Off to Kansas City!

We're off to Kansas City for the weekend for Jim to celebrate his birthday. Pssst: He's OLD! :)

What a treat, because Ms. Ava came in to visit Jack last weekend...soon they'll start thinking cross-state traveling is a weekly habit! Anyway, we're looking forward to a lot of cousin-love time, like...

playing pretend...

and laying in bed...

and hugs that make us laugh so much...

funny faces...

and sweet breakfast dates...

bath time adventures...

and most of all hugs that smoosh our faces!

We'll be back with (hopefully) good stories and even better pictures!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Happy birthday, to...

my best guy...

the bearded man...

the cowboy...

the best Daddy...

and guys'-guy...

the joker...

and friend...

Love you so, so much! Jack is so excited to celebrate, that he made you a birthday cake out of a hamburger and french fries (100% on his own!) and proceeded to sing "Happy Birthday..." He must really love you!

Happy New Year!

2010 here we come!

I can’t believe how fast the 2009 has flown by! It’s been a busy, fun, exciting year:
We bought our first house
Carey and Jason got married
Jack moved to a big boy bed
We danced...
Took on Chicago…
Jim donned a mustache for a whole week…
Met a special train…
Laughed a lot…
Loved a lot…

And Jack...well Jack was the best part of any of it. In one year, he has gone from a baby to a toddler, and I’m so, so proud of him. He’s my ABC-singing, slipper-wearing, wet-kisses-giving, independant, comedian-to-be!

So 2009 is over...which means that we have a whole new year to start making new memories! I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the future!

Are you there world?

...it's me, Jen!

Well helllooooo! It’s been a whole 20 days since I last updated my blog! Someone has been slacking! (PS: That someone is me!). It’s been so busy the past few weeks, that when I do have a spare minute, I’d rather sit in front of the TV and watch Jersey Shore intellectual public programming, than update the blog, so I apologize!

Like I said, it’s been busy: someone very special turned 2, and oh yeah, Christmas came and went!

So prepare for a picture-heavy post in an attempt to rewind and playback the highlights of the past few weeks!

Here's Jack blowing out the candles on Christmas day.


And here he is showing off the outfit that Poppy bought him for Christmas Eve mass...please disregard the brown shoes with the black pants! Mom's mistake!

He doesn't look quite so happy with Daddy, but he loved dressing up all fancy!

And for Jack's birthday, we had a fire truck party...complete with a (pinkish) fire truck cake! (Seriously, how do you make red icing, because I used a TON of food coloring and it still came out pink!)

Jack and CC loved the cake! Oh and speaking of CC, it's her birthday! Happy birthday to the bestest aunt ever! Jack loves you soooo much, Care! It's just too bad you're so old! ;)

Icing kisses!

And the best, smartest, funniest, loving-est 2 year old I know. I'm beaming proud of the little man Jack is becoming. Everyday he amazes me...my Fireman Jack!

SLIDE!

Here's jsut a few quick ones I snapped from our adventure to The Magic House! Oh what fun we had...can't you tell?

The perfect shot!

Oh my little fickle, funny boy! When the camera is safely hidden, he does the cutest things, makes the sweetest looks! But as soon as I turn the camera on him, out comes the goofball in him! Luckily, I am persistant and manage to take a bazillion pictures just to capture the one perfect shot…although, the goofball ones aren't too shabby themselves!

the.perfect.shot.

just like Dada!

Just two men, shaving...

And being goofy...