week 6...

Can'tbelieve she's 6 weeks old. That's such a milestone for a baby, although I'm not completely sure why. I think it's sort of the spot where they are no longer a newborn and officially an infant. It's also the age where someone decided that babies and moms were ready to be separated from each other so moms could go back to work - stupid person. I am so thankful to be able to stay home with her until August and not have to go back right away. I miss working and my kids (who are falling apart at the moment...), but I'm definately not ready for that!
She's really starting to change and grow. She can almost hold her head up already and she's sleeping for a good 6 hour stretch almost every night. She went to the doctor this week and she's doing great! She weighed exactly 10 pounds and was 22 inches long (75% for both). She had to get 5 shots and although she didn't like it at all she handled it like a champ!
Jackson only has 1 more week of school and then he is officially a 2nd grader! When did that happen!!!! It seems like just last week he was starting kindergarten, and not he's going to 2nd. Only 3 more years until he's a 5th grader!!! OMG - none of us are ready for that! Last week he had a field trip to the zoo and we took Elliette along with us...as you can tell she really enjoyed herself!




Here is my current favorite outfit and a quick glimpse of a smile!

Family Pictures for real...

Just so stinking in love with how these pictures turned out...

Family Pictures

For Mothers Day I wanted family pictures, REAL family pictures. Not just staged cheesy smile pictures. I found a photographer who is actually the sister of someone I used to go to church with and currently goes to church with someone I work with (dang St. Louis is a small world!). Anyway, I don't have the actual pictures yet to post on here, but I have a link to her sneak peek. Enjoy...

http://ericarankin.blogspot.com/2009/05/spring-session-success.html

Month 1

Cant's believe E's been here for a month already. The time flies by and she is changing so much every day. She's gone completely bald and currently has thrush, but I'm loving all the noises she is starting to make and that she is starting to really look at things. In the picture on the right she looks like maybe she has some sort of weird smile, but really she was about to SCREAM!

Jackson had an art show this week at school. It is the 2nd year that school has let the kids make art work and then they get to sell it for profit that goes to the art department. The kids love to show off their art and have people compliment it. Both years Jackson has done some sort of 'sculpture' out of clay and a drawing or picture. This year's sculpture was a variety of monsters and aliens based off of the movie. He also got an award for having his artwork on display at Forest Park (see earlier post), but of course teh camera died before that! I'm so glad that Jackson has something fun and creative that he loves. He wants to do everything his daddy does, but currently doesn't have the patience to practice an instrument, so he has this other cool artsy thing to be involved in. Way to go Little Man!

Look A Likes...

Hmmm...anyone think these 3 week old babies are related?

Wait...it gets worse...