Action Jackson

  This is my wild child Jackson, he just turned one at the end of May

He has many names - Action Jackson, because he is always on the move, The Little Tornado, because while on the move he destroys everything in his path, and Apple Jacks, well just because its cute. 

Many days you will find him doing this:

He is a mama's boy,  not many people can hold him, my husband included and if he is having a good day and you do get to hold him i have to pretty much be right there just incase he quickly changes his mind and if i attempt to oh go in to another room of the house or to the store you will see something along the lines of this 

but the minute i pick him up he goes back to 

(yes i know not the exact same days but i don't always have my camera going!)

He is the sweetest baby, and a stink butt at the same time. He always keeps me on my toes and i love watching him grow and learn. i love the look he gets when he figures something new out.  He is an explorer and you can tell he is always finding new things to get in to.  He is also a dare devil, we bought him a walker for christmas and instead and walking in it he decided to do this

the pillows and what not were originally there to block the tv because he would play with all the buttons on everything but that did not stop him and when the walker was placed other places he would still try and balance on it so the walker is now put away...he would also try and balance on may other things.  It is always an adventure with Jackson! 

Time has flown by and i can not believe how much he has grown in a year!

He loves to talk from baby babble to saying dada, mama, dog, duck, banana, adeline (not full on but close!) and many more, he loves to yell at the dog when she barks.  I love being a mom, i love watching my kids grow and figure out the world around them. 

Well i have things to do other then sit here on the computer.

bye for now!

They never said parenting was easy

So before i start let me be the first to say i was never one of those "oh let me by a book to tell me how to parent" parent's.  Parenting is not something you can learn out of a book, if they made it that easy we would all be perfect people with no issues.  Any ways.... I love my daughter to death, i would not trade her for anything but sometimes she has me wanting to pull my hair out while screaming! So when  i get asked how old Adeline is i typically say 6 going on 16. She can be so sweet and loving and a touch of wild child and then we get her 16 yr old side of attitude, disrespect and just down right does not listen to us no matter what.  We have always been big on if we say you are in time out or grounded then thats it, no giving in and we have a set of house rules that Everyone follows (because adults should be held accountable for their actions too and it helps show that no one can act up) and we stick to it, also if we take away something she loves to try and teach her that how she acted was highly inappropriate , she just does not get it back because she acted good later that day she has to earn it back. We do not let our kids walk all over us and i am not afraid to use grounding and time out and if she acts up in a store i do not hand her toys to make her be quiet, that drives me crazy when i see parents giving in to a screaming brat of a child who is not getting their way.  i will take her out of the store or were ever we are at if she will not stop.  My child will treat people with respect and not act like spoiled brats.  Lately no matter what we say or do with Adeline it just does not seem to matter.  So my husband heard about this book

and i love it so far, i am not that far in to it but it describes everything we currently do (which is not working)  and helps us find a new way to handle the problem and the ways they talk about are just like "wow why have i not been doing that" and "that makes so much sense!" now this does not make you a bad parent (i kind of felt like crap at first) but if you are aware that your disciple is not working and you are trying to find a new way that will work then that just makes you a great parent and it means you care about how your child acts.  Even if you have that "perfect" never misbehaves (which I'm sorry every child has their moment, some just do not show up right away, my daughter did not have the "terrible 2s" until like she was 4 almost 5) i would still recommend this book. It is our jobs as parents to raise our children in to adults who one day will be able to provide and take care of them selfs and may some day have children of their own.  We need to teach them how to act, this is not something they know how to do the minute they come in to the world.  When children misbehave it is a refection on us as parents, some misbehave more then others, not every child is the same but there is a method for every child, you as the parent just have to find what works for you and when that stops working you have to find a new way.  I also think you need to start some sort of age appropriate disciple early.  I was reading of this one mothers  discussion web site on how they don't think 1 year olds understand what "NO" means so you don't need to have a serious tone in your voice when you say it because they won't understand.  Well guess what people children, even 1 year olds are smart as hell and are little sponges and understand more then you think they do.  Jackson learned what no meant very early on, once he was on the move we made sure he knew "NO" meant do not do or touch.  You are not horrible for telling your 1 year old no, it means you care and do not want them to get hurt, and it will not traumatize them and put them on intervention when they get older because you started making sure they knew right from wrong at an early age.  One day when they have kids they will thank you.   I could go on and on about this, yes they are children and this is the time for them to have fun and explore and learn but you also have to be a parent  before a friend and a child knows when they can walk all over you and personally if you allow them to do that they will not have a great future ahead of them when they grown up. Well I need to get some stuff done while Jackson naps so i am off for now!

