Jack's first hair cut....

There is a wonderful lady at our church named Jennifer, she is a hair stylist, and she's fantastic!  She cuts mine and Tim's hair, and has even trimmed my bangs in my very own living room before.  I asked her Sunday morning if she would give Jack his first hair cut, thinking it would be easier since he knows her, then she called that afternoon as said, "hey, what if we do it at your house, with him in his high chair?".  Well, that sounded great to me!  She said lots of babies freak out in a beauty shop from all the strangers and the weird booster seat and we got to avoid all of that.  We strapped him into his high chair and she gave him his first big boy hair cut right on our kitchen floor.  And, he looks adorable, if I do say so myself :)

Here he is getting all strapped in...

...and probably wondering why since he had already eaten dinner :)

He was VERY interested in the scissors and comb!

He was such a good boy, he didn't wiggle too much...

...but he did make some really weird faces.

I love this funny face!

I could tell he was trying to devise a way to get a hold of that comb

And here is the finished product...a very, very sweet big boy hair cut!

Jackson turns ONE!!!

Where in the world has the last year gone?!?!  My sweet, sweet baby boy turned one on Sunday and we all had so much fun.  We had church Sunday morning (where he fell and got a terrible red spot on his forehead - I swear, I've never seen a kids first birthday pics where they didn't have a booboo of some sort!), then lunch with a table full of friends at Los Mochis (the best mexican food EVER), and after that we went back to my parents house and had Jacks very first birthday party!  Lots of family came, my parents, brother and Memaw, of course, and also my Auntie, cousins Andi, Aaron and Robin, their girls Ava and Hannah, two of the sweetest girls from my parents church, Brandi and Tiffany, and then me, Tim and Jack :)  We celebrated with a "1" shaped birthday cake - yellow and dark chocolate layers, yum!, lemonade punch, and lots and lots of presents!  He especially loved Ava, who will turn 7 in December, she was a great helper and was a lot of fun.  After his party we went to Tims parents and he opened his presents from them, Uncle Matt and Aunt Lauren, and Meme, Tims grandma.  And I got to hold my sweet new niece Ally, and was quite happy about that!  Here are some of the pictures I took from that day, it seems like I have hundreds, so it's hard to choose!

The spread....

...the cake...

...the stinkin' adorable lion plates and monkey napkins....

...and the birthday banner I made for our sweet boy!

He loves this snuggly puppy from his Memaw, and he dived right into the bags to help Daddy out!

Riley was the BEST helper all day long!

He had a great time playing with all the boxes his toys came in :)

And he discovered that he loves to slide!

He really enjoyed his birthday cake too :)

And cake isn't the only thing that's good for chewing on!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR SWEET JACKSON LEE CAMPBELL!

So, my Mom's been nagging me to post something.....

This has definitely been a laid back summer at the Campbell house!  But I have gotten to have lunch with a couple of my very most favorite girlfriends, spend a week at my parents, go to my sister in law's baby shower, hold my brand new baby niece, and spend lots of great time at home with Tim and the boys!  And in the space that Tim was back in Jefferson without us, Jack stopped crawling and started standing up without the assistance of anything else.  In the space of 3 days he was a full blown walker!  He started taking a few steps here and there at 10 months, then by 10 1/2 months he was taking several steps, and letting go of what he pulled up on to turn and walk, but then, he just decided one day "hmmm, this walking thing is easy...and WAY faster than crawling" and he's never looked back :)
Here are a few pictures from our first few weeks of summer!

Our sweet, sweet niece Allyson Renee Campbell, born June 25th, at 4:21 pm.  We got to see her about 7:30 that night and we both loved holding her, and can't wait to see her again!

One of the shots of the diaper cake I made for Lauren's (my SIL) shower - I loved getting to FINALLY do something pink after all the blue and brown!

Jack, after he crawled inside Rileys "toy cabinet" - he was SO pleased with himself :)

Riley being all cool with his drumsticks - I love how you can see them "moving" - another reason I love my new camera is things like this don't get blurred!

Sometimes playing is so hard, you just have to lay your head down for a little while......

Givin' me the stink eye for one thing or another :)

School's out.....

for the summer!

