Baby Food

I have been pureeing my little heart out the last two days and boy howdy it feels great to be done for awhile. I don't really mind doing it, but it can be messy and it is time consuming. The money saved is worth it all.

Keeping up with Jason

My little Jason is sure making tracks these days. He has the army crawl down to perfection. He will occasionally get up on his hands and knees, but he doesn't really have that concept down yet. He is into everything and "exploring" everything. He has plenty of toys, but he would rather get into all the things he shouldn't. For instance, our guitars...he is always going over to them and looking at them like "I know I am not supposed to touch these, but I am going to give it a try anyhow just to see if I will get a spank." It is cute, sad (to see his little sin nature coming out), naughty, but cute, wearing on mama, but oh so cute to see his little hands reach out and lightly touch the guitars. Then we say no and his hand pulls back. Then he reaches out again and goes in for a bang. Then we get up and give him a spank. Then he reaches out AGAIN and takes another swipe. Usually after the second spank he will turn around and head to something else. I am thankful I have him to chase around the house, but he sure wears me out! It is hard to believe that 7 1/2 short months ago we would lay him down and he wouldn't budge. Everyone tells you to cherish each moment because the time flies, and I believed them, but I didn't really realize how fast time flies until I experienced it for myself. I am cherishing EVERY moment (even the naughty ones)!! I am thankful that God has given me this sweet boy to raise for His glory, and I pray daily that I will be faithful in this task. I am blessed!

Heading to find trouble!

Just look at those sweet blue eyes!

In other news (of the Jason sort of course), he has his second tooth as of yesterday morning. Now he has his front two bottom teeth. Those are sharp little buggers!

Ahhh!!!

Vacation!!! I LOVE vacation! We just returned from a busy, too fast, but very fun 10 day trip to Michigan and Ohio. We enjoyed every minute, including all the travelling. It was a 15-16 hour trip to Michigan, another 8 hours to Ohio, and then another 18 hours from Ohio to Oklahoma. This doesn't include all the driving back and forth while there. Jason was such a good traveller again, he only cried the last half hour of our trek home.

While in Michigan we stayed at our camper on Fremont Lake. We enjoyed walks, ice cream dates, a swim in the lake, some movies, and a couple games of Mexican Train.

Some of the highlights of our trip:

Getting to spend time with my two favorite guys! I love road trips with Aaron because we have so much time to just talk.




Getting to meet our two new nieces, Meredith & Naomi. They were so sweet! Jason got to see all his cousins from my side of the family minus Noah.

Another highlight was spending time with my best friend, Andrea!

Some might tell you that eating these scrumptious bread sticks was the best part of my trip...the truth of the matter is, they ranked right up there. Of course seeing my family and friends was the BEST part!!! Back to the bread sticks...we had them twice while in MI., and they were everything I remembered them to be and more. :)

MOVING ON...




We went to Lake Michigan one day with family. It turned out to be a red flag day (the undertow was bad) due to the high winds and waves. We were all covered in sand in a matter of minutes, and we were there only two hours before we called it quits. It was miserable (especially for the moms and babies), and we brought home enough sand to make a beach in the bathroom. Aaron did get to play with the kids in the water for a bit, so it wasn't a total bust. Jason loved the sand. He was crawling (army style) all over the place. Speaking of beaches, he probably created one in his tummy with all the sand he ate.

My friend Laura and her family were in MI while we were there and they came up one afternoon to the camper for a visit. It was fun to see her again and to meet her daughter Hailey who is 4 days younger than Jason. They were cute to watch together.

We were able to visit with longtime family friends, the Johnson's minus Micheal (who didn't feel we were important enough to grace with his presence. ; )) We had dinner with them and my siblings and their families one evening.




Jason and I had breakfast with Stephanie and Nadia one morning. I hadn't seen Stephanie since our wedding. It was fun to catch up and to meet her daughter Nadia.

What is round on both ends and says HI in the middle?

OHIO!!

Sadly, this riddle played in my mind often while we were away.

We decided around the time that Jason was born that we were going to try to get to Ohio this summer for the Palmer family annual pig roast. We have wanted to get up there since we were married, but for one reason or another it hadn't worked out. We didn't tell anyone about our plan to avoid disappointment if it didn't work out. We were for sure going to MI to meet our new nieces, and since it was only an 8 hour drive from MI-OH we decided to plan the trips together. So, we surprised the entire Palmer clan, including all our immediate family. It was great to finally meet Aaron's extended family.

We stayed in a hotel while in Ohio and made the drive (it was a curvy, hilly, beautiful LONG drive) back and forth to where the family was. The pig roast was fun. There are no pictures on my camera of the pig, but I did get to see the dead pig in all of its nasty deadness before it was roasted. Before the trip I had seen on FB a friends picture of a pig being roasted. The head was still attached with apples stuck on for eyes, nose etc...and the pig was on a spit being roasted. So I had this lovely picture in my head upon arrival in Ohio. Well, it turns out the Palmer's have a more dignified (in my opinion) way of roasting the pig, and it didn't include the head or a spit. Don't get me wrong, it was still quite nasty, but it sure did smell good and taste great in the end

Here is one of my favorite pictures taken in the two days we were in Ohio. This is Aaron's Grandpa Palmer (Pap), Aaron's dad (Papa/Grandpap), Aaron (Papa to Jason) and of course the cute little man, Jason (we just call him all kinds of things, Jace, J-Ry, Jason Ryan, J-Dizzle, sweet boy, big boy, handsome, precious...he answers to all...:))