weekend!

The Tarheels have a big football weekend.  Jackson has been to two games this year.  The heels won by 60+ each time he was there, record breaking.  I think he would make a pretty good mascot.  This weekend they will be on their own though, because we have an even bigger weekend.  Aunt Ginny is getting married and we will be celebrating all weekend long!  Inspired by this sweet article I plan to take and actually be in lots of pictures to post up later.  Hope your weekend is a fun time!

Excuse me people, can't miss kick-off!

Tackle them tarheels, he's safe!

stories

I love so many things about this blurry iPhone picture.  I love that it looks like this picture that was taken a few months ago.  They grow so fast.  I love that Charlie and Jackson are tucked under the covers, both in desperate need of a bath.  I love how Jackson still sucks his thumb and pulls his hair.  I love how hard Nash is cheesing.  I love that they read this $1 Happy Birthday Big Bird book every single night.  I love that they are all mine.

tunes

Don't you hate it when you get a song stuck in your head.  Today I found myself walking Greta around the neighborhood rocking this out.  Pretty catchy Elmo...



I hope this tune will get stuck in Jackson's head.  In my fantasy world I was going to have Jackson potty trained before Nash was born, ha-ha-ha.  At this rate I might just wait it out and train them both at the same time.

sleeping

Whoever coined the phrase 'sleeping like a baby' was wrong.  Here are the facts to prove it.  If you are in need of further proof, come on over tonight, I dare you. To their credit, Jackson has a terrible cough keeping him up and I am not very good at letting Nash cry it out because that keeps us all up.  Maybe tonight will be the night...

Bathtime before bedtime!

helper

I goin' do it!  Jackson likes to help do everything.  Cook, mow the grass, fold laundry, put on his clothes, bike to the park, get in his car seat.  This is great except that OMG, WTF, it takes forever.  Patience is a virtue, a virtue that I sometimes lack.  Now if we could just get him to help himself to the bathroom!

I goin do lawn-mowa like my daddy do it.

7 months!

So what is it like to be 7 months old?  Well I wake up around 7am (ok-ok really more like 4am for a little snack, I am a growing boy!) have some special mama milk time and then head downstairs to hang out with my brother.  Around 10am my mom tricks me into falling asleep in my car seat in the bathroom with the fan blasting loudly.  Weird I know.  Then we have milk and lunch and usually hang out in my Bjorn for a while outside or running errands.  Around 2pm, sneaky mom puts Jackson and I in the car and we go for a 'ride' next thing you know I wake up at our house feeling nice and rested.  In the afternoon I hang out in my walker, grasp everything I can and put it in my mouth, swing at the park and wait for my dad to get home!  We all have dinner, take a bath (my favorite part), down some milk and head to bed around 8.  This is the life. 

Glamour shot, I don't always wear this superman onesie...

dinner time

A little clip of dinner time at the Farris household.  We keep it classy around here all the time.

spilled milk

Charlie and I are headed to Nashville, TN this weekend for one of my dearest friends weddings.  I smile inside every time I think about 2 nights of uninterrupted sleep, my heart sinks inside every time I think about 2 nights with no good night slobbery-snotty kisses.  In preparation I have been doing some serious pumping.  Last night I was all sleep deprived pumping before I went to bed and wouldn't you know, I walked over to the sink and poured it right down the drain.  I may have shed a tear...  

One of my all time favorite Hallmark cards.