Amusing Antics at Famous Footwear

So we had to get Jackson some new shoes and went in to Famous Footwear yesterday. We found some we liked and put them on him, then told him to run down that middle space in the store "really fast" so we could make sure they stayed on well and that they didn't trip him or seem awkward on him. He ran back and forth doing his "laps" and showing off. There was no one else in the store except us and two salesladies. They were watching him and sort of laughing as he ran, then one of them was like, "Wow, he's really fast!" That's all it took for Jackson to go into complete show off mode. While Jake was paying for the shoes, Jackson ran towards one of the store's padded kidney shaped benches, flung himself sort of half-onto it, half-around it, bounced off of that, grins at the salesladies and laughs, then runs full speed ahead to the entrance rug, does a perfectly straight somersault on the rug, and tries to head out the door. It was so funny. Jake, the ladies, and I were all laughing so hard. Jackson was laughing, kind of a fake laugh, and seemed so proud of his grand finale. Yep, that's our little adorable show-off! I'm sure the half hour we were in that store was the most entertaining those ladies had ever had!

It's a Girl!

So, as it turns out, Jackson's intuition is great! We are having a baby girl! I'm super-excited to have one of each. Jake says he and Jackson are running away to Mexico. Unfortunately, all the outfits I so painstakingly made sure were stored away in totes (freshly laundered with no stains!) will probably not be used again. Oh well! Onto a new adventure! This, of course, also means redoing the nursery (which is a lot of work, but sooooo fun for me!). One of the ultrasound pics was so adorable. She looked like she was waving at us, so we told Jackson his baby sister was waving at him. I love it because Jackson's first ultrasound picture was such a pose too--he was all kicked back with his hands clasped behind his neck, just like a man on the couch watching football! Baby Girl looks like she's on parade already! Oh boy!

Boy or Girl?

So tomorrow we go in for our ultrasound to see if this baby is a boy or a girl. The baby has been moving a LOT, so hopefully that will be the case tomorrow and will be helpful. Jackson has been telling us the entire time that he thinks it's a baby girl, and Jake thinks it's a girl, but I honestly don't have a feeling one way or the other this time. With Jackson, I was pretty sure the whole time that he was a boy. So, since Jackson has been making predictions, Jake is picking him up tomorrow and bringing him with us to the appointment so he can be involved as well. I am really excited to find out so we can start preparing and maybe settle on a name??? We have two girl names picked out that we both love, but we are totally stuck on boy names this time. Which is funny, because with Jackson, we immediately decided on the name Jackson and both loved it, but couldn't agree on girl names. I think we pretty much just used the one top name on both our lists with Jackson and now we are out of picks...so any helpful suggestions would be most welcomed! Especially boy names (if necessary!). I will try to post tomorrow for the update! Stay tuned....

YAY FOR GOOD WEATHER!

I am so thankful that spring has finally arrived. We have green grass (well, the backyard anyhow, it seems we will be replanting or sodding the front since our dog wore off all the grass), leaves on the trees and flowers (and, unfortunately, dandelions) blossoming and WARM WEATHER--YAY! Jackson is loving being outdoors (as are we) and I'm anxious to start many new projects (most will have to wait until school is out, but that's only a couple more weeks--I can't wait!). I will add photos of the new projects as they are accomplished (don't hold your breath, though...). Softball season is in full swing (with two games down so far and nice weather for both!), school is almost done for the year, and with a little luck as far as weather goes, I will have my planters and pots and hanging baskets done within a couple of weeks! So, just so I don't lose sight of my motivation on the afore-mentioned projects, I thought I would make a little list of my goals for the next month.

***Repaint bathroom and buy new rugs (that seems to be a spring thing for me every year)
***Repaint all the bedroom furniture and sand it to look "aged"
***Finish buying new bedding for our bedroom (just a coverlet and shams is all I'm down to)
***Plant flowers in pots, tomatoes, cilantro and green onions, and buy hanging baskets
***Replant front yard (a project for Jake, really, not me ;) )
***Dig a new fire pit in the backyard (another one for Jake's list, really, but it's my idea, so it can be on my list, right?)
***Help my mom finish painting the playhouse for Jackson (er, I mean, the "hunting lodge")
***Hang more hooks for jackets and bags in the back room (maybe at this point I should have two lists--Jake's list and my list)
***And...depending on if our next child will be a boy or a girl (which we find out in a couple of weeks), redo Jackson's room.
***Re-stain the cedar lawn furniture

Now that I have posted this list into cyberspace, it's permanent and out there for all the world to see, so I really hope I soon will have pictures to show proof that I actually am doing it all! This must be the second trimester ambition and energy kick, right? Or maybe it's just that spring is finally here...

Easter 2010

We had a great Easter this year, much better than last! Last year Jackson was just a little over a year old and got his first illness-croup. He was okay in the morning, but by the time Easter dinner was over, he was really struggling to breathe and was coughing like crazy. By 8 'clock p.m. we had him in the ER doing a breathing treatment and receiving steroid shots. It was so scary! Luckily, that was the only time Jackson has ever been sick so far! Last year we also were one minute late to the Saturday Easter egg hunt and totally missed it. So, this year we planned better and Jackson got to enjoy everything.

The weekend before Easter my mom had to dye 6 dozen eggs for the church Easter egg hunt, so instead of dying eggs here and making my mom do 6 dozen on her own, Jackson and I just went over there to dye eggs. He had a lot of fun for about the first dozen, then grew bored waiting for them each time, so he went off and played while my mom and I finished them. We let him add the stickers later.

