Pockets

We've been on the road some more with a trip to my parents this past weekend and another trip upcoming to Zach's parents. In between seeing the countryside, here are a couple of pictures!

Recently I commented that there are some days Jackson doesn't care to wear a shirt, and other days he doesn't want to wear shorts. Well, he doesn't like pockets in his shorts, either. Or tags in his shirts (which, by the way, is just like his Daddy)!

When all else fails

Hopefully this will not become part of his nightly routine when going to bed. . .

After almost two hours of trying to get him to sleep, we decided to let him run around and this is where he ended up!

Hindsight

is 20/20, of course!

Zach and I wish now that we had bought that refrigerator that had a lock feature on the ice and water dispenser! I walked in the kitchen earlier today and Jackson was soaking wet with water all over the floor!

And, as you can see, we occasionally have issues with not wanting to wear clothes! Today he didn't want his shirt on; the other day he didn't want his shorts on!

Little Marathon

Jackson and I have been busy, busy, busy the past week. We headed to Zach's parents to visit and also to attend a family reunion. It's a long trip (about 10 hours with Jackson) to Zach's parents' house and not too easy for a hyper little boy, but Jackson does great (thankfully) and takes it all in stride! Warning--I didn't break each event up into a separate post, so there are a lot of pictures and different subjects crammed into one long post. So, to read all of this, it's a bit of a marathon!

This picture was taken about 2 weeks ago. I wish it was a bit clearer, but I love his expression!

Poor little fella had his first bee sting about two weeks ago. The bee popped him in the thumb he's squeezing.

And finally at the grandparents and the center of attention

A couple of months ago, Zach's mom took Jackson and Emma to ride a train at a mall near Atlanta. Since Jackson is nuts for trains, we took him back for some more fun. Emma is out-of-town, so she wasn't with us and I think that really made a difference in the end result! Of course he LOVED riding the train--so much so that he rode it not once, not twice, but three times around the mall. The ride was great; leaving the train and trying to walk out the door was AWFUL. I can't stress how horrible it really was . . . screaming bloody murder for at least 30 minutes, going limp on the floor so we couldn't pick him up, you name it, he did it. Awful.

All smiles for now and having the time of his life!

Still in heaven and all is wonderful with the world!
I think having Emma at the last train ride helped distract Jackson when they were leaving. How I (and everyone else in the mall for that matter) wish she had been there this time around also!

Worn out!

Several pictures of the family reunion (click on it to see it larger). Unfortunately, it started raining about 2 hours into the reunion and the place cleared out in a matter of minutes!

On Monday we headed to Wild Animal Safari, which is a drive-through park where all sorts of animals (zebras, elk, ostriches, deer, etc.) come up to, if not into, a bus so you can feed them! We weren't sure if Jackson would be old enough to really enjoy it, but he loved it! He was giggling and grinning the entire time!

I wasn't able to get a good picture of it, but here he is throwing food to the animals

Some of the deer that followed us begging for hand-outs!

And the elk that got

up

close

and personal!

Having fun!

Silly faces! Jackson makes this face a good bit!

Well, this was a bit of smorgasbord, but some highlights of our trip! And in keeping with the marathon theme, Jackson recently weighed in at 26.2 pounds!

Cooling Off

Waving at people passing by