Jason's 3rd Birthday Party

We celebrated Jason's 3rd Birthday this year with a party at Let's Jump. Jason was able to invite a bunch of kids from his class at daycare, as well as his cousins and other close friends. They all had a blast jumping for an hour and then we finished the party with some cake. Jason really loved going down the big slide, but we think his favorite part was when everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to him. His face just lit up, and for weeks afterward he would talk about how everyone sang to him.

Nana came by the house after the party to enjoy some present opening. It was like a preview of this coming Christmas! Jason has enjoyed playing with all his new toys, and has a surprisingly good memory when it comes to who gave him which present.

We also got to have a special dinner at Mimi and Papaw's house with Aunt Sarah to celebrate the big 3, with of course another cake and singing of "Happy Birthday." Mimi and Aunt Sarah gave Jason some great Halloween themed presents as well, which has to be his 3rd favorite holiday (after his birthday and Christmas of course).

Finally on Jason's actual birthday, we had dinner at home, just the three of us (and 1/2 if you count the baby on the way), and Jason got his birthday present from us. He had been asking for it for a couple of months, so he was pretty excited to open the box and find Buzz Lightyear. We are so proud of our big boy and can hardly believe he is already three years-old.

Hot Wheels!

Jason's favorite toy right now is his Hot Wheel. Now that we've finally had a break from the rain, we've been able to let Jason ride his Hot Wheel every evening in front of the house. I hope this nice weather sticks around, because he really enjoys it. I think he would actually pass on cartoons and dinner if we'd let him, in order to ride. Now this is a much cooler bike that we had when we were kids, it has sounds! His favorite phrases, that he will repeat over and over are, "I want to Rock!" and, "Let's Roll!" He also likes to practice turning to the right, and then turning to the left. Here's our future biker!

At the playground with Mimi and Papaw

Last weekend Justin and I spent Saturday tailgating with a bunch of Justin's college buddies and went to the TX State v. TCU football game. We had a lot of fun catching up with everyone, and TCU is a great campus to go and see a game.

While Mommy and Daddy were away playing, Jason spent the day and night with Mimi and Papaw, and as you can see below, I think they had a lot of fun.

Little Easy II

Jason was a member of the Little Easy II crew this past labor day weekend. We didn't have a lot of wind, but Jason enjoyed his first outing on the sailboat. We motored over to where the Lowe Family were anchored and had lunch and later took a dip in the water. It was a very fun day, and we are looking forward to more sailing this fall. Thanks Mimi and Papaw!

Special Announcement!

Jason has a special announcement everyone:


That's right, we are increasing our household by one more! Jason is very excited about being a big brother, and loves his new T-shirt we bought to celebrate our good news.

Fawhawk

Jason came home from daycare today sporting a fauxhawk. He loves his hair like this and will go look in the mirror continously. I think it might be time for a haircut though!

St. Kitts

We recently had our second family trip to St. Kitts. Our group this year was Mommy, Daddy, Jason, Mimi, Papaw, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Josh, and we were joined this year by Uncle Greg and Aunt Sandy. St. Kitts is such a beautiful island, and is still a bit on the undiscovered side, which makes it nice and not too crowded.

Unfortunately this year we had the terrible misfortune of being in an automobile accident, and had to send half of our group home early; Uncle Greg with a dislocated elbow and Aunt Sarah with a mouth injury that will require extensive oral surgery and braces. We are very fortunate, despite these injuries, that we all walked away, and are thankful that no one was hurt more seriously. We have been relieved to find out that Uncle Greg will not require surgery; and have been proud (but not really surprised) to witness Aunt Sarah's strength and positive attitude as she deals with a temporary liquid diet and multiple doctor's appointments.

After a couple of missteps, the resort staff was very helpful in assisting those of us that stayed for the remainder of the week, sort out things with the insurance company of the driver who caused the collision. We are very pleased that all medical expenses have thus far been reimbursed.

While Aunt Sarah and Uncle Greg have a long road to recovery ahead of them, we can look back now on the moments we did get to share on vacation together. We also look forward to future vacations together.

And now for some highlights (the good parts) from our vacation: