July 12, 2009
So, during my blog hiatus due to laziness, Jackson has gone through a lot of changes. He no longer sleeps in a crib. He doesn’t use his “byes” anymore. [byes = pacifiers in Jackson language; we have no idea why] But the biggest thing we’ve tackled recently is the potty.
When we started this fun journey:
Where we are now:
So far, it has been pretty successful. He still has accidents now and then, and I’m still afraid to take him out in underwear. Overall, though, I’d say we’re pretty happy with his progress! And he’s really happy with his stickers and treats. 
July 8, 2009
This was us:
Yes, today is our anniversary. It was a great wedding, and unfortunately we don’t get to party like that tonight.
Now this is our family:
I think we’ve done pretty well – he sure is cute, despite his occasional terrible two attitude!
July 7, 2009
In mid-May, we went to see Brad graduate from Ranger school. He made it through all the different phases on his first try, which is pretty impressive. We are really proud of him, and Jackson had a blast at the graduation ceremony. During the ceremony, the Rangers demonstrated several of the things they do during their training. Jackson kept saying, “play more! play more!” We got quite a few good pictures of the training exercises, but I’m only going to share our favorite because otherwise I would post too many pictures.
In this picture, the helicopter picked up the four guys and then flew off with them. It was really unbelievable.
During the graduation ceremony, the Rangers went to their families to have their Ranger badges pinned on. Brad’s fiance (he proposed a few weeks ago – yay!) pinned his badge on him.
Brad and Caitlin
Brad with our parents
Brad with Jackson
Jackson, dancing like a fool, per usual
July 6, 2009
Ok, not really. He’s still a bit young for that.
Early in May, we went to New Albany for the weekend so I could do Stephanie’s makeup for prom. I have to share some of the pictures because I am very proud of the makeup and because she looked gorgeous! She actually bought her dress when she was up in Indy, and I’m glad I got to see her wear it for prom and not just in the dressing room.
A close up of the fantastic makeup I did for her
Jackson and his great-aunt Jan
Stephanie and Steve
Jackson, checking out all the hot babes going to prom
Jackson and Stephanie
Maybe Stephanie will let me borrow her hot shoes since I did her makeup? We do wear the same size shoe…
July 3, 2009
http://www.knoxville.com/news/2009/jul/03/twilight-sequel-premiere-in-knoxville/
Seriously!
