Drew's 3rd Birthday

Jack's Buddy Drew turned 3 so we celebrated with Playing at Monkey Joe's followed by Dinner at CiCi's Pizza! Jack, Drew and Jackson all had a blast running around Monkey Joe's and playing on all the fun inflatables!! They are such a fun group of 3 boys and have a blast together!!


Drew and Jackson getting off the slide!

Monkey Jack!!
Lil Climbing Machine!





silly Faces!




Jack was excited when Al (drew's grandpa) let him use his cane!!

Park Playdate and IceCream

This morning we met some of Jack's lil friends for a playdate and picnic at Landfill Park in Raleigh. The kids had a blast playing on the playground and Jack and his friend Jocelyn had fun playing in the water fountain together too! After the park we headed over to Brewsters for Ice Cream where they give Kids a Kiddie Cone with googly eyes on the ice cream!! They all really enjoyed it and of course made messes!


My Lil Trouble Maker!

Jocelyn and Jack playing in the water fountain!

Jack Swinging!! (this doesn't happen for long ever!)


Jack and Maddie Grace!!


My Silly Boy!!

He just melts my heart!





Holly eating her cone!!
Jocelyn sure enjoyed that!!
Toddlers + Ice Cream Cones=Messy

Group Shot: Holly, Jocelyn, Jack and Maddie!

Sweet and Silly 2.5 year old!

I dont think this post needs any words to describe the fun and sweetness of Jack at 2.5 yr old!

Daddy and Nana's Baccalaureate & Graduation

Jay and His mom have been working really hard the past 1.5 years to finish their Bachelors Degrees at Peace College in the Adult Degree Completion Program where they take 5 week long classes in the evenings. They were not only the 1st class to graduation from this program but Jay was one of the 1st male students to graduate from there. Needless to say the News & Observer and others were very interested in them for pictures and a story in the newspaper as a mother and son graduating from the program together esp. with Jay being one of the 1st males. We started the weekend off with the Baccalaureate outside at the school and then the 5 of us celebrated with Dinner at Second Empire!! Then Saturday we began with Graduation that morning followed by a big celebration for both of them at Jay's parents house complete with Pig and Fixins, Beer and Cake!! It was a dual Graduation celebration as well as celebrating Jay's 27th Birthday!! It was great to celebrate their accomplishments together with special people in their lives!!

Jacob's 1st Birthday

We continued our Day with Celebrating Jacob's 1st birthday!! Jack was excited to see his boy buddies at the party and to see Baby Riley again!! He is so into lil babies right now and touching their lil feet. The boys had fun playing together outside and eating a yummy lunch and some cupcakes!! Here are some pictures of the boys!! After the party Mommy, Jack and Sean headed down to the Outer Banks for a few days to Join Jay's parents, sister and the dogs over spring break!


Baby Riley and Jack!

Jack's Friend Jackson!

Lil stinker trying to sneak up the stairs!



The birthday Boy Jacob and his Cousin Leo!


Jacob opening his gifts with his mommy!

Maddie's 2nd Birthday

We started our day off with a Birthday party for Jack's lil friend Maddie turned 2 so we helped her celebrate at her Finding Nemo party complete with cute Nemo Decorations and the kids love checking out her new fish tank she got for her birthday!!


The birthday Girl Maddie with her friends Jack and Keira and Jack and Keira's big siblings Sean and Chloe. (it was nice for Sean to have someone closer to his age at a bday party!!)

Maddie enjoying her cupcake...she didn't enjoy the singing to her par t though :(

Mommy look at this yummy cupcake!


Bubbles!!



The kids all had to get in and check out Maddie's new tent!

Jack and his buddy Maddie! They have so much fun together!

Nasty Storms

The Triangle was hit with some really nasty storms which brough LOTS of rain and some hail and strong winds. Thankfully our part of the triangle was not hit by the numerous tornadoes which brought lots of damage to many houses that are still trying to recover! Here are a few shots of our yard and a park not too far from our house that Jay got a shot of!!