Lunch with the trains

On Sunday, Gavin woke up from his nap and Jarrod had his lunch ready to go. We wanted him to eat so we could go outside and work in the garage. He, on the other had, was doing everything to avoid sitting down to eat. He was carrying Edward and Thomas around, so I finally got an idea. I took the trains, set them on his table and told him they wanted to eat lunch, too. I put a piece of pizza in front of each of them, and he sat down and started eating! :) He didn't eat everything, but enough for mommy and daddy to be satisfied, and the trains enjoyed their lunch as well!

Journal Jars by Jen!

Journal Jars by Jen is up and running ~ well, sort of! :) I was on a roll getting jars done, but then we thought we were moving March 6 so I packed everything up. So, I have lots of jars that are ready for tags once we get unpacked and they'll be posted to my new Etsy site. In the meantime, I took the three that were done to Melon Bean, and Andrea was nice enough to let me display them there and one already sold! Yay!


If you want more info - you can visit my site: http://www.journaljarsbyjen.etsy.com
{But remember that it isn't complete and won't be until after the move!}

Or, email me at JournalJarsbyJen@gmail.com!

Brings back memories

Most of you know that my grandparents lived next door to us pretty much my whole life. Obviously, I have tons of wonderful memories of them. This weekend, I did something with Gavin that brought back memories of them. We fed the birds! :) Grandma and Grandpa used to have this random block of concrete in their backyard. Sometimes we'd feed the bird there; other times we'd just feed them right out the front or back door. We used to take the end pieces of bread or stale bread and break it up and watch the birds come eat. Something so simple, but has so many great memories related to it. So, since all the snow finally melted off our patio and we heard bird chirping, I decided to feed the birds with Gavin.

He had a great time, and I got cute pictures, but there weren't a lot of birds. Only two or three birds came. And the bread actually lasted until the next day when more birds finally came to eat! But he loved watching them pick up the bread and fly up in the tree next to the patio. They kept going under my car, too, which he thought was pretty funny. I bet Grandma and Grandpa were watching!

Shirley was VERY interested, too! She kept barking though and I think that scared some birds away.

I love how he laughs and holds his hand to his mouth now. Makes him look so grown up!

It's a sunny weekend here in Rochester!

And we're hoping to take advantage of it! It's been a while since we had temperatures in the 40s and the sun shining above. Jarrod's working today so Gavin and I hope to spend some time outside. I'm thinking after a nap we'll drive to the park to see if the playground is free from snow. Even if we just get to walk around I think it will be a fun day. Jarrod's bringing home steaks for dinner so we're planning to grill out. Tomorrow, since he's off, we really want to use the weather to our advantage and knock out the garage.

So, what is going on with us? Well, this move just seems to get more complicated everyday. We found out we only get a window for a delivery date, so we changed our pack up date so that we can hopefully get our stuff delivered sooner. We're down to about 18 days before the truck is supposed to pack up! Then, we're hoping to spend some time in Cincinnati with family and friends before heading down to Arkansas. I spent yesterday making tons of phone calls - getting new car insurance quotes, finding a pediatrician, talking with the property management company about our home....I'm sure our phone bill will be high this month. Oh well! I think we're all finally healthy. Gavin still sounds congested, but he's eating much better and is his active self, so I'll venture to say he is feeling good. We're just ready for spring! He knows how to say 'outside' now, so he's always grabbing shoes or pointing to his coat and saying outside. We're going to have so much fun in the yard at the new house! And since my posts aren't complete without a picture according to our families, here's the bug. Have a great weekend everyone!

Flashback Friday

I was telling someone about the www.makeaonesie.com website recently and found this picture and just wanted to share it again. How cute was he???? I love that onesie. So many memories....