The Little Boys: Finally, Summer is here!

I can't believe its been such a long time since my last posting - I'm usually pretty good about staying on top of it. But, life, and Jackson, just hasn't slowed down very much, especially since summer is officially here! We have been outside most every day either walking, going to the park, working in the yard, swimming at the pool, strolling at Town Square, eating in the outside courtyard at Central Market...

Last weekend, Jackson got a visit from his Nana and Poppa Bush. We had a great time catching up and even though it was a short time, it was filled with many great moments. It was heartbreaking when they left because Jackson had grown so comfortable with them in such a short time - but this is something we'll have to deal with living so far from some of our family.

On Friday, we took Jackson to his first professional baseball game in Rangers Ball Park (Arlington, TX) to see the Rangers take on the Oakland A's. Uncle Brian scored us some great seats and Jackson had a blast. He yelled at the other spectators below us, chowed down on some great ballpark food including nachos and an ice cream sandwich, and finished the night watching an amazing fireworks show. He was in heaven, especially when daddy put him on his shoulders to see the fireworks. We will be going back many times, I just know it...

On Saturday, we spent more time at the pool with Jackson's buddies - Jackson and Kat (aka the Twins) and they all enjoyed splashing around. The kiddos especially like the water bubbles in the concrete by the pool (see picture). Jackson also likes for us to take him in the big pool and bounce him up and down in the water - he just laughs and laughs! He's also good about kicking his feet and going back and forth between us - with our constant supervision, of course. Although he still doesn't like getting his face wet, he's like a little fish and would stay in the pool all day if he could. In fact, he even started to fall asleep in David's arms in the pool on Saturday!

Yesterday (Sunday), after spending a little more time at the pool, we went to a place called "Life's a Beach" for a birthday party. This would be Jackson's first time around sand so we were anxious to see how he would do. Well, he's definitely a beach bum already! He just couldn't get enough of it and played for almost three hours straight before we finally had to drag him out of there and take him home to be hosed off! He was a mess! And, of course, he did eat some of the sand but there wasn't much we could do about that. I'm just hoping he'll realize how unpleasant it tastes and not do it again! He would get right in the middle of all the other kids and want to do whatever they were doing. He played with every single sand toy out there and especially loved anything with wheels (but we all knew that!). So, we are ready for the beach - FLORIDA, here we come!!