Matthew's Sunshine and Jackson's Honey

My mom is just so talented. When Matthew was born she made him a quilt with the words to the song "You Are My Sunshine" on it. That song was/is a favorite of mine because my mom and grandmother would sing it to me when I was little so it was only natural that we incorporate that song into something of Matthew's.





Since we didn't want to do the same song for Jackson and I am using the bumblebee theme I decided to use the song "I'm Bringing Home A Baby Bumblebee" for Jackson. So my mom in all of her talent whipped up this beauty for her second grandson.









I can't wait for Jackson to get here so he can use it!!!

Swimming on a nice October afternoon

The great thing about living in South Florida is the fact that you can go swimming pretty much all year. Today the high temperature was finally out of the 90's...so we decided to go to our pool for the afternoon. Matthew loves water and did great at the pool. He even went completely under (by accident), but he didn't even cry. He just coughed a little and giggled like he wanted to do it again. We had so much fun. Here are some pictures of the afternoon.

I'm Bringing Home A Baby Bumblebee

We got the crib, bedding and other accessories for Jackson's room this week and today we spent the better part of the day putting the bed together (actually Seth did this part with help (more like hindrance) from Matthew. I decorated. We still have to find a dresser, mirror and buy some more accessories for the room but I think we are off to a good start.

I love the bumblebee theme!!! Adding the snails, frogs and dragonflies make it a little more boyish but I love the song "Bringing Home A Baby Bumblebee" and so does Matthew so we chose the bumblebee theme for Jackson.





I got creative!! I found these little bugs hanging on springs and decided to hang them from the ceiling. I am a master at crocheting but never finishing projects so I found where I had crocheted these little squares and decided to use them to hang at the ceiling where the little bugs were hanging. I have to make them more permanent but this is how they look right now. I got them at JoAnne fabrics this summer as part of a clearance sale. (they were like 1.00 each)





Here is the crib with the bedding on it. Behind the crib we have matching decals that just stick to the wall. It works great so we don't have to put a lot of holes in the wall because when he gets older I know he will want to change the decor.





This rocking chair was given to me by a very dear friend. We have a lighter color wood in Matthew's room so we put Seth's old rocking chair in Matthew's room. This darker color matches Jackson's darker wood much better. Behind the rocking chair are little honeycombs that we found at JoAnne fabrics for like 2.00 each at the same clearance sale.





I can't wait to bring home my baby bumblebee so he can see his room!!!

P in the Pot

Thank God I am getting another little baby soon =) Matthew is just growing up WAY TOO FAST!!! Tonight he went Pee Pee in the pot for the very first time. I can't believe it...they say that it takes longer for boys but I have seen little girls that are older than Matthew that are still in diapers.

I am one proud mom tonight!!!

We got the crib and bedding this week so hopefully this weekend I will be able to post pictures of our little man's room!!!

Have a wonderful Friday everyone!!!

Jackson's Crib

One thing I have been so lazy about is getting Jackson's room cleaned up and ready to set up the room. Today we decided to buy the crib online so pretty soon I will be forced to get everything ready. I found out that JCPenny and Target are having a huge baby sale and we got a great deal on a crib from Target.







We decided to go with a bumblebee theme for Jackson's room. One of Matthew's favorite songs is "Bringing Home A Baby Bumblebee" so I thought we would use that idea for Jackson's room. Here are some pictures of his bedding and other items I am registered for at Babies R Us.







Hopefully in the next week or so I will be able to post the pictures of Jackson's completed room =)

Happy Friday everyone!!!!

Matthew at 20 months and Jackson at 23 1/2 weeks

Matthew is now 20 months old...I can't believe that in less than 4 months he will be 2 years old. The sad part is that I will be 2 years older too!!!



Here is a picture of Matthew at 20 months old.



Just for comparison...here is Matthew at 8 months old.





I can't believe how big he is getting. Wow, pretty soon I will have another baby just in time for Matthew to start getting out of the baby stage.

Here is Jackson at 23 1/2 weeks. (and me of course)

Back to School and Matthew is 19 months old

I HATE back to school commercials. Even as a child I would have to run out of the room kicking and screaming to get away from the idea that the long wonderful summer of fun was coming to an end. Now it's worse. Last year, I was a little excited to go back to work because of the newness of Matthew getting to go to day care. Now, after spending all summer sleeping in (yes, Matthew sleeps until 9 or 9:30 most days) I am dreading the idea of getting up early.

Next week I am going to be going to a workshop on becoming a Steward Trainer. I am getting kinda excited about it because I will be around my union friends all week. To make things even better...Seth is going to!!! Matthew will be going back to Ms. Cookies tomorrow though. That is bitter sweet for me.

Matthew is now 19 months old. We took him to the beach for the first time a few weekends ago (I didn't take many pictures..because I realized that if I take all the pictures I lose out in all the fun). He loved going to the beach...he even got in his little toddler float and rode the waves with us. They were actually pretty big too. He just splashed and splashed and would even put the water in his mouth.

A few days later, he came down with this horrible fever. It lasted about 3 days on and off. Tylonal would always bring it down but after a nap he would always wake up hot. Then after the fever broke the next day he got this rash all over his body. I freaked out (of course) and we called the doctor. Luckily, the doctor knew what it was over the phone. He called it Roseola which is rarely contagious to adults. After the rash went away in a day or so he was back to normal.

On this past Thursday we took a trip to the zoo. Again I didn't take many pictures because I always miss out on things as the photographer. He loved the Lion. In fact he growled the rest of the night until he went to sleep. What a sweet memory for him.

Matthew is now sleeping in his toddler bed. We have to lock him in his room but he does go to sleep in his bed for the night without crying very much at all. I feel bad about locking him in but I am determined that we will have have our kids sleep in the bed with us. We have a 4 bedroom house for a reason. =)

Now I am looking forward to meeting our new little guy in December. Jackson Morris Patterson is actually due on Matthew's birthday Dec. 29. But since Matthew was a c-section I will have another with Jackson so I am assuming that he will be born about a week or so early.

Hopefully I will have pictures to share with you in the coming days. I am making a new goal to post once a week while I am back in school.

Have a great evening everyone!!!