It's fun to look back over the past few weeks and reflect on how much we are truly enjoying raising this child God has placed in our care. Since Jack Everett came into our lives, Jeff and I have begun to look at the world in a whole new way and appreciate the little things from his viewpoint. As his health has so dramatically improved, I also see us loosening the reigns and letting him explore the world around him. We are learning to put away the bibs and the hand sanitizer and are letting him try new things. Like they say, kids only have one childhood - we want Jack to look back and reflect not on the things we had, but the everyday memories that we made together as a family. Here are a few silly memories from the past couple weeks...
Mommy recorded Rascal Flatts singing "Life is a Highway," Jack's favorite song. Night after night, he dances to this song to get the rest of that energy out.
We enjoyed dinner with long-time friends, Duane and Elisa who came into town to see Shamu. Cason, Jack, and Jack Everett had fun too! That is one CUTE pair of Jacks.
Jack with his safari shirt and hand-made toilet paper roll binoculars from Sunday School. "God made everything you see!"
Germs, Schmerms... Jack helps Daddy take out the trash.
Jack ate corn spaghetti for the first time! He loved it!
Darlene, Mel, Hope, Lacey, Jack and I walked in the American Heart Association's Heart Walk this Saturday morning in tribute to Jarrell. We are coming up on the one-year anniversary of his home-going, so it was nice to walk in his honor. The weather was great and Jack especially enjoyed seeing all the puppy dogs. Well, while he was awake, that is. In this pic, Jack Everett is dreaming about how much he loves his Papa!
I babysat for Julie and Duane for their anniversary. Jack and Alli Jean had a blast as usual! For more pics from the evening: http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=s5k5l03.7jnwbgc7&Uy=-l5zkxk&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0
Jack marveled at a lizard on the outside of our bedroom window. He was mesmerized, waiting and waiting for the scared little guy to move. He finally just banged on the glass.
Jack staged his first strike on preschool. After pitching a formidable fit, he laid down in front of the bathroom door, put his head on his stuffed "lamby," and fell back to sleep in the hallway. Yes, I was late to work.
I hosted a Pampered Chef party. It's remarkable how flexible these kids are - that's his foot next to his elbow!
He loves (lining up) these nature flash cards, but as you can see, he does NOT love it when Sadie "messes up his pattern."
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More to come on October... the busiest month I've had since, well, September... It's been hard keeping up with blogging... and e-mail... and phone calls... and laundry...
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