Getting ready for the Easter egg hunt! I was about to turn him loose!

There were cute little toys and prizes all over with the eggs, but all Jackson wanted was eggs. He was very focused!

Proud of his stash!

My Aunt Teresa and cousin Emma came down from Boise for the weekend as well, so Jackson and Emma had a blast together, as usual! Here they are showing off their baskets. While Jackson could only seem to focus on eggs, Emma was very focused on a certain prize, then went for the eggs!

A little cousin-ly love at the breakfast.

Jackson made a haul this year! He got a tricycle, some books and little matchbox cars, and a backpack full of fishing gear! There was a little bit of chocolate as well, but I'm pretty sure I enjoyed that before Jackson got to it! ;)

Ready to go fishing!

Easter morning pic before church (and Jackson was not cooperating, but we had to at least try!)

And...my handsome boys! Cute smiles on both of them!

HAPPY EASTER!

Well, as most of our friends and family know, I am expecting our second child! I am so excited, and now that I am into my second trimester, I actually feel like blogging again as well. Our second little Webb is due on 10/10/10, which would be cool if that was the actual birthday, but I know that babies rarely come when they are scheduled to. When we first told Jackson, he just stared at my belly and said, "Get out." Now that he's heard us talking about it more, he seems pretty matter-of-fact about it, but I know he doesn't understand much. Whenever we ask him if he wants a boy or a girl he always tells us something different, but lately he's been saying "A girl, like Leah". Leah is one of his little friends whom he just loves. But we are super excited and can't wait to find out what we're having!

So I feel totally guilty for not updating lately, and it seems like every day there are things Jackson does that I think I need to journal, and then never get to it. So this will probably be a totally rambling and random post, but at least it's new news!

"Tractor Tipping"
Jackson is not a huge TV fan, but will usually watch a cartoon in the mornings. However, at Nana's house, Jackson happens to love the movie "Cars" and has "Cars" books, toys, you name it. Well, Jackson loves re-enacting stories and movies, so Nana decided to help Jackson re-enact the tractor tipping part on "Cars" (if you've never seen the movie, just think cow tipping with tractors being the cows and a tow truck doing the tipping.) Jackson has a bunch of toy tractors, of course, and a toy "Mater" that backs up all crazy, just like in the movie. So he gets the biggest kick out of having Mater tip over all the tractors, then he gets chased around with the combine who is "mean". It's so darn cute! And reading comprehension will be through the roof when he starts school! (This coming from the teacher-mommy).

"Mean Mommy"
Jackson has already figured out how to pull the "mean" card. He has done it several times, but on Sunday, it had to be the funniest. (Shhh--don't tell him though!). A bunch of us had gone bowling at Cedar Lanes in Filer to celebrate the February and March birthdays that we and several of our friends have. Jackson was so good the entire time, but when we were trying to load up to leave, he had one of his "moments". Jake had grabbed the Sooper Ads and Jackson was carrying them around in front of the bowling alley while we all talked and started loading our cars. He started dropping pieces of the paper, so Jake told him to bring back the paper so it wouldn't blow all over the parking lot. Jackson ignored him and ran up the steps to the bowling alley entrance. Since Jake was in the middle of a conversation, I ran up after him and tried to grab the paper. Jackson ran to the other side of the steps and proceeded to throw pieces of the newspaper all over, and the wind was blowing them everywhere. So, I told Jackson, "NO,", grabbed him, and spanked him for not obeying or listening. Then I put him down and walked back the car and he shouted (while pointing at me with a very fierce finger) "MOMMY MEAN!". Jake scooped him up and into the carseat he was buckled with the door shutting closely behind so we could finish our chat. Our friends thought it was hilarious, but luckily waited to burst into laughter until the door was shut. What a kid!

"An Elephant Never Forgets"
Well Jackson is not an elephant, but I sometimes wonder. He has an amazing memory. Last summer he had one of those cheap little pinwheels and loved it. Of course, it got destroyed throughout the summer, so when I was putting up the outside toys for the winter, I tossed the pinwheel, thinking nothing of it. Months go by, with no mention of a pinwheel, and in my mind it is forgotten. Then, Jake bought Jackson one of those I Spy books for toddlers, and one of the things you are supposed to find is a pinwheel. Jackson, looking for all the things on the page, noticed the pinwheel, and said, "Pinwheel?" and held out his arms like he wondered where it was. I told him it had been thrown away and he ran to the trash and opened the lid so he could look for it. I explained to him that it had been thrown away months ago. He was so upset! I seriously thought he was going to cry! So we told him that as soon as we see them again this year, we will buy him a new one, and, luckily, he was satisfied (at least for now!).

"Antique Purchases"
Jackson is already quite the shopper, helping put things from the cart to the conveyer belt at the store and making sure we don't forget the milk, or whatever is on his mind at the moment. One day, my parents were watching Jackson and when Jake had dropped him off, he left Jackson some money in his pocket (Jackson loves having his own coins to carry in his pocket). My parents wanted to go antique shopping, so they took Jackson with them. At one of the shops, he discovered a little bottom dump truck and really wanted it. My parents told him they should look around more first. So they continued looking and finally, they said he could get it. He went and picked it up, and while they were looking at other things, he just took it right up the lady at the cash register, held it out to her, said "Buy it" and handed her all the money in his pocket. She got such a kick out of it and thought he was so smart. Well, he ended up getting the little truck, but had to take out a small loan from Nana and Papa. :)