Getting Married

Lilly: "Mommy, When I get big Steve and Blue are going to scudoo out of my TV and we are going to get married."
Me: "Yeah, When?"
Lilly: "On Thursday night"
Me: "Well you have to go to college first. What do you want do when you grow up?"
Lilly: "Get married."
Me: "You have to go to college first, so what job do you want?"
Lilly: "To wash dishes."

At least once a day we have this conversation lately. Lilly is adamant she doesn't want a job, just to get married.

NC State Fair

Lilly wanted to go to the fair to ride the ferris wheel. That is all she talked about....then we got to the fair and went straight to the ferris wheel. Lilly looked up and said " That is too big for me." SO we headed to the kiddie rides. Lilly and Jackson both had lot's of fun on the rides. I was glad for Jonthan to show up b/c I don't do rides and Lilly wanted to ride them all!

Family Camping Trip

My Dad decided that it would be great to take the whole family (aunts, cousins) camping in the mountains. Mom and I were not so excited about this trip, but Daddy and Heidi were gung ho! So off we went to Hillsville, VA to spend one night in a tent. Mom, Dad, Aunt Pammy, Heidi, Rob, Guy, Hunter, Lilly, Jackson, Jonathan and I were on our way. We left Saturday morning about 8:30am and boy were we packed down. With this crew the one thing we did not run out of was food!!!!!!!!

We arrived about 12:30pm and found the campsite to be beautiful and except for wind the weather was also nice. We unloaded the "Food Tent" and had sandwiches for lunch. Then it was time to set up our tents. There were 4 tents set up and lot's of blankets!!!!!! Then it was off to fishing. Lilly and Hunter had a large time fishing. This was Lilly's fisrt fishing trip and she was all about touching the fish and worms! Glad Dad and Gradad were there to help her. Suddenly the sun went out of site and boy was there a change in the temperature. IT WAS COLD!!!!!!!!! My little fellow enjoyed the outside but had a hard time walking which resulted in a black eye! We had chilli and burgers for supper and smores for dessert.

Bedtime approached (what else is there to do in the dark on top of a mountain?) In bed for one hour and Jackson pukes....everywhere!!!!!!!!!! Daddy came knocking on our tent and said that Lilly had just done the same. So all my effecient packing went to waste. I had no extra clothes and all the layers for them to sleep in were now dirty. Lilly's sickness was a fluke and I guess the smoke from the campfire didn't sit well with Jackson b/c he was sick again the next morning. Thankfully we made it through the night with no more major events. Breakfast was a success and then it was time to pack back up and head home. Our next trip will be in the late spring with warmer weather and hopefully more than one night. We had way too much work for just one night!

Camping

Our chuch had a father/child camping trip this past Friday night. Lilly was sooooo excited to go camping with her Daddy. My Mama and I were VERY worried about this. Jonathan has never had either of our children all night by himself. I only agreed for Lilly to go because she will tell me everything and she is able to tell Jonathan everything she needs. My Mom gave her all sorts of rules that Lilly was able to recite by the time I got home on Friday and they all ended with "Tell Daddy".

Needless to say after all the worry, Lilly and Jonathan had a great time and she was not involved in any drama that may have occured. The biggest event of the night was having to potty in the woods. Jonathan discovered that this wasn't that easy for a girl. Lilly had a cot and slept just fine. Jonathan for some reason decided not to take an air mattress and didn't sleep so great. I for one was glad to see them come home!

Jackson 11 Months

It is hard to believe my little fellow is almost one. He has such a sweet personality that I hope he keeps forever!! He will follow Jonathan and me around the house with his arms outstreched so we will pick him up. He loves to be held which is a problem seeing as he weights 25lbs. He LOVES to be outside and as soon as Jonathan picks him up he will point towards the door and grunt. I feel certain he will not talk because he pretty much gets what he wants by pointing and grunting. He also LOVES to eat which is obvious by his weight. There is no food he has yet to not eat. His clothes are the exact opposite of Lilly (tall and extra slim.) Jackson has short legs and his belly hangs over his pants. Much like an old man with a beer belly. When you take his clothes off he will walk around and rub his belly. He is now giving kisses, which are full of drool, but oh so sweet.

Lilly Dance

Lilly choose to take dance over gymnastics this fall. I was a little disappointed, but let her have her way this time. She has wanted to take dance since seeing Sydney's dance recital. After her first class I asked how it went. Her response "Fine, but I didn't get to dance on stage." She is ready for the end product.

Moving On

Jackson is nine months and as sweet as ever. Last week he cut his two top front teeth. That was a little trying, but we made it! He is taking about 4-5 steps at a time and get so excited with himself when he does. He loves Lilly and wants to be wherever she is!

Lilly decided to take dance. She is very excited however when I was trying to show her the ballet positions she told me "NO MOM! This is how you do it" Could be an interesting thing. She really just wants to be on stage. She will start her 2nd full year at Louisburg Methodist Preschool at the end of this month. At open house the teacher asked what friends she was excited to see. She named three boys all of whom she ended up in trouble with. Definitely explains all the "boy" play that we wandered about! She will ask at least twice a week "Am I going to school this day?" I hope her enthusiasm for school continues. It helps that she has WONDERFUL teachers and two of them are wrapped around Lilly's little finger!