Happy Halloween

This is NOT my favorite time of year. I hate anything scary...scary movies, scary costumes, haunted houses, haunted corn mazes...pretty much if it's going to make me jump, want to hide, or cry, or raise my blood pressure I avoid it like the plague. Travis on the other hand LOVES Halloween and all it's glory. He is a fan of AMC's Fear Fest and has been watching scary movies in what little spare time he has this past week....mostly because it's the only time of the year he can get away with it! (I refuse to sit through scary movies 99% of the time) Now there is ONE thing that we can agree on where Halloween is concerned...

...that Jackson makes the CUTEST little scarecrow we ever did see!! We hope that everyone has a wonderful Halloween weekend! Be safe and eat lots of candy (the ONLY other thing about Halloween that I love!)

6 months old already?!

Time flies! I can't believe that Jackson is already 6 months old! Here are some DARLING pictures that Travis took of him a couple of weeks ago...



We had our 6 months check-up and I was surprised to find out that although he is a healthy and growing baby, he wasn't as big as I thought he would be comparatively speaking...16lbs 4 oz (30th percentile), 25.25 inches long (15th percentile) and 17.25 in head circumference (50 percentile)

The perfect description of him right now is PURE JOY! Jackson can bring a smile to anybody's face at anytime. He is such a happy baby. He is babbling up a storm, sitting up on his own, rolling over all directions (it's especially cute when he rolls over and over towards where one of us is sitting!) He is eating oatmeal cereal and trying lots of new fruits and vegetables. He loves the little Gerber puff snacks and if we show one to him he will grab our hand and pull it towards his mouth (he doesn't quite have the fine motor skills to feed himself one yet although he does try.) In the last week or so he has decided that he would rather sleep on his belly than his back and if we put him back onto his back he rolls back to his belly within moments. He loves to play with mommy and daddy, watch the dogs, giggle, talk to family on the webcam, jump in his doorway jumper, and even has a ticklish spot underneath his chin!

It is amazing watching his development and to think that it was only a little over 6 months ago that he came into this world. He has grown so fast and taught us both so much! I can't even say how much we love our little boy and we can't wait to continue to relish in each and every moment!

Better Late then Never

I think that it is best if we all come to terms with the fact that my blogging abilities are sub-par lately...updating our blog has taken a backseat I am afraid...I mean have you seen how cute of a baby I have to entertain on a regular basis?!

A few weeks ago Travis and I ran the Dirty Dash 10K at Solider Hollow. It was SO much fun and we can both honestly say that we have NEVER been that dirty before.

Our team name was the "Mud Monkeys" and Travis even designed us the awesome shirts we are wearing! Here is a before shot....

...left to right: Kami, Heidi, Sarah, Travis, Chris

We ran up hill through mud, down hill through mud, over hay bails, through tunnels, through a swamp, over walls surrounded by mud, down a water slide, and waded in a gigantic mud pit and this was the result....

...left to right: Sarah, Kami, Hedi, then Travis and Chris behind us

Who knew that full grown men and women could have so much fun getting dirty?! Well we had such a blast that in May next year we are already signed up for the Dirty Dash 5k!! Can't wait :)