Weekend at Grandpa's

Jackson and I spent the weekend up in Breckenridge visiting Grandpa Schill, Auntie Whitney and "the cousins." I think everyone had a great time and played HARD! On Saturday, we all went garage sale shopping. Eight families around my Dad's block were having garage sales -- amazing deals! Jackson found a chainsaw and a motorcycle toy, that he just HAD TO HAVE! I thought they were fun too, until hour two of "vroooom!" and "put on your helmet and crank it up!" Yikes!! I can see why those toys were for sale. Later that night, the three amigos decided to seranade us on the piano. It was music to our ears! : )

It's a...

GIRL!!! Yes, we found out last week that we are expecting a baby girl this January! We are so excited and ready for the new adventure. Jackson went with us to the ultrasound, but was less than impressed. He was more concerned with the fact that I was laying on a high table with my tummy hanging out. He kept saying, "Mommy, get down. You get hurt!" : ) The only part of the whole experience he enjoyed was listening to the baby's heart beat! "Shhhhh! What's that?"

New Bike Helmet

The last few days when I've gone to pick up Jackson from Honey's (daycare), he greets me at the door with someone's bike helmet. It's so stinkin' cute (and funny looking!) So today, I surprised him by getting him his own helmet. Boy, was he happy! He wore it all the way home from Honey's, on his four wheeler in the backyard, coloring with chalk on the sidewalk, and all during supper. He's quite the little "safety" nut! : )

MN State Fair

Too much Fair fun!

Last weekend, we went to the MN State Fair. This was Jackson's third trip! We were a little sleep deprived when he was first born and took him when he was just 2 weeks old. Yikes! Anyway... he enjoyed the Fair much more this year. His favorite part was "Machine Hill" and all of the cool John Deere tractors and riding lawn mowers. Vrooooooom!!!

Zoe's Birthday

Our friends, Jen and Taylor, has a first birthday party for their daughter, Zoe, last Sunday. It was a beautiful day for an outdoor party. Jackson had fun singing "Happy Birthday" to Zoe (and anybody else who would listen), playing on their rocket bike, and jumping in the inflatable castle! I tried to get some shots of Jackson jumping, but he spent most of the time sitting/falling on his bottom! : )

Our trip to Minnehaha Falls

My first trip on the Light Rail

President Johnson's footprints


My first look at the Falls

A little friend joined us on our walk : (

A metal slide. What???

Close up view

On top of Minnehaha Falls

Playing around at the Train Station

Jackson and I took a trip to Minnehaha Falls this morning. I thought Jackson might like to take the Light Rail down there -- I was right! He was so excited to get on the train, look at the scenery flying by, and of course, shouting "Choo-choo!" I'm not sure if the people around us enjoyed it as much as we did, but it was great! Once we got down to the actual falls, Jackson was just in awe. We spend lots of time walking around the park and playing on the "old school" playground. I doubt Jackson had ever seen a metal slide or jungle gym. It was a fun way to end our summer together. I go back to work on Monday and Jackson starts back to "Honey's" (daycare.)

Dancin' Machine

Dancin' Dudes

My cousin, Cayla, got married yesterday! Congratulations, Cayla and Todd! We had a wonderful time celebrating their special day and catching up with family members we hadn't seen in a long time. However, after dinner, the real show started... our little Jackson turned in the "Dancin' Machine!" The music started playing and he was off to the dance floor! I don't think he missed a dance until he (literally) hit the floor with exhaustion about 9:30 pm! What a little nut!