Then & Now, A Flashback V

The first anniversary of the arrival of Jack to this existence.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm, cake.

Step two, remove the flame.

Hold it, wait for it........

Let the carnage begin!

Yeah, I know, we left his shoes on. And yeah, they did get cake on them.

Can you believe we did it?

I know-first that plant, then the rabbit, now a kid?!?!

I know-I still can't believe we made it a whole year-

Wait, smile-here comes the picture-

Oh, okay....

So, does it get easier from here?

They gave me a whole cake for myself?

This thing is the size of my head!

Must eat faster-

They might change thier minds-

Hmmmmmmmmm, pastel.

(Thats 'Mmmmmmmmm, cake,' in Spanish)

And just for good measure, my sisters.

Love these pics.

The Papa makes a rare appearance.

I'll tell you in a minute who's who-there is cake in the way at present...

Uh, oh....

Does she have more cake than I do?

Only one way to find out....

Still can't tell who's who.

Ok, thats Fred that is crying, and Dave that is watching. With my Aunt Juliana in the background. Bonus!

I think I actually remember that being very tasty cake.

I love this picture.

Then & Now, A Flashback IV

Warning, nekked bebbes ahead.

Baby Jack. Day one.

Baby Jason. Also Day one.

Baby Jackers.

Baby Jasoncito.

Check out that robe! Man, I was born smooth.

Jack, what can I say? I love you man.

I know.

(In case you were wondering what the conversation was-you kinda had to be there.)

Ok, I love this picture. It captures so well the love you get for your child. This emotion is not one that I can describe, I can only say that I didn't know what it was until I had Jack, and now I recognize it in the expression on my moms' face. Still can't put it into words.

That is one tired momma.

Granma and Jack.

Jason's Granma and Jason.

Then & Now, A Flashback III

Both sisters came for a visit, and we had a blast.
Davina is on the left with the blue clips, and Fredica is on the right with white clips.

In this picture, Fred has her hair down, and Davi's is up out of her face (an indication of which sister has a 2 1/2 year old and a 6-month old and which sister has no kids-yet).

Seriously, aren't they BEEEEEEEEE-YOOT-TEEE-FUL? I know what you've gots to be thinking-How are we even related? Trust me, I though that thought first.....

Then & Now, A Flashback II

Welcome back to the Way-Way-Back-Machine, please keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times and once again, please enjoy the ride................................
Bubba Jack

Bubba Jason

Come fly with us again soon!

Then & Now, A Flashback I

Most of my familia (except my dad) came to visit us recently, and one of the things that my sister gave me as a gift was a memory card with some pictures she scanned of me when I was a little bubba........
The picture above is me at 2 1/2 years old with my mother.

And 27ish years later, me and my moms again. As you can see, I've grown quite a bit.

Mark & Jerry: A Warning

Jack has this DVD of firefighters (fider-fiderz) and he LOVES IT. One of the opening scenes has the firemen going down that fireman's pole you always see, and it says the guys' names as they go down the pole. Well, Jack tries to do this all the time to everything-the couch, the table, my leg. He just tries to climb up as high as he can and then says "Mark and Jerry!" and slides down whatever it is that he is straddling. It is really quite funny.
So if Jack straddles you and yells out for Mark and Jerry as he slides off, you'll know why; consider yourselves warned.

Fider-Fider

I don't know if it is all little boys or just my Jack, but man, he loves him some fire trucks.

Our fair city of the Grove that is Pleasant had a safety fair, and I took Jackers, along with his bud Gavin and Gavin's older Brudder Collin to see what we could see.

They had this insanely long and brand-spanking new fire truck that was soooooo long it had two drivers. One driver in the front like normal, and one in the way way back to turn the back wheels the opposite way when they turned. Is that crazy or what?

Jack could have lived there all day, he just would have had his meals fowarded there to him and somebody there to change his diaper, and he would've been fine for-eh-vah.

Collin LOVED that I made him take pictures along with the little'uns.

Um, Jack? You know that loud sound you hear? Yeah, that's a siren. Also, notice what Collin and Gavin are doing? That's right-protecting themselves. Maybe you.......

..........as well. Oh, there it is-thanks man.

Seriously, the kids loved this thing.

Gavin figured out that there was a postition available for 'driver,' so he quickly remedied that vacancy. Uh-oh, is that Jack with a jealous eye?

Yuppers, here he comes........

Horning in on the action.................

Ha ha, and take-over complete. "Now I am the master."

Hey Jack, what happened to Gavin?

Don't worry 'bout it.

The safety fair had some stuff going on inside as well, and the most we got outta that was the inflatable slide.

Gavin and Collin were pro's but Jack Attack was a little slower. Plus, he kept wandering off, and I realized I needed more than just eyes on the back of my skull, what I needed was eyes all the way around my head. Sheesh, keeping track of three boys is a tall order.

And then the battery in my camera died. Which was a bummer, because we went up the canyon with the Belle Monet Mama's & Papa's and had ourselves a little weenie roast/picnic over open flames. It was a great time. I had blood on my shirt from picking up and holding kids with skinned knees, and just got dirty all over. In fact, when I dropped Gavin off to his momma, she took one look at him (sleeping in his car seat covered in lunch, dirt and skinned knees) "Boy, looks like you had a lot of fun."

Yes, yes they did.

Faces of Jack

I have mentioned that we got a new camera, right? Well, I am having way too much fun playing with it, and since I haven't learned how to use Photoshop (anybody care to teach me?) I go crazy with the settings on my camera.

Dinner time is a great time for photos. Is it the lighting.......or the magical power of dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets? No, wait, I remember-it's that he's tied down. Right.

We do this thing with Jack where we say 'sad,' and make a sad face, then say 'happy,' and make a happy face. Jack can't stay serious enough to stay sad for very long, but in the shot above and the next shot, it looks like he was.....

This is also the look that accompanies his "Sooo-PRISE!!!" expression, as well as his "What's going on?" thing he has recently become fond of saying.

I sure do love this little goober.

Love this shot.