Lilley, the hunter.

So - here's the story - I had to go over to Eug/Darcy's yesterday when they weren't home to feed Jackson cuz someone was looking at our house - LONG STORY. Anyway, so Eug/Darcy have an adorable dog named Lilley who is totally normal and sane. Anyway, I heated up J's food and was feeding him when Lilley intercepted for the bite! But she missed and got Jackson instead... not w/ her mouth but with her little claws! oops! Needless to say, J was NOT happy and cried for about 30 seconds until Lilley did something funny and then he laughed and forgot all about it. His face, however, did not forget. He had 2 huge welps pop up almost immediately. One of the "scratches" went straight down his eye... I took pics about 5 min after it happened.






This is 2 hours later... Much MUCH better!

Ryan's Tint Shop Has A New, Improved Look!

Warning: I took these pics w/ my Sony camera... not the best quality.

I decided that we could not put off cleaning up the garage anymore. So I just took on the task head on. I decided that I have to do it w/ Jackson... normally I wouldn't since he's into EVERYTHING and I must say - it was harder to do w/ him in my way and putting everything in his mouth, but I got it done. From 830am - 130p, I worked and slaved... haha. I still have a few "garage sale items" in there... like the clothes hanging up, but now, it's a bit more presentable in the random event that someone actually comes to look at our house... going on 15 days now - no showings. :( But!! Maybe it was all so that I could get the garage cleaned out! Check!

So this was our garage BEFORE:



And this is AFTER:




This is my helper. His name is Jackson. He's a cutie pie. He loves stairs.

Milwaukee Zoo

Jackson visited his FIRST ZOO on Thursday with his mommy, daddy and GRANDMA!! Thanks Ma for treating us! We had the most fun!


The Zoo Gang - Jackson wore the glasses right until we got up to the building and then YANK, off they came. There's something he understands about wearing the hat/glasses outside but he will not dare wear them inside... he's too cool for that.


We're big time sunblockers! My mom has recently had a melanoma on her body so we're big advocates for skin care and protection... also to go see your dermatologist EVERY year to get your body checked out! Thank God my mom did this.

So I have short arms.

J in his new "umbrella" stroller which is 1000x smaller than our previous one! Good for traveling!

Jackson really just wanted to RUN the whole time... the animals were just an added bonus to the freedom of the run!


Look where Ryan's eyes are. haha.

Pushing the stroller was a world of fun too.


J refused to look at the camera.

He liked the elephants!




Now this was big time fun! Jackson got to feed the goats!


And he REALLY loved this goat... This - what you're seeing here - is Jackson's idea of a "hug." He was "hugging" the goat... this goat was awesome too - didn't move at all... and he just kept on loving on it... SO CUTE! I probably took 30 pictures of this.


Now petting the goat...

and loving again...

Jackson was very interested in the fast moving hyenas.


He kept pointing to the cheetah.

So handsome!

Mom and Son


The scenery was so pretty here!

RUN RUN RUN!

We kept saying "polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear?" cuz that's his favorite book...

ABC - Always be climbing.

HIPPO! Jackson's favorite bath toys are hippos....



Still climbing.


Now we're officially getting tired.

So Daddy sweeps in to get the smiles!

Headed out...