tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89786518177162206342024-03-12T20:23:43.561-07:00The Lawrence'salainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-24806223758137988352009-12-03T12:27:00.000-08:002009-12-03T12:36:28.678-08:00Jack's 3rd BirthdayJack celebrated his 3rd birthday with a Lightning McQueen birthday party theme. There were tires(mini oreos) grease(caramel topping) oil(chocolate syrup) washer fluid(jolly rancher topping) smoke(whipped topping) and of course sprinkles for the Lightning McQueen sundaes. it was so fun this year because he was into it all.alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-82390919859305839052009-12-03T12:04:00.000-08:002009-12-03T12:11:35.538-08:00Carving pumpkinswe went to my brother's house and carved pumpkins with landon, haydon and layne. i think ryan and i did most of the work and had the most fun. the boys were all grossed out by the "guts."alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-82725087559831323662009-10-13T11:39:00.001-07:002009-10-13T11:43:33.647-07:00latest happeningsokay so now that i am on facebook i have not been keeping up with my blog! we have had a busy fall already starting out october with a wedding, then jack started basketball which i am starting to wonder if i paid $25 for a t-shirt rather than b-ball lessons and time with other children. i am going to think positive. joe is gearing up for the upcoming duck hunting season and i am soon to be become a duck hunting widow(although i am not very sad!) my niece and nephews are all growing and i have a few pics of them too. layne and jack both have birthdays next month and jack is excited to be 3 and pass his 2 onto layne. enjoy!alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-82812663949259887682009-07-30T12:20:00.000-07:002009-07-30T12:23:57.839-07:00Welcome Baby Malia!!My first niece Malia Ann, was born Monday July 27th. She weighed 8lbs. 11oz. and was 21 inches long. she is already a chunker with chubby little cheeks. she may need to be a little stronger since big brother Layne thinks she is pretty much it and may want to get a hold of her if you turn your back on him. leisha and malia are both doing great and jack is excited to have a new cousin!alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-82861912611762032702009-06-11T15:06:00.000-07:002009-06-11T15:08:12.119-07:00At the River-Fishingjoe took jack and i fishing on the river. he gave jack an actual hook with a worm on it and helped him to cast and catch several bluegill. he was very proud of the first several and then grew bored and asked to go to the sandbar. i was pretty proud he lasted about 45 minutes, not bad for a 2 year old!alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-19283667717934817652009-06-11T15:05:00.000-07:002009-06-11T15:06:10.817-07:00Jayme's weddingOn May 31st we went to my cousin Jayme's wedding. Jack had so much fun dancing and playing with all the kids.alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-60458923440622385672009-05-13T18:04:00.000-07:002009-05-13T18:05:43.374-07:00New Found FreedomJack will be so glad i took these pictures. He's wearing underwear now and this is what he wanted to wear to Aunt Leisha's today. I told him that was fine,but he had to wear shorts and a shirt.alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-52052852813536762012009-05-13T18:01:00.000-07:002009-05-13T18:04:03.036-07:00Fishing With Dad<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#3333ff;">Jack finally got to try out his new fishing pole. The whole fishing experience lasted as long as it took me to take the pictures then he just wanted to throw rocks in the creek. </span>alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-36388298017614381832009-04-27T12:21:00.000-07:002009-04-27T12:27:38.373-07:00Moving!Well the reason I have so behind on my blog is because we have been in the process of moving. We are all settled in finally! Well we are here and so is all of our stuff, but we still have much to put away. We sold our house on March 27<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> and stayed with my parents until April 15<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span>. It was a crazy month. I am just so glad it has settled down a bit and we can relax some, although I still have a lot to do. What we didn't want upstairs went to the basement and has yet to be put away. I have only unpacked one box of jack's toys, so I need to go through that and put it away. He is okay with the 5 trucks he plays with daily, but it is pretty boring for anyone else. We will invite guests over soon!alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-37308344379285029042009-04-27T12:14:00.000-07:002009-04-27T12:21:45.978-07:00EasterWe had a good Easter this year. On Good Friday we dyed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">easter</span> eggs with my mom and dad. jack lost interest pretty quickly as did <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">MaMa</span> and Daddy, so it ended up being me and my dad finishing up, but that's okay because we had fun. Maybe we will even do it again next year. On Easter the weather cooperated enough we were able to take the boys outside for an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">easter</span> egg hunt. They all had so much fun. Jack figured it out very quickly and filled his basket up. Landon was excited because he could get so many eggs and Haydon asked if we could have another <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">easter</span> egg hunt sometime. Everyone helped open up the eggs and the boys even shared. We had a houseful at my mom and dad's which was really nice! Grandma and Grandpa Baker, Great-Great Aunt Sarah, Great Aunt Pam and Uncle Larry, Great Aunt Penny, Ryan, Leisha, the boys and us! It was fun! this was the day my mom's garbage disposal quit working so after everyone left we all went to Lowe's to get a new one. What a funny Easter!alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-34789691929255048502009-03-02T13:00:00.000-08:002009-03-02T13:14:06.588-08:00Monster Jam!<span style="color:#009900;">We have been planning to take jack to Monster Jam for months! He is so crazy about monster trucks(i hope its not in his future) we got tickets for the St. Louis show. when we bought the tickets we didn't know it was also <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mardi</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Gras</span>, so here's how our night played out. we left our house at 4:30 and made it to The Edward Jones Dome around 8:00. jack never lost his patience, but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">joe</span> and i were really close. we drove around for an hour looking for parking and then had to pay $20 just to park. it was worth all of it just to see the look on jack's face. he never took his eyes off the track even while he ate popcorn. unfortunately i didn't get many pictures of him because he never moved and his face never changed the entire time, but i have a few pics. of the arena. he is still saying 2 weeks later "we were late for Monster Jam." We had AWESOME seats by the way!