hartshorne woods

This past weekend we spent a lot of time outdoors since it was so nice out, and especially since it's supposed to rain almost the entire week! I was soaking up the sun because I hate being inside! Anyway, on Saturday, we drove down to Seaside Park and took Jackson for a run (hmmm...I'm pretty sure that was more for us than him...). Since he took a decent nap while we were running we then met our friends on the beach and he enjoyed playing with all the toys in the sand. After his nap, we decided to go for a bike ride before making the drive back up to Red Bank. It was a gorgeous beach day with lots of sunshine :) Then, on Sunday, we decided to go to Hartshorne Woods and go hiking. Normally, Bill and I like to run there, but I think it's going to be awhile before we get the chance to go running there again. Close friends of ours kindly donated their backpack to us since their boys had outgrown in and we put it to good use. Jackson loved it! He had so much fun looking around at all the trees, plants, and animals. He LOVES being outside! Then, before dinner, we ventured over to Dorbrook Park, and spent some time at the playground...I think that one is his favorite...well, if I were a kid, it would be my favorite so I'm sure it's his too :)

Rock-n-Roll philly half marathon

This past weekend, Keri, Lori, Bill and I ran a half marathon in Philly. Jackson got to spend the night with Grandma & Grandpa. Bill & I left late Saturday and after checking out the expo & picking up our race packets, we went to visit our friends-Brooke, Carl, and baby Claire. She was born 6 weeks early and is still in the NICU, but getting better each day! On Sunday, we woke very early to drive to Philly and run the race. It was a beautiful day and the course was perfect...except for the hill right before the finish!! I was very surprised to see Jackson cheering us on right at that moment, but it was the perfect spot! Unfortunately, it was too loud for him and he was hysterically crying when we got to him. After settling down, we enjoyed a great lunch. A fun weekend was had by all :)

i just wanna swing II

So Jackson is finally big enough to go on the swings at the playground, and he LOVES them!! Since the weather has been beautiful the past few days, I've taken him to a local park on Monday, Tuesday, AND Wednesday. Monday I met a few newly-made friends at Dorbrook Park, and they have an awesome playground for kids...they even have a SPRAYGROUND!! (Ha.. I never knew what it was either until I checked it out :) It's basically a playground water park/playground for kids. Very neat. I'll definitely take Jackson back there again when he can walk/run around! Tuesday afternoon Grandma (Jane) and I took him to the park at Sickles and pushed him in the swing for a bit. I think he had more fun flirting with the little girl next to him! And Wednesday evening we drove to Fair Haven fields and went on the swings there. Once again, he was more interested in the older girl swinging next to him. Ah, my little flirt ;) Who knows where we'll go today?!

In honor of the touch-a-truck event, I went out and bought Jackson his first toy truck. He had so much fun playing with it that I could hardly capture a picture. Sorry for the blurry images but he wouldn't stop & smile!

touch-a-truck

While on our way home from running in Long Branch yesterday, we decided to stop in Fair Haven at the touch-a-truck event for little kids. We weren't sure how Jackson would do because as we were approaching the parking lot, we could hear all the loud sirens and horns ringing, and boy, was it loud! They had all different types of trucks on hand for kids to sit in, beep & honk, and play on. There was a fire engine, a UPS truck, a Comcast truck, a dump truck, a police car, an ambulance, etc...you name it, they had it!

Jackson had fun & loved it, but he's still a too young to enjoy it :( He did have fun looking around at all the different trucks and watching all the other kids, but we think next year is his year to play!

labor day weekend

Jackson came down with a cold a couple of days ago, so we were only able to spend Monday of Labor Day weekend on the beach. It was a great beach day though! Since Bill spent most of Saturday & Sunday surfing, he was able to spend some time playing with Jackson. The two of them played in the water & the waves with Aunt Keri & Aunt Lori. I'm not quite sure what they did the rest of the time because I took advantage of Bill being on "daddy duty" and chatted away with friends....until I had to come back to reality and help with naptime. Ahhhh....well, it was fun while it lasted :)

GRRRR...my phone stinks!!!

So, once again, I appear negligent in staying up-t0-date with my blog, but I swear, it's because of my phone! I suppose I could carry my camera with me at all times in order to take pictures, but it's more likely that I have my cell phone on me and end up using that instead. Who doesn't these days??! Anyway, for some unknown reason, it takes my phone FOREVER to email the pictures to my account. So, I apologize for the delay but these photos are from August...

Bill happened to be feeding Jackson breakfast, and somehow, he got ahold of the spoon...here's what happens. Looks like we have to work on his hand-mouth coordination :) At least he's happy about it!