4th of July

Unfortunately Jon had to work the 4th of July (because Siemens is a German company and 4th of July is not a recognized holiday in Germany apparently) WHATEVER, but Jack and I made the most of our day. We went to the parade in Loganville because my brother organized and directed a band that was playing. It was pretty entertaining and we got free beads, cookies and even a flag. What more could you need?

That night we had friends over for a BBQ and watching fireworks. We live at the hightest point in Gwinnett County so you could stand on our hill (the hill that is our backyard) and see fireworks all across the skyline. It was pretty cool. Oh and these are our good friends Matt and Kristin and we just had to take a picture in our red white and blue. Too cute I know.

Jon has been fighting a fever and fatigue for over a week now. He's been to the doctor TWICE and they are a bunch of nincompoops and can't seem to figure out what to do about it. They've sent him home twice saying it's the flu. I've never heard of a flu lasting that long. ANYWAY, he was feeling good Saturday morning so we drove up to Tallulah Gorge for a day of hiking and picnic. We were on the trail about 5 minutes and Jon was so sick he had to go sit in the lodge. I was not about to waste a 2 hour drive so Jack and I hiked on our own. It was well worth the trip and we got to see some incredible views.

Father's Day

I know I'm a week late in posting this, but things have been busy lately!! Jon got to be celebrated for the first time as a father last Sunday. The day started with a delicious breakfast made by yours truly, and continued with a day full of relaxation for the hubby. I appointed myself primary diaper changer (which is not out of the ordinary) and was on Jack duty for all 3 hours of church. My family abandoned Pop at home for the week, so he came over to have dinner with us. And because it was Fathers Day, Jon was allowed to wear his uglier-than all-get-out hawaiian shirt. This is normally not allowed, but he took advantage of the day and knew I couldn't say anything.

Jack has decided that his toys are LAME-O and is only interested in what the grown-ups have. So anything like a cell phone, your food, camera or in this case, glasses are very interesting.

Moms and Babies!

We finally took a picture of the girls and our babies!! These are my good friends, Tiffany and Jazmin. Tiffany and I went through our pregnancies together, and her daughter Ansley is 2 weeks younger than Jack. Jazmin was about 4 months behind us and had little baby Jadyn in March. Jack is definatley the studly man of choice for these little ladies!

Ok and just on a side note...Jack has started crawling!! It's the most adorable thing ever. He's still in the army crawl stages, but man he can move. The TV remote seems to be his biggest motivation. So we gave him an old one (without batteries) as his victory reward to suck on until his little heart is content.

sweet relaxin'

Jon and I were counting down the days until Memorial Day weekend. He's had a crappy couple of weeks at work and hadn't seen me or his son awake in days. So we were dang excited for a 3 day weekend!! We celebrated his day off by going to the pool with some friends, seeing Indiana Jones and grilling out. It was a smashing success!!

The next morning, I left for Destin with my family. I figured Jon wouldn't even notice I was gone with the hours he's been working. This was Jack's third time to the beach, but first time touching the sand. (also see if you can notice my way cute hair cut)
He loved chillin' in his little float at the pool and would just sit back and let his little raisen toes float around. Freaking adorable.
And here he is rollin around on Pops.

Ok..... and now for the highlight of the trip. So me mom and dad are down at the beach one morning (I'd pawned the napping Jack off on Lucas) and I'm in the water, about thigh high just looking at shells and trying to avoid stepping on crabs. My parents are up on the shore, only about 10 feet away. This older man out for a jog passes us, then starts running back telling my dad that there is a shark in the water. My dad yells to me "get out of the water!" But I didn't hear him until he said SHARK!! Without even looking, I sprinted out of the water, turned and saw a 6 foot bull shark swim right where I had just been. It was close enough I could see his two dorsal fins had white tips. Granted, he didn't even pay any attention to me and probably wouldn't have eaten me but still!!! So once I got my heart rate under control, we continue our walk. We see another shark, a little smaller swimming about 10 feet off shore. What the heck. So later on that day, Lucas and I, with boogie boards in tote, made out way out to the beach. There was a family down there and they warned us that they'd just seen a shark. So we decided to build a sandcastle instead. We had not been down there 5 minutes and we saw another shark!!! 3 in one day people!! Needless to say, I didn't go more than ankle deep the rest of the trip.

I am so not the domestic type. I don't have a good eye for decorating, and would always prefer buying things as opposed to making them. And that's only because I don't know what I want until I see it. But last weekend, I stepped out of my lazy comfort zone and got very crafty!! We had to go to the padres house because Jon was working on my Jeep's AC. (Still not fixed BY the way). So I came along and took the opportunity to get my mom to help me be domestic. I went with the only intention of making pillows for my bed. Ok, that took all of like 5 minutes, so then we found some scrap material and made curtains for Jack's room! AND hemmed 2 pairs of pants!! This created such a great feeling of accomplishment, I just might do more home-maker things in the future!! Oh and the shelf was something I did a few weeks ago. I just repainted it to match Jack's room.

6 months pics!! - by SCC Photography

I can't believe my little baby is already 6 months old!!! Since he's already half a year, we decided it was about time to document his little baby life and have some pictures taken. It of course helps that my kid is just dang cute, but SCC Photography is AMAZING!! Here are some of my favorites:

Here is the link: http://www.scc-photography.blogspot.com/

Cinco De Mayo!

I love Cinco de Mayo and love any excuse to celebrate and eat salsa and drink virgin magaritas. I planned a big yummy Mexican feast for the hubby and I last night. I of course ended up eating by myself, and Jon ate later. But we did however get to have our fried ice cream for FHE dessert. Delicious!!

Ok, and the first picture is of me and my friend Erin last year in Mexico for our study abroad. I just thought the sombraros made this picture appropriate here. And this picture is of the most incredible food I've ever had and I have no idea what was in it or how to make it.

So happy Cinco de Mayo everyone, and I'd like to wish my dear friend Hillary and Adam a happy one year anniversary!!!