Caldwells

We just love guests!  And of course were so excited for the Caldwells to come and visit with little Logan.

What a cutie!

Jackson did soooo well with the 'baby' (we could not get him to say Logan, he was simply baby).

Logan and Mitchell



Logan and Amanda with a little vintage play.



One of Jackson's favorite things to do.



Jackson's first time on the slide with Donnie.  Eek!



We had a great few days.  Poolside, Apples to Apples, downtown, on campus with the bookstore, The Brewery (which was a nice change from our regular Bear burgers with guests) getting to do the beer sampler, and Woodstocks.  Thanks so much for coming, we can't wait to do it again!

WPPI

WPPI is coming to Sacramento!  That's so close!  I have never been to a WPPI, little Jackson was too young last year for me to leave him.  I think I would be in awe the whole time.  It would be so amazing to go, learn a ton, and put it straight to use on my photography.

Not only that, but one of my favorite vendors, Pixel 2 Canvas is giving away tickets to the WPPI road trip! If you have been to our new house already, Pixel 2 Canvas did the fabulous canvas of Jackson in our dining room (the picture in our blog header).  The quality is amazing and the red against our red dining room wall look awesome.

Fingers crossed!  Thankfully I have nothing on my calendar next week :)

Weekend B&B

A friend said since we've moved in, our house is almost like a B&B now.  It's great, we do not mind in the least!

This weekend Janet, Susan, Dawn, and Nicole came up.  We did the usual Farmer's Market, downtown shopping, The Bear, swimming, and happy hour.  Thanks for coming up!

Jackson is always so entertained when people come.  The next day he was so pooped, he didn't even make it into his bed for naptime.  And this barely ever happens.





Aww. I can't choose.




He was out for 3 hours like this.  Unheard of.

Dora's Birthday

Did you know today is Dora's Birthday?  I'm sure probably not, and don't worry, you shouldn't.  We do since we watch Nick Jr.  Jackson loves Dora, and finally loves his backpack because of her!  The other night he didn't want to take it off before bed.



And check out Jackson's big bed!  I cannot believe it, he asked to sleep in it the other night and did perfectly fine.  Now that its been a few more successful nights, I think it's safe to say we have a bed sleeper.  Crazy.

Quick Week

This week flew by.  I mean flew. 

We had to come back to Napa for Donnie's dear great aunt Elsie's funeral.  90 years old and one day exactly, I'd say she led a good life.  Err, I didn't bring my camera because I couldn't find the cap, and really wish I had it to take pictures of the military send off.  Such a bummer. 

We did get a little babysitting time for Donnie and I to be able to hit up some of our favorite Napa spots.  Madonna Estate (thank you Brette!), Mustards, Hog Island Oysters (a first for us), and the movies. :)

Col-ow

Jackson has a new setup in our office.   His own little work table/desk right next to ours.  He now asks to color whenever someone's on the computer.  Much nicer than him trying to take over the computer while you're trying to use it. 

And he now knows that the magic printer can pop out fun stuff for him to color,

First Bike Ride

We've had this hitch for what seemed like forever but had yet to set it up.  But today, Donnie (and somewhat myself) got the garage organized.  He put stuff in the attic and now we finally have some room for it to sit in the garage!

Jackson was so excited and crawling all inside of it, waiting for it to be finished.  Finally once he was in, all he had was this catatonic stare, he was so enthralled.


Waving bye!



Donnie and Jackson took the first ride.  I thought I would get a little time to myself.  After a little while, they came knocking on the front door asking if I would ride since they were going to go a little longer.  Jackson said he wasn't going to get out!

More of the boys.

3 Sorority Sisters have 3 boys within 3 months of each other.  Of course the only way to get 3 boys sitting together for a picture is to give them popsicles.







Thank you Lovejoys!

Just a Wednesday Evening.

Soaked and loving it.

All in a day's play

Dirty face from who knows what,



A little bug watching.



Thank goodness Roly Polys are resilient!




And thank goodness for hoseable Crocs.  The scuffs show the love.