Wednesday, February 24, 2010

JACK'S FIRST STEPS!!

Hot off the press!
It may not be the best quality (and it's sideways) but I just HAD to show it. Jack's amazing teacher Amy got this on her digital camera for me.
I'm not exactly sure when you count your child's first steps... Jackson starting taking 2-3 steps at a time back in January just after he turned 9 months. But he is 10 months now and this is almost walking - or says his Mother ;)

Look out World because any day now he will be on the move!


Thursday, February 18, 2010

School Days!

Caught on camera by his teacher Ms. Amy... some of Jack's daily activities

Nap time in his crib... but it doesn't look like he's tired ;)






Jackson is making a special Valentine's present for Mommy and Daddy





This is Jack's friend Jacob- he is 2 months younger but can definetly keep up with Jackson!

He LOVES applesauce!!

Where did it all go?!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Happy 10 Months Sweet Little Man!

Just a little Bed Hair in the morning...




Such a cool dude...

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day!





Here are some goodies I made for my team at work - I can't wait to do it for Jackson's friends!

Here is his Valentine he handed out to all his friends at school.


These are the cookies that were in the goodie bag and these were the only 4 left - Ryan was not happy about that.

XOXO

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Record Snow Fall in Dallas!

On Thursday, February 11th, we received 12.4 inches of snow - that is the most Dallas has ever gotten in one day! It was so pretty to see such a white Valentine's Day :)


The front of our house - I don't think our poor Texas plants are going to make it through this... Trees everywhere were dragging to the ground because the snow was so heavy.



Ryan's truck


Here is the 12.4 inches on our patio table...

Our neighbors tree that is touching the ground because of the snow. Normally you can't even reach the branches!

Ski Trip 2010

The Donahue Family had a great time in Keystone, Colorado this January. We had across-the-hall condos with Gransie, Baba, and The Smiths - Bryan, Megan and Wyatt.


Jackson's first sled experience... we were outside for about 3 minutes before he had enough - of course I don't think it helped that Daddy put Jack's bare hand right in the snow! Maybe next year he will have more fun with it :)





Ryan, Jessy, Megan, Bryan, Aunt Barbara and Baba



The Donahue's and The Smith's were able to have Date Night while Gransie and Baba watched the boys. We went to dinner at the fondue restaurant at the top of the mountain. It was super yummy and this was our musical entertainment...





The dessert was SO GOOD but it got hot really fast so this was our attempt at blowing out the fire... not successful.



Monday, February 1, 2010

9 MONTHS OLD

Jack's birthday was back on January 16th, but we left for our ski trip 2 days later and I was waiting to get his pictures back. Plus, he just had his checkup last week.
We had Tori take his pictures again - she is the same one that took his Halloween pics. We just LOVE her! She is so good and she is amazing with kids!
Here is her website if anyone needs a photgrapher: http://www.recollections-photography.com/

Jackson is 29in long (80th %) and 20 1/2 lbs (40th %) and doing great!

He has 2 bottom teeth which started showing at about 8 months - we were wondering if he was ever going to get teeth! Dr. Mehendale says he's working on his top ones now...

Not sure if it's that or our vacation where he slept away from home OR his cold/ear infection/eye infection... but Daddy and me are back to getting up in the middle of the night with him. Hope he settles in soon - poor guy - too much going on these days.

We are trying all the foods we eat with him - some things he likes better than others but we're working on it. He just loves to be lazy and eat his jar foods where he doesn't have to chew!

This is our favorite picture... he's just chillin' - Such a cool dude!