from jackson

just another manic monday, i wish it were sunday, cause that's my funday

blueberries!

Jackson loves blueberries. I have to ration them out because his digestive system does not love them and he must be swallowing them whole if you know what I mean. On that note, I recommend you make this Blueberry Crisp as soon as possible. Even the die hard chocolate dessert lovers like myself will be going back for fourths.

Well good mornin' mama, perhaps some blueberries with breakfast?!

If your going to Sannn Frannncisco...

Well hello there June, my favorite month of May just flew right by. We had so much going on including our first big trip without Jackson. I was nervous about it. I wasn't worried about leaving him, but more worried that he would not want to come home! He was in very good hands and living it up in Wilson with his grandparents and aunt Natalie. I tried not to think about him because I knew I would get sad and I didn't want to ruin the trip being all sappy.

Charlie and I were also in very good hands, Sarah and Kyle were the hostest with the mostest! I leave you with a few highlights.

We checked out their cute town of Sun Valley. Did some good eating, shopping, hiking... spotted this hot guy.

We headed to Napa for a day for a little bit of wine tasting. Our favorite was Alpha Omega, too pricey for my palate but if someone wanted to give me a bottle I'd take it.

The infamous Sutter Home, originator of THE white zinfandel. My moms tried and true favorite of all time, I know such a wine snob...

Before dinner at Angele Restaurant & Bar in Napa, delicious!

Kyle met up with us in San Fran, I told ya to smile...

Last minute tickets to the Giants game, sure why now. Charlie and Tim Lincecum...

On our way to bike the bridge, someone was out of shape, I will not name names.

Boat ride back from Sausalito, my favorite little city.

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our 1 year old

Our little 1 year old is toning up nicely! Jackson is weighing in at 26.3 lbs (90%) and is 30.5 inches tall (75%) with a nice round head circumference of 18.9 inches (90%). He is a happy little fella with a cheesy-gap-tooth smile that lasts all day. He has about 10 teeth and is a big fan of brushing them. In fact he brushes his teeth about 6 times a day. It gives me a few minutes to brush my own and even get ready before his morning nap! Yep, he finally takes for real 1 hour morning and afternoon naps, knock on wood, and finally sleeps through the night, knock on wood. Every now and then he will have a little tantrum if I take something away from him. It last about 10 seconds and I can usually ask him where Greta is and he forgets why he was crying. He is a mover, loves to groove up and down when music is playing and has to go check on anything he hears. As in - the other day I could not find him, I looked up the stairs and he was straight chillen at the top with Greta, his bestest friend, helping her eat her bone. He loves hanging out on the stairs, just sitting there and looking at the TV and out the front door, it is cute, in a scary sort of way. He is a GREAT eater. The boy has a snack in between his snacks. We have kept it nice and healthy and he hasn't turned anything down except macaroni & cheese, which works out well for me. He loves fruit, waffles, chicken & rice and specifically Jersey Mike's turkey and cheese. He also doesn't mind sharing bites with you, but he is picky about which bite he will give you, can't have the good one! Like every mother, I think he is pretty smart. His show-off tricks are the classic wave bye-bye, 'show me your tongue' and 'where's your nose?' I can tell him dada is home and he walks to the front door grinning. I can't imagine a better greeting than that. I can tell him to give mama some love-love and he sucks his thumb, rubs his own hair and curls up on my chest. I can guarantee nothing is better than that.

12 months!

Today we are spending the day doing whatever the birthday boy wants to do. (One thing he did NOT want to do was let me get my last sticky bellies picture!) Eat cake, lunch at Jersey Mike's, play in Greta's water bowl, go up and down the stairs, pick up all the gumballs outside, pull all the toilet paper down... the possibilities are really endless. Happy 1st Birthday to my favorite boy, Jackson Arthur Farris!

Finally, no more dumb monthly photo shoots!

last year...

What a great quick year it has been. It was only a year ago today that I was ready for our baby boy to come, well I don't know that you are ever ready, but Charlie had just installed his carseat that afternoon, I had gotten his room nice and pretty and done a big laundry load of comfy baby clothes. I even blogged about it. Little did I know only a few hours later my water would break and we would head to the hospital to meet our sweet Jackson. I guess he was just waiting on his mama to get ready. I always thought he would be early but I never wanted to actually admit it for fear he would be 2 weeks late. When I think back on it, I was ready, my mind was ready, my body was ready, our home was ready. I was ready to be a better woman, a mother, my heart had no idea just how much love it could hold. I am sad to see this year go but excited for all that is to come for our family.

CAKE!

Jackson did not buckle under pressure for the traditional 1st birthday party cake dive-in. He went for it, looked around to make sure it was okay, gave a big grin, dug in and loved every single bit of it. I make a motion that we do this at every age...

hmmm, let me test this thing out...

Oh yeah this is some good stuff...

seriously, I can dive my face right in there?

Ahhh best day EVA!

No but really bring bake the whole cake, I will eat it...