</span>alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-25128060440408139882009-02-22T17:47:00.001-08:002009-02-22T17:52:07.461-08:00Weekend Get-Away<span style="color:#990000;">we decided Valentine's Weekend was a good time to get away. we left sat. and spent the day at the outlet mall in the Ozarks. we took jack to a hotel with an indoor pool and then later for icecream which he got all over(that's the fun of it, right?), then on sun. we headed to springfield mo for the the Bass Pro Shop. it was okay, but the one in St. Charles was just as cool to a 2 yr. old. there is this museum next to it we wanted to go to, but it was closed for renovation. we also went to the mall there. we all had tired feet by Sunday night, but it was fun and we liked getting out of the house together. jack slept most of the way home, so that was nice. </span>alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-1647411433828012402009-01-22T12:42:00.000-08:002009-01-22T12:55:02.205-08:00Going Bonkers!On MLK Day my sister-in-law Leisha and I took jack and my nephews to Going Bonkers in Quincy. Jack wasn't sure what he thought about it at first then he decided it was a pretty good time.<br />He's getting big and brave now. He's climbed out of his bed 2 days in a row. I guess it's time for a toddler bed.<br />He had his first black eye. i woke up on sunday and i said what happened to your eye. he said "daddy cut me." actually he was in the shower and a cup fell off the faucet and cut him, but since daddy was there he blamed it on him. i think joe felt pretty bad, but when he kept saying daddy cut me, i think it made it worse.alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-91588991557624113852008-12-16T16:44:00.000-08:002008-12-16T16:49:59.034-08:00Santa Clause is Coming to Townas soon as birthday stuff was over it was time to move on to Christmas. jack has been singing "jingle bells" for weeks, now he also sings "he sees you when you're sleeping," along with whatever song is on at the store or radio. he's kind of just into singing right now. he says sings me rudolph. we got to visit santa twice. once at joe's christmas party and once at the mall. he was equally into to both. he wanted to tell santa about the pretty lights and ornaments. he says he wants a trackhoe for christmas, but neglects to tell santa because he just wants to talk to him. i can't wait to see what he does. i imagine after the birthday party experience, he will open the gifts not caring what's in them and want to open another. and then he hid underneath his bed the whole next day. so we'll see.alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-87115070147627914192008-12-01T19:10:00.000-08:002008-12-01T19:12:49.490-08:00Jack Turns 2!jack got to celebrate his 2nd bday several times. once at my grandma's with my family, once at Dos Primos (on his birthday) and for the finale a party at our house featuring his favorite monster jam trucks! we had a really good time, eating tacos, then cake and ice cream. the kids all had fun playing with the magnet set. jack was very, very tired at the end of the night. we were so glad to have all our guests!alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-31185327774085028642008-11-08T18:52:00.000-08:002008-11-08T19:00:17.961-08:00Can We Build It? Yes We Can!Halloween was a very good time for us this year. jack actually got a concept of what was going on. on the night before Halloween he kept telling my mom "i get treats," I say knock, knock, trick or treat." On Halloween he woke up and said i dress up now. i said we had to wait until daddy got home and he was ready! He was Bob the Builder and when you asked him who he was he would say, "he says 'can we build it? yes we can." it was so cute. he's still saying it a week later. we got to see grandma and grandpa "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">baper</span>", mama and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">bopbop</span>, and a few of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">their</span> neighbors, also Wendy and Steve and our friends, Brianne and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Keegan</span>. Jack thought the glow necklaces were great and used them as a sword anytime anyone came near him. on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">saturday</span> morning he said "we go <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Halloween</span> again."<br /><br />We also went to cousin Layne's 1st birthday party on Saturday. jack loved playing with the "kids" as he calls them.alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-4343528888571701982008-10-26T10:12:00.000-07:002008-10-26T10:21:34.059-07:00Jack's Bootsjack has just discovered that he has "rain boots" as he calls them. he wants to wear them everywhere, which isn't that big of a deal to me, but his daddy thinks otherwise. i let him go to the grocery store, wal-mart, out to lunch with daddy, to PaPa "Baper's"(Baker's) house, and he wore them to go see MaMa Ree and PaPa Rick's the other night. Joe was mad because i won't let him wear his boots to all these places. i told him i didn't mind if he wore his boots to my grandma's, but he doesn't look nearly as cute as jack. I'm sure jack will thank me for these pics. later.alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978651817716220634.post-88639184955434624952008-10-22T19:57:00.000-07:002008-10-22T20:12:50.711-07:00Pumpkin Patch<span style="color:#ff6600;">On Friday (10-17) jack and I went to Eagle's Fork with Brandi and Brooklyn. </span><span style="color:#000000;">this was our 1st pumpkin patch adventure. </span><span style="color:#ff6600;">jack is really into pumpkins this year. </span><span style="color:#000000;">everytime we even go to wal-mart we have to go look at the pumpkins. </span><span style="color:#ff6600;">jack and brookie had a fun time climbing on the pumpkins and getting a little dirty. </span><span style="color:#000000;">all day whatever one did so did the other. </span><span style="color:#cc6600;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">if brookie had to go potty jack said he had to go potty. </span></span><span style="color:#000000;">if one climbed on a pumpkin so did the other. </span><span style="color:#ff6600;">they were so funny to watch! </span><span style="color:#000000;">I can't wait to scrapbook these pictures!</span>alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033753774142943054noreply@blogger.com0