grandma's birthday

A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Grandma's birthday! We went to Grandma & Grandpa's house and helped her blow out her candles on some sugary, blob looking mess called strawberry shortcake...where's aunt keri when you really need her?!!! But hey, it's the thought that counts and Grandpa made up for it by taking Grandma to Rich's II!! Now that sounds better :) Since Jackson can't exactly talk yet, we brought Grandma a balloon which read 'happy birthday.'

happy mother's day

We had a busy day on mother's day! Since it was my first mother's day, I received a bunch of thoughtful cards and flowers. After going to church, we headed to Toms River to have lunch with grandma, grandpa, aunt keri and her friend zach, and aunt lori and ben. Jackson napped through most of this meal...as usual :) Next, it was over to Seaside to have dinner with nana and poppop and aunt becky and aunt sarah. Here he spent most of the evening in his jumper while we took pictures and the dogs licked him. Good times!

somebody stop him!

Just today I noticed Jackson attempting to crawl! While his movements are still in the early stages, he's definitely trying!! He has started to arch his back and lift his butt up, and as the day progressed, he began to move his one leg forward.

Once I knew he could roll over I was trying to prevent any further developments because I knew it would lead to crawling which only leads to another thing....WALKING!!! I'm not ready for that!!! Here's a brief video of his attempts. It's not the best, but it's what I was able to capture.

we love to run

We spent this past weekend participating in two races. On Saturday, Bill & I ran in the River-to-Bay 5k. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed racing through Island Heights while Jackson hung out with Nana & PopPop. We even ran into old neighbors & friends! It was a great time!

On Sunday, we ran in the Long Branch half marathon. It was brutally hot with temperatures supposedly reaching in the mid-90s. I'm glad I made it out alive. It was by far the hardest race I've run. That said, I swore to Bill it was to be the LAST half marathon for me and I was done racing in them. A few hours later, I began to search for my next one ;) I can't help it! I love to run! Jackson got to spend some more time with Aunt Keri and cheered on mommy & daddy, and Vanessa & Jodi. Aunt Keri even made a cute t-shirt for him!

swing swing swing away

Aunt Keri came home for the weekend and since the weather was so nice, we decided to attempt going to a park again. This time Jackson was able to enjoy the features of the park! He was able to go in the swing since they had a baby swing, and he LOVED it. I think he thought he was flying. He also had the chance to go down the slide. We will definitely be back again!!