Camping Trip

This weekend we took Grace on her first camping trip up to Young State Park in Boyne City (near Petoskey). We were so happy that the weather held out, aside from a little storm Saturday night. We had such a good time and would have stayed longer if we could have; although, we really were missing Jackson.
(Jackson was spoiled by his grandmas and grandpas while we were away)

{Grace and Roo wait for the tent to be set up}

{Grace enjoys her first hobo pie}

{At the beach}

While we were up north, we went to The Big Ticket Festival in Gaylord on Saturday. I always enjoy going to festivals like this because I love the chance to hear someone new. We were very impressed with new (to us) artist, Betsy Walker. Half way through, Jordan and I turned to each other and said "She reminds me of Nicole Nordeman". She has a fresh, beautiful voice and honost lyrics that we really enjoyed.

The big name artists that we saw were Barlow Girl, Kutless and Toby Mac. Everyone was amazing, but Toby Mac was the most anticipated and definately the most fun! Since she was about two, Grace has loved to listen to Toby Mac in the car with Jordan, so this was a special night for the two of them.

{Waiting for Toby Mac to come on stage}

It was nice while it lasted...

Jackson is sick again - this time with Hand, Food and Mouth Disease (sounds worse than it is). He has a fever, rash and some blisters in his throat. He's doing okay right now, but we had a pretty rough night last night! Just pray he continues to take fluids and all should be well. He made it two weeks without being sick, which is about the longest since the beginning of the year. He had tubes put in about two months ago and instead of being better than before, he's been sick numerous times. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but my poor little guy continues to catch everything, despite my best efforts.

So we're just relaxing at home watching Baby Einstein together and I thought I'd post some recent pictures.

As you can see, Jackson's hair is getting pretty long and shaggy. I'm just not ready to part with the curls yet, so I'm going to let it grow out for a bit yet. He is changing from my baby into a little boy more every day. He loves to drive his cars all over the house making cute little car noises. He also enjoys getting into anything he's not supposed to be! He's starting to catch on to stopping when we ask, but often smirks and continues on :) He is a cute stinker, that is for sure!

Here's a picture of Grace with her kitten, Edward (AKA: The Worlds Most Patient Kitten). Yes, they are on the Sit and Spin together!

We celebrated half birthdays for Grace and her cousin, Caleb about a week ago. Since their birthdays are so close to Christmas, we decided to do a half birthday party instead which worked out really nice. Grace was quite excited to get a princess scooter from Grandma and Grandpa(she's so excited she's hugging the box!) and matching helmet and knee pads from Uncle Ryan and Aunt Amy.

I just wanted to update this little blog (more for me and my memory's sake) while I had a minute. There are lots of things I should be doing right now, so I better get to them.

Look Who's Walking!

So, I've been non-existent in the blogging world lately, but just had to post this video of Jackson walking. He is so excited to be walking and is just eating up all the attention he is getting! By the time he gets to us he's clapping for himself (or trying to grab my camera, as you'll see in the video)! I just LOVE this toddling stage!