Wow, I can't believe I am officially the mother to a SECOND GRADER!  How did this ever happen?  Riley had his end of year awards ceremony on Wednesday and got a certificate for being on the all A honor roll.  My Mom (Mamaw) drove all the way here, at 6:30 in the morning, because she refused to miss his final awards ceremony.  He had no idea she was coming, and I would catch him sneaking glances at her and smiling during the ceremony because he was so glad she was there.  He did awesome this year and we're so proud of him!  He has great handwriting now, can read like you wouldn't believe, and math is his favorite subject.  He definitely did NOT get that from his momma :)  We're going to stay fresh on our spelling, reading, and math this summer to be super prepared for second grade next year.  His teacher gave us a little note saying how he is already really prepared for being in second grade, so it's not too scary at this point!  Our library has story time every Friday and they're going to have magicians, and actors, and animals, and all sorts of cool stuff going on, so that's where we'll be every Friday at 11:00.  He loves going to the library, we go every week and check out books and he really seems to enjoy it - I hope he grows up loving to read like me.  Yesterday was out first "official" day of summer, and we had to head to Longview to do some shopping, so Riley got to pick what we had for lunch, then after we got back we took the boys to a little beach at the lake and splashed around for an hour and they both had the best time.  Jack loved the water, and tried to eat lots of sand :)  Riley mostly just likes to run down the beach and flop into the water on his belly, which can't feel very good, but he doesn't seem to mind!

Sitting in line, waiting for the awards ceremony to start...

And with his best friend, Hannah Melendez

Showing off his A Honor Roll award with Mamaw, and then

being gracious enough to take a picture with "us" - he was very

impatient :)

Enjoying McDonald's on his last day of 1st grade, and being so sweet and sharing his

french fries with Jack!

Two boys, ready for some fun in the sun!

And this is Jack, in the hat he refused to leave on his head.  It's a good

thing I had lots and lots of sunblock for that pale, pale skin!

A fun filled weekend!

Tim's birthday is May 19th, and mine is the 20th, so we have had a fun filled few days!  I have wanted to go to a murder mystery dinner theater for a long time.  When we lived in Bedford they had one and I looked it up online and it also pulled up a link for the one at the Gaylord Texan, and it looked like so much fun.  I mentioned to Tim once that I would love to do this and he surprised me with tickets for my birthday!  We left Thursday night and stayed at my parents house and left there about 11:15 on Friday morning.  For lunch that day we got to meet Rick, Shara, Maddox and sweet baby Berkley (who I finally got to meet - and fell in love with) and it was SO good to spend some time with old friends, who I had missed so, so much!  We did a little shopping in the town center in Southlake and then went and checked into the hotel.  We decided to just stay the night at the hotel, since we would already be there, plus that meant we got to swim in their beautiful pool :)  The dinner theater was so much fun, and the atrium in the hotel is amazing, but I won't ever say anyone should stay there, the rooms look like any other nice hotel, but cost too much (and don't get me started on the "extras" you have to pay for).  The riverwalk is definitely worth checking out, but most of the restaurants, the dinner theater, and the shops will validate your parking so I would recommend doing something else in the hotel, and not staying the night.  They had just started decorating for their Summerfest, and the theme is Alice in Wonderland, so I got lots of neat pictures of all the decorations!  Saturday morning we left and Tim got to have breakfast at The Corner Bakery, it's a favorite of his, and then Ghengis Grill for lunch (another favorite for him) and then we attended a wedding in Commerce, then took Riley swimming at the MRC.  It's been such a wonderful, fun filled weekend.  I think the best part was being child free for about 27 hours :)  So, thank you Tim, for planning something special and just for me!  And thank you Mom and Dad, for keeping the boys for such a long time, you're the best parents, grandparents, and in-laws in the world!

Jack was so glad to be out of the car after 2 hours...but he was even more glad to see his Mamaw!

 

Having fun at Mamaw and Papaws house - Jack played with Mamaw and Riley made a very cool paper airplace!

Sweet Maddow and baby Berkley, they're the cutest little brother and sister you ever saw!  We were so glad to have lunch with them and their mommy and daddy :)

This was to view from out hotel room...not too bad!

This is only a small part of the atrium...it's a nice cool 70 degrees in here year round!

I want a pool like this at my house :)

To me it looks just like the Riverwalk in San Antonio, minus the humidity and crowds.

This is right outside where we had dinner, I love all the colorful umbrella's!  And these flowers are gorgeous, you don't hardly find flowers this bright and pretty outside a nursery.

This is all from the Alice in Wonderland display they're setting up. Besides this there are more metal flowers, and hedge shaped into a rabbit, a gigantic top hat, a key and rainbow colored keyhold and so much more. It should look pretty awesome once it's all set up!

Spring has sprung!

At least it has in Jefferson, everything here is green and beautiful.  So, we took advantage and headed to a couple of our favorite "pretty places" and snapped some pictures!  The end of school is almost here and I can't wait for summer vacation, no big plans, just looking forward to sunny days, swimming, and spending some time back home with family and friends.  Hope everyone stays sane for the end of the school year and is enjoying this beautiful weather!