OH HAPPY DAY!!!!

Look what was in my mailbox this afternoon:

I am very excited to look over every single page and make my shopping list for the next trip to IKEA!!!!

My Little Soccer Player

Here are some pictures from Opening Day at the soccer park.

Getting ready.

all ready - just has to get his uniform shirt

with his momo and papa

Jack's first soccer team

His first game is next week and we are so excited about it!

What a Great Week!!!!

Well today marked the end of Jack's first week at his new school. I really feel like this is more of a school environment than a day care and I can tell that Jack knows the difference. He has had the best week. I asked him yesterday what he had been learning about all week (hoping he would tell me the letter that they had been learning) and he looked at me and said  "Jesus, Mommy." Oh melt my heart. I know that he is learning a lot but I am so happy that he knows that learning about Jesus is the most important thing. Thank you Dr. Brunson, Shelly Taylor and Amie Shields for allowing my son to be excited about getting up every morning and going to school and excited about learning about Jesus. What an amazing start to a school year and to the beginning of his school career!

First Day of School

Well Monday was a very exciting day in our house but it was also one of much nervousness. I was worried that Jack would have the same problems that he did at his other daycare. Here he is all ready to leave the house:

He was so excited in the car the entire way down to the church. When we got there he said to me "No Mommy. Not to church, go to school." We are still working on separating the fact that school is during the week and church is on Sunday. Here is Jon and Jack going into the crosswalk to go to his class:

He was so excited when we got to his class. He helped me put his bag into his cubby. He then went running into his classroom. He had a friend in there and one of his teachers brought in a beta fish for the class. Jack and his friend were looking at the fish with a magnifying glass. It was so cute to watch them.

Jon and I left and went and had breakfast and then went home to clean a little and to just hang out. When we came in the door our dog (a 80lb black lab) was sitting at the top of the stairs and when we were all of the way up, he began looking for Jack. Stogey looked like he had lost his best friend. I sat down on the couch and he jumped up there and sat with me. Here he is looking sad:

We went back around 3:45 to pick Jack up and both of his teachers said that he had a very good first day. The past 2 days have been that way also. He is excited every morning about going to school and seeing his friends and learning about Jesus. The Lord has answered a huge prayer that I have had for the past couple of months.

For now.

End of Summer is here!

Well the end of summer is here (technically) - it is still 100 degrees outside. School starts on Monday. Jack is starting at FBC Junior Academy on Monday and he is sooooooo excited. I am excited too but I can't believe that my little boy is one year away from VPK. He is growing up way too fast. Also, in 3 weeks he will be starting U4 soccer. It is going to possibly be the funniest thing but all of his little equipment is adorable. We got him cleats, shinguards and socks - his socks are an XS kids sock and the only company that makes them is Adidas (at least they match his cleats). I will do a post on Monday and let you all know if I cry - I'm going with no but others are saying I will.

Have a great weekend.

My munchkin is 3!!!!!

I can not believe that my little boy is 3 years old. He is growing up entirely too fast! He will have his 3 year old check up on Monday morning so I will post his stats then. Here are some things about him:

He LOVES to talk.
He has become opionated.
He is HYSTERICAL!!!
He can eat - and eat he does. He eats everything but no cookies, cake or candy.
He has a best friend and his name is Will.
He wears mostly 4T shirts but can wear some 5T shirts.
He still wears 2T shorts - he has a skinny wasit but legs for days so we have to buy 3T or 4T shorts/pants just for the length (with the adjustable waistband).
He LOVES to play.
He has a great imagination. I love listening to him play in his room by himself.
He talks in paragraphs now and loves to tell stories.

He is so much fun and LOVES having his daddy home.

Here are some pictures from the past few weeks.

Jack and his best friend.

In his Woody outfit from his Aunt Jess and Uncle Kyle.

Something New

I decided that since we are entering a new year with an amazing little boy that I would change the background of my blog. I really like the flowers so I chose this one.

Family Pictures

Here are some of our AMAZING family pictures from last week.

A Preview

Today, we participated in a yearly tradition - family pictures for Jack's birthday. My baby boy will be 3 on Wednesday - I can't believe it. Here is a sneak peek of the pictures that were taken.

Vacation, Soccer and Toy Story

This is going to be a relatively short post.

We took our first vacation as a family the first part of June. We went to Disney and Sea World. I will do a much longer post with lots of pictures later today. We had the best time but were ready to come home at the end of the week.

Jack is fully enjoying spending so much time with Jon. Tuesday we decided that we were pulling him out of his daycare. We have had many problems with them and they always seem like they didn't know how to handle him. He will be starting the Junior Academy on August 23 so until then he will be staying at home with dad and then when Jon goes back to work he will be with my sister.

World Cup 2010 is here!!!! The US is kind of sucking but I will still support them until they don't move on anymore. Also, we signed Jack up for 3 year old soccer for the fall. We are so excited about this - hopefully it will help run off some of his energy. Also, I will start back coaching in the fall.

We are taking Jack to see Toy Story 3 today. Should be interesting.

For now.