Jackson speaks!

Ok... only a few words... but still exciting! His therapist told me on Thursday that Jackson had said "apple" during their session. Then this morning, before breakfast, I was waiting for Jackson to come over to me so I could get him dressed. He was just sitting there in his ball pit saying something that sounded kinda like "we". I looked at what he had in his hand and it was a flashcard of a leaf. I freaked out! I repeated "leaf" and he repeated "we". He clapped his hands for himself... which makes me believe that he was actually saying leaf and he was proud of himself. It sounded very close... just no L sound. He kept repeating it over and over again and shoving the flashcard in my face so I could see the picture. It was so cute and I am so proud of him! I am going to do flashcards with him later today and hopefully he will have more success with them!

Jackson's New Shoes!

Since it is summer in McAllen now... for the most part... we got Jackson some new sandals! He wears size 9! I can't believe it! We picked them out at Walmart last night and he was very excited. He played with them when we got home and when he saw them this morning, he wanted to wear them today. Of course, it is cold today! But I let him wear them anyways, if he wore his socks. I know... not very fashionable, but for a 2 year old- Who Cares?

This was just a cute picture. These are Jackson's tired eyes... so cute!

Here are some recent pictures of Jacob.

My Solution

Lately, I have been feeling a little not in control of my life. With the 2 boys and Luis working so much... things are just a little crazy for me. I have the solution. I need to have a little control over my own life. I feel like Jackson is running my life! So, I need goals and I need to accomplish them. My big goal right now... is to get back in shape. That will provide a great deal of control I think! So, I thought that by posting my weight loss goals it will make me more determined to acheive them! So here goes... I want to lose 18 lbs by Aubry's wedding on July 16th! That will put me to less than my pre-pregnancy weight and it is totally do-able! Here is my plan. I am going to run between 1-2 hours on my treadmill 6 days a week. Eventually I am going to start P90X but for now, I need to get back into decent shape before I can even attempt that! In order to burn 1 pound of fat a week I need to burn 3500 calories, or just under 600 calories a day. No problem! I started today. I was on the treadmill for just over an hour and it felt great. Jake was crying in his carseat for the first half of it until he fell asleep, and the crying woke Jackson up from his nap... so the situation wasn't ideal, but we got through it! One day down... LOTS to go! But I am excited! Any suggestions on ways to provide a little more control in my life would be much appreciated!

Congratulations Luis!

We just found out that Luis is the #1 agent in TEXAS for Premium (Life Insurance Sales) this month! Way to go, Luis!

Jackson's New Phase

... is coloring on EVERYTHING! Here are some examples:


Himself (I didn't even know crayon would mark on skin)


Our couch cusions... it was a really bad idea to get a cream colored couch with a toddler. They say everything comes out of microfiber though, so that's a plus.


The desk chair, he even chose a color that would contrast enough to be noticable, how nice :)

He also colored on our blinds. The bright side of things is that crayons are washable! I haven't cleaned it up yet, but we'll see how true that is.

Daddy's Haircut

I buzzed Luis' hair! I said that if we buzzed his head, the Secret Service would probably call the next day after he lost his professional looking hair... so we did it! (They didn't call, by the way :) I love it. We did this once right after we were married and never since! He has a crooked hairline in the back, but I'm learning!

What can I say... I'm not that crafty.

While Mom was visiting we began 2 projects. One of them was this cute collage on big letters. Well, they were supposed to be big letters, about 2 feet tall but we went to 2 craft stores down here and these were the biggest they had, less than one foot tall. So, we got them anyways, just to try it! I had fun doing it (Mom did the J). We basically glued the pictures to the letters and then I painted over it with mod podge to seal it all. These pictures are before the mod podge. Mom and I were surprised to find that in some spots, where the mod podge got on the pictures they turned green. When I was done and painted over the entire thing, I learned why. I figured out that if I used too much or left it on too long without spreading it out it turns green! Weird. So it is only green in spots, but I think it still looks pretty good for a first try!