Tornado in Greene County

On saturday, there was a tornado warning for Greene County, so around 7:00 we packed up and headed to wait it out at Juju's. The wasn't really any damage in Kinston so we were shocked to what we found when we came back home the next morning to find total destruction of the Andy's restaurant down the road, and Greene County Middle School. The damage was incredible and pictures don't do it justice but here are a few we caught.

First OB appointment

Today we had our very first OB appointment to check on Baby Hart. We saw Dr. Stephenson and he said everything was looking great! The heart rate was 146 bpm and we go back in a month for another recheck. So thankful for this little blessing!

All about Jackson

You are 3 years old now and you have lots of opinions about lots of things! Here are some of your likes and dislikes..

Likes:
Bathtime
your bank bank (blanket)
Chicken pickities
macaroni with sprinkles
applesauce
chocolate milk
yogurt
snuggling in mama or daddy's lap
being held
holding hands in the car
"chit chatting" before bed
going anywhere

Dislikes:
mornings
going to daycare
wearing clothes
potatoes

3 1/2 years old

My sweet little Jack Jack...I can't believe how big you are getting and how grown up you act all of a sudden. What has happened to my baby? I love waking you up in the mornings because you are just like me, you hate to get up. So for about 20 minutes you just lay in my lap and I can cuddle with you. That is my favorite time of the day. Every morning you ask me, "Where do we have to go today" and you are always so excited when I get to say "Nowhere!" You are the love of my life and the sweetest boy on earth. I can't wait to watch you grow even bigger!

New truck

We found one! Ritchie found a new truck in Duplin County and boy was Jackson excited! It was around 8:00 pm when he got back home with it and Jackson had been waiting at the door. He ran out to check it out since this is just the coolest thing in the world to him. He has since named his daddy's new big truck "Old Yeller." :)

Charlotte weekend

This weekend, Ritchie and I rode to Waynesville, NC to check out a new truck he was interested in buying. Conveniently, the Tarheels were playing in a championship game on Friday night, so we stopped in Charlotte on Friday night to watch the game and spend the night. We had so much fun. We ate dinner at Ruth's Chris steakhouse, but unfortunately the main pregnancy side effect I have had so far, is that I cannot stand the smell of meat. I didn't realize this until I ordered this big ol expensive steak, of course, but i ate about one bite and that was all I could manage. The weird thing is, when I was pregnant with Jackson, I begged Ritchie to cook steak for me several times a week! Crazy how different two pregnancies can be! We got up Saturday morning and drove the rest of the way to Waynesville, which is in the NC mountains. The ride was beautiful! The truck he test drove was huge and the only place to test drive it was around the mountain side. I seriously thought I was going to have a heart attack. In the end, we felt like this was just not the truck for us. There were some things obviously wrong with it and we just didn't have a great feeling about it, so we drove the 7 hours back home on Sunday. All in all a great weekend get-away even if we didn't really get much accomplished.

Gardening

This year we decided to plant a garden since we had plenty of room. This weekend Jackson helped me plant seeds in a starter kit to plant in the ground a few weeks later. We planted cucmbers, corn, scallions, watermelons, and squash. It only took a few days for the sprouts to start coming up and Jackson loved watering them and checking on them everyday to see the progress. Hopefully in a few weeks we can get them planted!

Not a good day!

Today, Ritchie wrecked his big truck. He had only been driving this one for about a month before the wreck. He hit a wet patch in the road and the trailer jack-knifed. Thank God, the trailer was empty or it really could have been alot worse. I'm so thankful he is ok!

Big News!!

We are thrilled to announce that baby #2 is now on the way!! We are so excited about our growing family and Jackson cannot wait to be a big brother (as long as it's to a boy haha.)

Ticket to Vegas!

Today we had lunch at mama's and booked our plane tickets to Vegas!! I am so excited! We are going the last week in June and visiting my cousin Jennifer, who I haven't seen in years! I'm so excited! 90 days until we leave!

Ear Infection

Today I took Jackson back to the doctor for them to re-check his throat. His tonsil was still a little swollen. He said it looked ok but he had an ear infection in both ears! He gave us another prescription. On the way home, Jackson said he wanted some medicine and I had already given him the antibiotic as soon as we picked it up from the drug store, so I said "Do you want some Tylenol for your ears?" and he looked at me with the strangest look and said "No!! I want some for my mouth!" haha he is so funny to me!

Uncle Kissy

Today after I picked up Jackson, we ran to mama's for a few minutes. When we pulled up, I rolled Jackson's window down because Tyler was in the yard. Tyler walked up to the window and Jackson said "HEY KISSY!!" hahaha Tyler and I died laughing.

Visit

Today, mama and Aunt Norma took Jackson with them to Goldsboro to visit Papa Seymour's sister Pearl. She had fell and broke her arm and was having to stay in a rehab facility. They had a nice visit, and they said he was a good boy (like either one of them would tell me otherwise!) He came home with a happy meal and a sweet tea, so he was tickled to death!

