Cousin Reunion!

Avery, Hailey, Nick, Andee, and Aubree; missing: Addison and Austin

Our cousin Kevin's wife Paula was in town with her kids so we all got together at Thanksgiving Point. It was so good to see her since I haven't seen her since our wedding. They are really the only ones we still keep in contact with that are on my mom's side. I was so mad since I wasn't able to stay very long, I had to meet up with my realtor later that afternoon. So hopefully there will be a next time soon!

1st Day of Preschool!

Finally school has started again! Andee absolutely loves preschool! And riding the bus. Last year when you would ask her what she learned at school that day, she always responded with "Bus!" So hopefully this year we'll get more out of her. I was really hoping that she would be going 3x a week instead of 2x since she really needs it. So this year she goes every Tuesday and Thursday and she's in the morning shift, which I'm really excited about. Last year she had the afternoon shift and it seemed like from the time we woke up till it was time for school, it took forever. And then it was right in the middle of the day so I could never do anything on those days. So yay for morning shift!

Update!

Well a lot has been happening! We finally got the green light to buy a home! Yay, we've been waiting for 4 years to hear that. So it took us 3 full days and we finally found one that would fit our needs. It's a way old house, but it's on a third of an acre lot, so it's perfect for the kids and dogs. Since it's an old house, we had an inspection done on it and the results weren't surprising because of the age of the home, but we're still waiting to hear if we have the green light from our lender or if we have to fix some things before moving in. If we get the green light, our move in date is August 29th!

We have sold all our puppies but one little girl..so I told James if she's not sold by Friday..it means we get to keep her! But we'll see, I don't know if we can fit 3 boxers and 3 kids into our small little home.

Pregnancy is going great! He's quite the mover, it's crazy sometimes my whole stomach is moving and bumping all around, pretty funny. I'm 27 weeks, so almost there...sort of.

Nick was stung by a wasp on Wednesday, right under his eye, so his poor eye swelled up pretty big..so sad. But that was his second time getting stung in just the past couple of weeks. The first time he was stung it didn't even phase him, but this time he cryed for a little bit. Andee was stung about 2 weeks before Nick and was hysterical for 3 hours! Barbara and I started to think maybe it was something besides the wasp sting since she was having such a bad reaction. Pretty sad.

Breaking Dawn Party!!

So at last minute I was able to talk James into letting me go to the Breaking Dawn Party with my sister at Barnes and Noble. And I'm so glad we went! It was the best night I've had in a long time. First we met at Joe's Crab Shack to start our evening. Then we went and stood in line to go take pictures with "Edward"! and "Bella". It was hilarious to see the people that dressed up in their prom attire, vampire attire, along with the two red marks on their neck..hehe. So at 11p.m. we headed over to Walmart to go stand in line to buy the book. When we got there, the way the set up was, it looked like we were the first ones there, so we stood there thinking, right on we beat everyone here, then we looked around the corner...hehe very funny. The line wrapped all the way around the store. So we waited for an hour, ate some cake the store was passing out, and laughed histerically at everything since it was way past our bedtime. There was one point that Liz and I were balling since we were laughing so hard. Then the moment arrived, 12:01a.m.! It took 15 minutes for us to get our books and buy it and then we took pictures once we got IT. First we took a picture with Liz's camara, and I realized after that I was holding the book backwards, so for my camara, we were both laughing histerically again, peeing our pants.... literally..hehe. So in all, it was a great night. I even woke up before the kids woke up this morning to start reading! So far, amazing!

Liz's friend Melanie came with us and she was so much fun

Us with Edward and Bella!

The ridiculous crowd outside of Barns and Noble

Yay!

Happy 4th

For the 4th, we have an annual Jackson get together (Barbara's side) and then we all go over and watch the fireworks. This year the fireworks were amazing but only lasted for about 20 minutes. Andee got really scared again, but not as bad as last year. She was sitting with James brother Darin, and he said she was shouting out all the colors of the fireworks... poor guy. And Nicholas loved them.

The firemen were giving out these little footballs to all the little kids

The necessities of the fireworks... glow sticks

PUPPIES!

Well all I can say is I'm glad they are finally here. Last night was the longest night ever, besides when I had Andee and Nick. I started noticing that Mary was acting different around 8p.m. So I hung out outside thinking it was going to be any minute... I went inside around 10p.m. Then I checked on her at 10:30 and she had had her 1st little pup, good thing I was there because she didn't really know what to do. Then I stayed with her until 3:30a.m. after the 5th puppy was born, thinking she was done. But I woke up at 5:30 to find one that didn't make it : ( and probably would have if I was there, so it was sad. Then she had her last puppy at 6:30. So yes, 6 puppies! We were only expecting 3-5 because this was her first litter. They are so cute, I can't wait for them to get a little bigger...and even cuter.

Look at that face...

IT'S A....

BOY! We are so excited to have another little boy. Nicholas so needs a little brother around so he stops playing dolls and dress up with Andee. We're naming him Brock Lewis.