The explanation of these pictures is in the last blog.

 

 

 

 

My Swimming Cowboy

I love that it's summer now. There's so much more that we can do and see and experience. I think summer was created for little boys, well at least for Jett anyways. Last summer compared to this summer already is so different. He is very aware of EVERYTHING that's going on around him. In early spring we cleaned up our backyard and planted some grass. Matt and his dad made an awesome "floating deck" for us to lounge on, we hung a hammock up and some awesome friends of ours gave us a great swing set. Jett absolutely adores the back yard. I don't think there's a inch of it that he hasn't been on. His excitement for the outdoors gets me excited too, so any time we get to do something new outside I'm always curious to see how he takes it all in. The other day we went to my Aunt Darla's pool. I knew the experience would go one of two ways: A) He would think it was too cold & freak out or B) Love it so much that he would never want to leave. I'm happy to say that he absolutely loved it. Being the independent man he is, he wanted to do everything himself, which was straining at times, but it was so much fun to watch him truly enjoy being in the water. He now wants to practice his swimming in the bathtub.

The next outdoor adventure we went on was the stables. I'm not sure what he like the most playing with the "kiggy cats" that were running around or hamming it up in his cowboy hat. I think the horse was a little too slow pace for him. Imagine that. Here are some pictures of both events hope you enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Toddler Jett

It's truly amazing how much I love my little boy. He blesses our life everyday. He's so energetic and has such an eagerness to learn, discover and grow. Everyday he cracks us up with the new phrases he says are the funny expressions he gives us. He has completely stolen our hearts. Here are a few examples of how:

 

 

 

 

Jett's 1st Birthday!!

Yes Jett is almost 15 months old now, but I thought I would still go ahead and post his first birthday pics. I'm an amazing blogger. I really do want to try and get better. So, I'll probably go ahead and catch everyone up in the next few days. Hopefully :/

I knew when Jett's birthday was coming up that I would probably be a little emotional, but I didn't expect to fall apart as bad as I did. However, his party was awesome! He had the best time digging into his cake and playing with all his friends. My favorite moment was when he was eating his cake in between Matt and I and he turned to me with cake all over his face and gave me a kiss then turned to Matt and gave him a kiss. Then he did the same thing two more times. It was like he was thanking us for his party. It was such a tender moment that I'll always treasure. So with out further delay here is Jett's birthday party:



Birthday boy at home waiting to go to his party with his super cool homemade "My 1st Birthday" shirt on.



Putting on his festive hat and bib.



And...it's on! He loved smashing the cake and stuffing in his mouth or around his mouth.



Yummm! "Why have yall kept this from me?"



Family Pic




Opening gifts. I have so many of him opening gifts, but I didn't want to bore everyone.




And... of course it's not a real birthday party until the guest of honor is in his "birthday suit." With socks on none the less.