One Fish, Two Fish, A 1st Birthday Wish

Truth: 1st birthdays get WAY OUT OF HAND.

Truth: 1st birthday parties are more for the mommy

Truth: Jackson is BEYOND blessed and loved.

We celebrated Jackson's 1st birthday Dr. Seuss style. It was fun and fairly inexpensive thanks to our families, our church family and friends that helped.

Birthday Stats (mostly for my memory)
-it was outside
-it was hot
-there were 50+ friends and family who came
-we ate burgers, potato salad, fruit
-Jackson did not eat as much cake as I expected
-we used 30 little goldfish for centerpieces (the heat caused casualties)
-Jackson got an equal amount of toys and clothes
-2 hours is the perfect length for a 1st birthday
-we opened gifts after the guests left which was great
-we could not have done it all without the help of our families and friends

 

 1st Birthday success!! Happy Birthday Son.  I could physically burst with joy over who you are!

 

 

Blowing Raspberries and a Soak

Jarrod's grandparents live on the Central Coast.  Have you been to the Central Coast??  The weather is beautiful, the beaches are clean, the air is fresh, the fish and chips rock and the towns are one of a kind.  We love it there and while it is our trips to the beach are wonderful, I would trade them all in if it meant Jarrod's grandparents would be here in Fresno with us all the time. 

Why you may ask......................


This is why

I want Jackson to know what cloth he is cut from.  I want him to grow up being around his Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Farmer.  He needs to see the Matriarch of this family cook every delicious meal with bacon grease and sew ANYTHING that needs fixing.  He needs to sit with the Patriarch of this family and root for Dale Earnhardt Jr as he laps a race track 600 times.  And when he is old enough, he needs to learn how to bait a fishing line from that same man.  There is something to be said about being in the presence of those that have gone before us.  We are making it a goal to take Jackson to spend the weekend with his Great Grandparents once a month. 

We just got back from one of our trips to go see them and it was such a wonderful visit.  They could not get enough of that baby!! More than once they shoo'ed us out the door, babyless.  On the evening of our visit, Grandma had Jackson on her lap and she was asking him if he would blow raspberries at her and then she would show him how to do it.  She would stick her tongue out and blow making her tongue vibrate between her lips, Jackson giggled with delight every time she did it.  He would stick out his tongue like he wanted to do it back but then would just smile and giggle.  It was the sweetest thing to watch him play with her like that. 

The next day he had a major blowout and what did Grandma Farmer do, strip him down and plop him in the sink for a rinse.  Forget the wipes, lets just soak him....HE LOVED IT!!!

And so did she.....



It is moments like these that motivates us to get Jackson to see his great grandparents each month.  I never got a chance to know my great grandparents and since Jackson gets to, I am not about to let him miss it.  They are something special.

Who else is going to teach him how to blow raspberries.