A Day Out With Thomas

Yesterday we went to the Goldcoast Railroad Museum for "A Day Out With Thomas"!!! Matthew was sooooo excited!!!

Matthew and Jackson's great grandmother, grandmother and great uncle Warren are visiting this week. Matthew loves having all of this extra attention.

We saw Sir Topham Hatt....

We rode on Thomas and looked out the window...



Jackson enjoyed his ride too...actually Jackson slept for the whole ride but he still emjoyed the ride =)



All in all we all had fun...

Jack's Patty Day

I realized that I never got ANY pictures of Matthew and his Mom's Lucky Charm St. Patty's shirt. He just might have to wear that shirt again. In fact, I might have to get both boys in the Patty's Day attire again just to get some of them together.

Here is my little man showing his serious side.


I can't get over how big his is getting already. He is a huge joy in our lives and now I can hardly remember not having him around.

A close up of that sweet little face...I think he is looking more and more like me =)

NOOOO!!!! Not the car seat!!!!

Here is Matthew and Jackson side by side on their 1st St. Patrick's Day!!! Now they are starting to look A LOT different to me.

I am so blessed =)

A Date and a Baptism

Being a mom to 2 children so close in age....I have found that at times I want to pull my hair out and run screaming. It seems like every time I sit down to eat, Jackson starts crying as soon as I put the fork to my mouth. It is VERY frustrating so when we had the opportunity to visit Naples this weekend for Jackson's baptism we decided to dump...er...I mean leave the kids with Opa and Mimi while Seth and I had a nice dinner out.

Matthew was and is IN LOVE with his Opa and Mimi. Jackson seemed to be confused about where his mommy and daddy went....but he handled himself just fine.







After spending Saturday shopping til we dropped we had Jackson's baptism today.

Here are some pictures of our little guy =)











All in all, the boys behaved themselves very well this weekend. I am so proud of them!!!

Have a good evening!!!

Focusing Jackson

So...right around 3 or 4 months with Matthew I remember he decided to stop eating without a huge struggle. I still don't know if it was because he was sick with the reflux or just distracted and sitting around nursing for 30 minutes was boring to him.

I am prepared with Jackson!!! I found on Etsy the cutest nursing necklaces from AikoArt





I really hope that it helps Jackson focus on eating. I can already tell that he is getting more distracting at feeding time. I can't wait until I get them and let Jackson try them out!!!

Jackson is now wearing 3-6 month clothing so I don't think he is hurting with his weight but I like to be proactive and knowing what happened with Matthew...I want to do everything in my power to keep that from happening to Jackson. We have got to keep him moving in the right direction.

Here are some pictures of Jackson showing he can do a push up!!











The last picture is him sporting his 3-6 month wardrobe!!!

This weekend is Jackson's baptism....I can't wait to share pictures with everyone!!!

Have a good night =)

My babies

Here are some pictures from the last couple of days!!!









These are blue jeans that Matthew wore at 7 1/2 months....Jackson is only 2 1/2 months...See below for a picture of Matthew wearing th

United Teachers of Dade Picnic

Today we went to the evil union's....I mean the United Teachers of Dade's annual picnic. It is one of the great ways that our TEACHER'S UNION pays tribute and shows appreciation for all of the hard work that teachers do throughout the year. Come to think of it...no wonder so many hard-working teachers love their unions so much...the union is usually the only organization that shows appreciation for what teachers do. Just to give you an idea of what all our union does...we offer professional development to teachers, paraprofessionals, and clerical staff throughout the year. These professional development opportunities give teachers more knowledge on how to become better teachers and for paraprofessionals to become highly qualified so they can move up into higher positions. In short, yes the union does offer protection to teachers but they also offer many opportunities for professional growth. The union IS NOT in the business to protect BAD teaching, they offer classes and professional development to help teachers who are not doing so well to get better.

Here are some pictures of today's events....

Highly paid...greedy teachers...YEAH RIGHT!!!

OK...so I rarely get 'off topic' on my blog...but something has been bothering me about the recent protests in Wisconsin and now in other states. I mean really??? What is so wrong with teachers and other public workers wanting to be treated fairly??? I think these lawmakers that are wanting to do away with unions are verging on a Hitler philosophy...not to mention communism. If these crazy people would think for half a second about what they are doing they are taking away the freedoms of public servents....the public servents that are most important to making our society work (Teachers, Police, Fire Fighters...just to name a few). One more thing...I want to laugh in their faces when they (FOX news specifically) say that we are greedy and highly paid with lots of benefits. Yes, GOD forbid I have health insurance, but I still paid almost $2500.00 to have Jackson. Our district raised the rates and switched insurance companies on us since I had Matthew. I paid a $20.00 co-pay to have Matthew. So I don't understand whay they say we don't deserve to be paid for the work we do.

Anyway, I could go on and on about all of this but I wanted to leave you with some thoughts on how scary these crooked Tea Party idiots are being.

Pay close attention to the words in this quote...then look at who said it!!

"We must close union offices, confiscate their money and put their leaders in prison. We must reduce workers salaries and take away their right to strike." Adolf Hitler, May 2, 1933

All of this prompted me to GET ACTIVE with Matthew & Jackson this afternoon...J went to his first union protest today!!!!