Ice Skating Rookie!

Today I had my first ice skating experience! Ryan was very helpful!! Shelly had been skating before, but it had been awhile and Mike skated backward to get this video... so we can assume he's pretty darn good at it... I think I got better as we did it and it definitely got more fun! I think I'll go again!

Week 2 Down, 9 to Go!

OK... So I can't be judged this week cuz I'm in NWA and the scale is different... but if it WERE right, it would say that I have neither lost nor gained this week... but since the scale is different, it doesn't count - therefore, I owe Ryan NO money. :) I have, however, been running like crazy... Finally did 4 miles w/o my knee hurting the next day, so progress is being made. I'll continue doing 4 miles this week and next week, we'll tackle 5 miles... I guess I was just progressing my mileage too quickly and that hurt my knee... Either way, May 2nd is coming up quick and 10K, here I come! :)

New Crocs!

Jackson got new crocs today... thanks to Aunt Janet! I have been looking for some for him but they never have his size or... it's all girl stuff! Anyway, so he posed for some pics with his Poppie!!

My dad not wanting to look at the camera - made a silly face! At least J is smiling!

Room Full of Girls!

My friend Megan and I hung out yesterday... She has 2 daughters - Ali (almost 7) and Bella (almost 4). So needless to say, Jackson was the little man of the group! We all piled in my car and went and had lunch and then headed over to Megan's to hang out and play w/ the toys and animals... Fun times!

Hanging w/ Grandma..

We stayed w/ Ryan's mom Carol Friday and Saturday nights. Ryan fished on Saturday w/ my dad, so Carol and I hung out and played w/ the Baby J (who wasn't feeling well...). I, of course, took tons of pics!

Easter!

On Sunday Ryan and I left early to go have Easter Sunday at my Grandma's house... Unfortunately, it was raining, so the young ones had an Easter Egg Hunt inside... but J actually did SOOOO good. He even did some hunting!

Jackson and Mimi in church.


Poppie held J too.

Easter Egg Hunt!

Holding the basket Mommy made for him!

Jackson and me... He was showing Daddy his egg!

Jackson and Summer..

Our first Easter as a threesome! :)

Jackson and Mason (cousins - 2 mos apart!)

Tired of pics...

Jackson has some adorable girl cousins too! Baylie and Brookelyn...

Baylie wanted to take a pic... She did a pretty good job for an "almost" 7yr old!

Courtney and Jackson... He's changed a lot since she spent 3 weeks with me and him when he was a month old! He still remembers her helping me at 300am! :)

These boys will be best buddies as they get older...

What can I say?

So Ryan worked on a commerical yesterday w/ "Alltel Chad" and so I said that this time I want an autograph cuz this dude is cool and who knows - he may be a famous actor someday! So Ryan asked me what I wanted on my picture...

Well, I didn't think he'd actually get him to write it, but hey - it's funny!

Week 1 Down, 10 to Go!

Let me start this saying that I debated on whether or not to post about this or not because last time was an "epic fail" as Ryan likes to say.... but I have decided to give myself another chance.

I must tell the background first...
Ryan and I do brackets every year... The first year, I won and my "winnings" landed me 2 nights at the hotel of my choice in DC when we went for Dave/Carla's wedding.... Turns out, we only spent one night... Ok, no problem.. It was nice to spend 1 night in a super nice hotel (The Hay Adams to be exact!) well, last year, Ryan SAYS we did brackets (although I was so messed up, I don't remember at all) but I do remember the bet (or some bet for something else) being that he won $300 worth of golf equipment.... Well, he says he won and he says he didn't get the golf equipment ... too bad, so sad. Those things have expiration dates! He didn't "remember" that he didn't get the golf stuff until we started brackets this year... So I figure - oh well, we both got shorted on the last 2 brackets...
OK - well, this year - I WON! I mean, I won BIG TIME! I did have Sparty's going all the way, but regardless - I did great! So Ryan owes me $160 out of "HIS" money...

OK... that lands me on my next venture. So we're going to the beach in June.... I want to get back down to the weight I was when Ry and I started dating... I was 21, and in great shape... So - I need to drop a whopping 20 pounds to get to that point. So - essentially, I need to drop 2 pounds a week w/ the last week being spared.... So I asked Ryan to keep tabs on me. Not to harass me about it, but just keep me in check w/ how far I have to go.. etc. So he agreed on one deal: If I don't lose the 2 pounds by Wed weigh-in, I owe him $10! Little weisel just wants to recap his losses!! So I agreed cuz that makes me even more determined.... Well, week one has passed and drum roll................ 3 pounds down!!! :) And that was w/ our big ol' game night on Saturday which I had like 4 margaritas and a yummy burrito AND a brownie! HA!! I'm so excited. And the best news is that I only have 5 pounds to lose to pre-baby weight!!!
WOOOHOOO! So hopefully, I won't lose the money I have just gained (which is hopefully going to some new clothes for the beach!!!). YAY - almost there!

If only I would have found this thyroid thing 6 months earlier, I may have been much further along than I am now, but oh well - I am grateful I found the problem as early as we did! :)

I want to talk on the phone!

Jackson has recently started becoming very demanding of the phone. Whenever he sees me or Ryan on the phone, he MUST HAVE the phone... if not, his new found SCREAM appears.. (as my brother got to hear yesterday). If we put the person on speaker and let them talk out to Jackson, he starts giggling... He has recently discovered Ryan's bluetooth - and he has become very very sly about yanking it out of his ear!

This cartoon reminded me of Jackson....

Easter Bunny

Since we didn't make it to see Santa at Christmas time, I was NOT going to let J miss seeing the Easter Bunny! Of course, he looked BEYOND adorable in this outfit - which I cannot claim to have purchased - it was SOOOOOOO generously given to us.... He looked so cute that Darcy and I took him shopping for most of the day and showed him off! :-) He was sooo good!
Of course, after reading Connie's blog about Lauren - I have decided next year may be a challenge w/ the Easter Bunny!