What a busy couple months it has been! i think i am still adjusting to having two kids, i feel like I'm always on the go! (and losing my mind) lest see what has been going on....my oldest graduated kindergarden! she did so well in her first year of school, it has been so exciting to watch her grow and learn and since i stay home i got to be very involved in her school which i loved. My son turned one last month!!!(more on that later) for a kid who refused to roll over and have tummy time and crawled for like a second started walking/running about 2 months ago! he is so fast its crazy. and he gets in to EVERYTHING! and is a dare devil. we got him a walker for Christmas and he would not walking it but he would stand on the edge of it and balance on one foot.. the words he has learned over the months are: dada, mama, dog, duck, nana (banana) he tries so hard to say his sisters name, no, and what. he just started clapping! and he loves to clap, he will walk all around the house and just clap at random times. He also waves and gives hugs. It is awesome to watch him grow.  I got to experiance something called hand, foot and mouth disease and i will say this, i never want to see that again! i know there is worse out there but for me that is the worse we have had with 2 kids and luckily only one got it and we just happen to be going on vacation to Disney World a week before Jackson got it and luckily it cleared up like a day before we left but now he is peeling so bad! i think i am holding off on his one year pictures until he heals more..while we were at Disney Action Jackson turned 1! man this year went by fast.  We spent 6 days in the beautiful state of Florida. i just love Florida, yes it gets hot but its not humid and seeing as how I' an from the west coast who was first to move to the mid west i hate humidity! and snow.... and in Florida you can go in the shade and cool off, its nice.  We stayed at Bay Lake Towers, our home resort and i just loved it there.  It is right next door to the Magic Kingdom and if you wanted to you could watch the fire works from their location.  i was pregnant last year when we went so i made sure i rode a lot of rides this time, even if it was alone!

When we cam home Adeline and I got this 24 hour stomach bug which for a minute there i thought i was going to die and it stayed with me longer then 24 hours. i could not hold anything down for the first day but after that i just felt like i was hit by a truck for like a week.   my daughter has her dance recital coming up Saturday, I'm so excited to see how she does. we are in a new dance studio and i love them.  i am not sure if she will stick with ballet but i told her we will talk more after this recital is over. iv always told her we do not quick something just because it is hard or we just don't like it anymore we finish it and if she chooses to not want to do it again when the season picks back up then thats fine but she will take part in something, whether it be sports..dance, girl scouts or something but we don't just quit just because.

Adeline FINALLY lost her first tooth! we had a dentist appt. today and even her dentist said it was the most stubborn tooth they have ever seen.  The thing was like barley hanging on and it would not come out for anything, they even tried to get it out and it would not budge and a couple hours later she ran out of the bath room and yelled " my tooth fell out!!!!" now...luckily her school had a dentist in and he made a comment that "sometimes" the tooth fairy can not make it the same night because she has so many teeth to pick up that it "sometimes" takes 2 days to get your $ and I'm glad he did because my husband did not have time ti run by a bank after work, he wants to get silver dollars to have the tooth fairy give her.  It is a big deal to finally have a tooth come out in this house, she was pretty much the last kid in her class to get a lose tooth right before school ended.

Speaking of teeth, Jackson FINALLY has to more teeth coming in! his top ones broke though. so now we have four!!!

My insurance sucks,  they will not approve my meds that i really need for my sleep  issues and now we are looking in to other options because what i am on sucks.  I do not understand how an insurance company wants to help you with your health needs and is looking out for you and whats to do whats right but won't give someone they truly depend on to live a some what "normal" life.

I'm trying to get more crafty, i love making things but just do not have the time even though i stay home, most of my time home is cleaning and spending time with my kids and cleaning.. We cloth diaper and some day i would looooove to make some of my own. i have many ideas for things i want to do.  I would also love to get back in to cake decorating but i just do not have enough time in the day to work on one, a lot of work goes in to cake decorating and it can not be rushed. I'm also trying to find new ways to organize, as OCD as i am i suck at organizing and its driving me crazy!  i am also trying to dedicate different days to cleaning the house so i do not get over whelmed and have to much on my plate at once.  We will see how it goes.

I also have been trying to put more time in to my cooking, i love to cook but going vegan has been a challenge for new recipes because they seem to take a lot of time and thinking ahead (which i try to do but suck at) and when i worked i was use to quick but tasty meals so tonight i made Vegan cinnamon banana pancakes with home fries and fresh cut up fruit and two night ago i made stuffed  fake"chicken"  with roused carrots ad zucchini and kale chips.  I have been trying to attest plan my meals a week in advance but i do great for like the first week and then go down hill so we will see how i do.  well i need to get to bed, 6 am comes to early! until next time!