The student becomes the teacher

So, today went Jackson and I got home, he was playing with his new grill. I got over close to him and he said "Don't touch my grill mommy." I immediately thought he was being selfish and went into a long speech about how you have to share, blah, blah, blah. He put down his tongs and walked over to me and put his little hand on my arm and said "Jon Jon, I say don't touch my grill because it's hot. It might burn you." I felt so bad! Bless his sweet little heart! I could eat him up!

Samantha's last day

I had today off, so Jackson and I got up and headed to Ayden to pick-up Ritchie's paycheck and to get my windshield in my truck replaced. One of the girls I work with, Sam, came and picked me and Jackson up from the window place and we went to lunch at Chili's with a group of people from the office. We had such a great time laughing and talking and stayed at lunch for over 2 hours! Sam is leaving us for another office but I know we will still be seeing alot of her (especially since we are both convinced that we will one day be in-laws hehe.) Jackson was the only child at lunch with about 10 women and he was soooo good. I almost couldn't believe it. He sat in his high-chair and ate and didn't ask for a thing. After we left, I took him to Target to pick out a prize for being so good. He got markers and a drawing pad, and a soccer ball. We had an awesome day!

Strep Throat

Today, we were eating lunch and Jackson leaned his head back while he was laughing and I saw that one of his tonsils was HUGE! He wasn't running a fever, but he had been a little irritable the past few days, so I took him to med direct. After about a 2 1/2 hour wait, they diagnosed him with Strep Throat. They gave him a prescription for Zithromax and right now, he is just loving the fact that he gets to take medicince a few times a day. That child does love to take medicine! Hopefully my little man will be back to his old self really soon.

My little stud muffin

We actually were ready for church this morning about 30 minutes early (which never happens,) so I took Jackson outside to take a couple pictures. He is getting so big. He really thought he was something all dressed up, especially with his tie on.

Busy Friday

This morning I had a continuing education class at Wake AHEC. It was sooo good! Usually I doodle or read a magazine or text constantly in these classes, but I was so interested in this class. It was about "Meth Mouth" and how HPV can lead to oral cancer. Did yall know that 95% of all cervical cancer is caused by STD's??? I was shocked at this fact.

After my class, I went to crabtree. I didn't hardly know what to do with 3 hours at a mall all by myself. It seemed really weird! And do you know that in the whole entire mall I couldn't find a single pair of heels that were exactly what I was looking for...

After that I stopped in Clayton on the way home to see my friend Paula. She had a little boy, Jayden, on New Year's Eve. He is so cute and teeny! It was so good to see them both. I came straight home and announced that I was getting pregnant. That is until tomorrow when Jackson is buckwild and I say I am never having another one!

One Heck of a week

Ok, so before I scalped my child's head the other night, I got home and Ritchie's mom was leaving to go to greenville. She said she had taken some pork chops out and they were in the sink, could I cook them? I said "Sure!" So after she left, I called Ritchie in a panic. Doesn't she know I can't cook?? So I asked him what to do with them. He said to cook them on the grill. I proceded to inform him that I have no idea how to even light the grill and that there was a freakin foot of snow outside. His next piece of advice was to fry them. How hard could that be right?? That's what I thought

So Jackson helped me and we covered them with flour, well as soon as I put them in the frying pan the flour kind of like dissolved, but we ate them anyway. They had a kinda sweet taste to them. Like I had put some kind of sweet sauce on them or something. Anyway, the next morning on the way to work, Ritchie called me. He said "You are the dumbest person I have ever met" and he was dying laughing. He asked me if I had used the container that was still out on the counter and I told him yes. He said "The reason they were so sweet, is because you coated them with powdered sugar!" Can yall believe I am really this bad at cooking? I mean really. I think I am going to leave it all to him like always!

A major Boo Boo

Tonight while we were eating dinner, Ritchie's dad was talking about Jackson's hair and how long it was. He said he looked like Eddie Munster with his long sideburns! Ritchie had said before that I should just cut his hair because last time we got it buzzed pretty short. So I thought, hey why not?? I asked Jackson if he wanted me to cut his hair and he said "Uh-Huh!!" So, I took him upstairs, sat him on a stool and made one streak up the back of his head with Ritchie's clippers. Ritchie wasn't home from work yet, so he couldn't tell me that there is supposed to be a guard on those things?? I mean, I've never cut anybody's hair before! So, I made one streak and BAM! my baby is bald. All that beautiful hair was gone. So here came the tears. Jackson was upset because he thought he had made me cry and all I could say is "What have I done?!?"

I called Ritchie's mom and she doctored it up for me. I couldn't bring myself to touch it anymore after that. So, it looks ok but he is for real a skin-head. Go ahead and tell me what a bad mother I am...