Colds, Posing, and Crawling

Okay, so I am finally posting some pictures. We took these yesterday at Grandpa and Grandma Sharpe's house. This is Jackson showing his peace sign and his rockin' sign at the same time. I was fairly impressed.
Jackson rockin' out with Carlos and Gio. He was headbanging too. Pretty funny.

Jackson posing for the camera. Oh yeah, if it looks like he has a runny nose he does. Sorry, he hates having it wiped constantly and both him and Berklee are suffering from colds right now.

His face is like that because as I snapped the picture he was saying "Pooose."

If you can tell, Berklee has a scrape on her nose. This is probably the first of many scrapes since she is now working on crawling. By the way, she was up on her hands and knees and took a spill onto the cement when she tried to move forward. Poor thing.

Proud brother and happy sister.

Berklee looking at a toy in the distance and deciding the best way to get it.

"Mom is this okay?" Okay, her face makes me think that is her question. It is more likely she's looking at me and thinking you're in trouble mom because I am about to start crawling. Hopefully we all make it through with only small scrapes and bruises like the one on her nose and nothing serious. By the way, if you couldn't tell I love my little babies. I can't believe how quickly they are growing up and wish they would slow down just a little.

Jackson is now 38 lbs and just keeps out growing all his clothes and will be 3 on Sept. 15. Berklee is now 6 months and weighs 15 lbs 4 oz and measures in at 27 in. She is just below the 50th percentile in weight and just above the 75th percentile in height. Surprisingly enough she has only gained 2 lbs since she was 2 months old. Oh yeah, little side note Berklee thinks she should be eating everything we eat. If someone is eating anything, she sits there and stares then if you don't give her any she starts to cry. So funny because Jackson was such a chunk and was never as preoccupied with food as Berklee is.

Jackson and Berklee Update

Okay, so both the kids have runny noses and are starting colds. Berklee hasn't ever been sick before so she is not happy about it. Anyways, add in her immunizations and she hasn't been the perfectly pleasant baby she has been but is still so dang cute. She scraped up her nose today taking a spill on the cement. She is getting super close to crawling and I have a feeling this scrape is the first of many.

Jackson today kept saying to everyone he saw "I'm excited" "I'm excited for football tonight!" Then as we were leaving football, he reminded me to buckle his legs even though he had buckled his arms. As I was buckling his legs in, I told him thank you and I was glad he reminded me because I don't want him to get hurt in a wreck. Then he took my face in his hands and looked me in the eyes and said "I understand mommy." It was all I could do to not bust up laughing because I always ask him if he understands after I've had to tell him about things he can't do.

Funny kids. We love them and enjoy everything about them. Update: we are actually getting along very well in Monument Valley and Jackson has already started to make some friends.

Jackson's Funnies

Okay, so Jackson is becoming and is a hillarious kid. I got thinking about some things he does and says and decided I would post some of his more recent sayings and things he does.

"That's a bad word dad"
"Don't say that word"
"Peace out dude"
"Rockin' (as he holds up his pinky and pointer finger like horns) so funny!
"Just relax mom"
"Gosh mom/dad"
"Freakin' heck"
"I love you mom/dad/Berklee"
"I'm crying mom/dad"
"It's ok Berk."

Anyways, lots more sayings but those are the ones I can think of.
Some things he has started to do:

He climbs up on the stool and makes his own toast.
He has started riding his bike really well.
He watered my flowers for me.
He thinks he should wrestle Berklee (she is a good sport and usually smiles the whole time).

He does plenty more but I cannot remember them right now. I will get a pic up soon sorry I'm really not good at that.

New Beginnings!!!

Okay, so we are going to have some changes in our family situation soon. Now I know that makes it sound like we are adding another child but alas that is not the case. Colby has gotten a full-time teaching position in San Juan School District. Which means, he gets to start teaching his own students in his own classroom. He is very excited. Also, it means (hold your breath this is an announcement of a lifetime for me) I am now going to be a stay at home mom!!! Halleluja! I'm not sure there is anyone happier right now than our little family. We are so excited. I will be starting pre-school with Jackson in the fall. It will likely be at home since we will likely be in Monument Valley. Anyways, congratulations to my wonderful husband on all of his hard work. It is finally paying off for him and he has earned it. I love him and am so impressed with how much he has put into his past job and his schooling. Keep up the good work honey. I love you.

Begging

Ok, so this is actually from Thanksgiving time but I finally got it from my family's camera. I have to explain what he is doing. He is standing with his hand like that begging for his little cousin Lizzie. He thought he always needed to be right by her and loving her. Now we see that same look and hand holding out for his little sister. Overall, he is very cute with her. The biggest problem is he thinks he can carry her and stuff like that on his own. She loves him though. It's way funny because she will smile and laugh almost always when he talks to her. Way cute!

Cleaning

Well, I almost have the house completely cleaned and sanitized. I love it. As a reward we all went out to eat and went miniature golfing in monticello. I have never been and we thought Jackson might like it. He is sure he won and had a blast. I think he ended up doing each hole two or three times. I also found great thread at the mercantile there. I know stupid thing to be excited about but if you know how crappy the thread is at the stores in Blanding you would understand. Anyways, I didn't get pictures of Jackson miniature golfing. I'm kind of bummed but we'll work on the pictures thing.

Husband Tag

1. Where did you meet your husband? I met him at our freshman orientation at SUU. He was the tall dark and handsome guy I wanted to get to know. At the end of the day, we were waiting to meet with advisors and we were a couple of the last people waiting so we started to talk. It was all over after that.

2. How long did you date before you got married? We dated for a year and were engaged for 3 months.

3. How long have you been maried? I can't remember j/k. We've been married for 3 1/2 yrs.

4.What does he do that surprises you? He listens to my stupid books on tape while we drive, he plays the piano and sings for me, he wrestles and plays with our son, he works, goes to school, and still makes time for the kids, I could go on and on but you get the idea.

5. What is your favorite feature of his? Everything. I especially love his eyes, smile and his build, yup everything!

6.What is his best quality? He is always willing to help other people.

7. Does he have a nickname for you? Yes, Jules. In college he and his buddies referred to me as jewish, thank heavens he dropped that one since it could be offensive to people. LOL

8.What is his favorite food? He loves pizza. He also loves good navajo tacos with no veggies on it.

9.What is his favorite sport? Does he have to choose one? He loves all sports.

10. When and where did you first kiss? I think it was his dorm room. If that isn't right he'll be telling me so. He remembers those things better than I do. He can still remember what I was wearing the day we met.

11. What is you favorite thing to do as a couple? Not sure. Lots of things. We don't really get a whole lot of time as a couple anymore so anytime together is our favorite.

12. Do you have any children? Two beautiful kids. A 4 month old girl and an almost 3 yr. old boy.

13.Does he have any hidden talents? Don't tell anyone but he is good at writing poetry. Maybe one day I will post one of his poems on here. He's also pretty good at dancing.
14.How old is he? 23
15. Who said I love you first? I honestly can't remember. Ask him. It was in his truck up the canyon though.
16.What is his favorite music? Depends on his mood. Sometimes he loves country other times he likes to jam to some good air supply and other times he rocks it with ozzy and adcd.
17.what do you admire most about him? I admire how patient and loving he is with me and how adorable he is with our kids.
18. What is his favorite color? I'm not positive but I would guess blue unless you're referring to sports teams colors in which case red for the red sox and buccaneers.
19. Will he read this? I'm not sure. I just started the blog so we'll see if he checks it out.
20. Who do you tag? Anyone that reads this and has a husband.