

He would shake all the eggs he found to make sure there was candy, then take a bite.

He thought that the bat and ball Nana gave him in his Easter Basket was a gun. He was shooting his crowd of fans. It was so funny!

And now, clearly, the bats became swords.

Disneyland/San Diego

This last week was Stuart's LAST SPRING BREAK EVER in school so we decided to take Jack to Disneyland for his first time and spend a few days in San Diego while we were at it. To say Jack loved Disneyland is a complete understatement. It was the best thing to see how much fun he was having. Plus he saw his hero, Buzz Lightyear, in life-size. There is nothing better.

Classic front of Disney picture. I wish the man who took it for us didn't move up so close to us!

The first few rides in California Adventure he was not too sure what we were doing. Notice his expression. He got the hang of it pretty quickly though!

The new Toy Story Ride is seriously so fun. Our favorite of the day by far. And Jack's as you can tell.

Surprisingly enough, Jackson kept the 3D glasses on for the entire thing.

Back at Disney, he met his hero from afar. He was completely awestruck.

The only thing that scared him the whole day was when Mickey got right up in his face to kiss him. He did not appreciate that.

He really liked to hold the map and pretend to read it. Also, while waiting in lines he would totally perform. This was while we were waiting in line for Pirates of the Carribean. I thought that maybe it might be a little scary but at the end he was saying "Again! Again!"

Of course he had to "drive" the cars in Toon Town.

Fully passed out while waiting in line for Peter Pan's Flight... and then slept through the whole ride. Tired baby.

Yes. I insisted that we buy him the $7 (!!!!!) balloon. It kept him busy while we walked around/waited for the parade.

I couldn't get him to look at me during the parade. He liked it too much.

Loved Dumbo.

Carousel. They are his favorite no matter where we go.

Munchkin's first Disneyland Churro. It was a hit.

The rest of our time we spent down in San Diego. We stayed with Stuart's Aunt and Uncle at their home in Encinitas. It's so awesome to have family that live in such a beautiful place!

This was when we went to Pipes for breakfast. Oh my gosh those pancakes were enormous and Jackson and I definitely did not finish them. We ate at a few other favorite places including: Phil's BBQ and Bruno's Pizza. Sometimes I miss living there because of all the yummy places to go eat.

We stopped in La Jolla to see the seals on our way down to have lunch with the Turley's

If ever you get the chance to eat here. Get a milkshake. You'll thank me.

So worn out from our trip. I cannot wait to take him again!