Train Trip and Other Happenings

Today my grandparents invited Jackson, Emmett, and I to go with them to a train museum about 30 minutes from home where they give miniature train rides through the woods. They thought that this would be something that Jackson would really enjoy, and it was! We all had a really nice time. It was an absolutely gorgeous day, too. 70 degrees and sunny with no humidity. Nice!

I was proud of myself for getting everything and everyone ready by myself pretty much on time and managing to remember everything that we needed. It feels so great to have these little successes every so often! I had one last night, too - I took both boys to Wal-Mart for the first time by myself. We walked around, bought a few things (I treated myself to a People magazine so I could read about Jon & Kate - what a train wreck that whole mess is), and managed to get home again with no meltdowns. I know that may seem silly to be excited about, but it keeps me going. Here are some pics from our train trip...

When we got home Jackson played in his room for about an hour when he was supposed to be napping. After it was finally quiet for a few minutes I dared to peek in and found this...

This happened one other time a few weeks ago. Usually he's a great napper, but some days he's just not feelin' it when it's time to go down, I guess. Phil thinks I am crazy to take a chance at waking him up just to take a picture, but I love these shots!

Before we left I tried to get a picture of the boys together on the couch... you can see how successful that was!

A shout-out to Daddy whom we miss so much already...

My sweet Aunt Pam sent J and E a present the other day. She got Jackson a counting book about frogs that has a button that you can push to hear croaking. He is really into pushing buttons right now - especially buttons that make noise, so you can imagine how much he loves this book, Aunt Pam! Thank you so much!

Emmett can't quite hold his head up yet, so he really shouldn't be in this exersaucer yet, but I was grasping at straws to try to find something that he would be happy to be set down in. I tried to wedge him in there with blankets. He likes it a little bit, but not as much as I hoped.

Just another shot of chubby hubby in the tubby... what a cutie!