Thirty Weeks and Counting!

I am now in my 30th week which means I am in the 3rd and final trimester!!!  And we are so excited to be getting so close to meeting Baby Addison!!  I had a 4D ultrasound at the doctors office today and I was excited Ryan was able to be there to see Addison too!!! In the beginning of the ultrasound Addison wasn't cooperating with us she had her hands and feet right at her face.  But towards the end we were able to get her to move a little so we could get a few good profile pictures!!! We think she is so cute already!!!!  Here are a few pictures of my baby bump and our sweet baby girl!!! 

Addison is the size of a butternut squash this week!

4D Ultrasound picture of her little profile eye, nose and mouth and her hand by her head!!!

Regular Ultrasound picture of her profile! 

Our Brave Little Patient!!

Since May, Ryan and I along with Dr. Anton have been watching a little bump on Jackson's back. Since it was getting bigger Dr. Anton advised us to have it removed! So off Jackson and I went to see our good friend Dr. Effie Politis who is a plastic surgeon in Tampa she originally thought Jackson would have to go into the hospital to be put under for the surgery but when we arrived at her office Monday she decided she could take it out right then and there.  Jackson was a little apprehensive at  first asking all kinds of questions about the procedure among other things!!  He told us he wanted to be a doctor maybe an eye doctor he said when he grows up and then he asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up!! So cute he still thinks there is time for me to grow up!!!  So after all the questions and Effie telling him he very well could be a doctor with how inquisitive he is Jackson agreed he would stay still as long as Miss Effie told him everything she was doing!! So they made a pack and Jackson did GREAT!!!  He laid still the whole time while Effie numbed the area and removed what she thought was just a cyst about the size of a pea.  I on the other hand almost passed out at the site of Jackson's open back but pulled it together to not pass out thank goodness!!!  Miss Effie was fabulous and we thank her so much for removing it, being so gentle and doing a phenomenal job stitching Jackson up!!!  And Effie called today to tell us the pathology came back benign and that it was a cyst/ingrown hair follicle!! Yay!!!!  Jackson was so incredibly brave and we were so proud of him!!!  After the procedure we went to Starbucks and Jackson chose a cake pop or maybe two as his treat!!!! And perfect timing that the movie Brave came out the next day so we bought it for Jackson as a gift for being SO Brave!!!!  So glad that everything turned out to be ok and we can now put this behind us!!! Here are a few pictures of our little patient sorry they are not so pretty!!!!

Effie made a blue dot with a marker where the cyst was so she knew exactly where it was to take it out!

Jackson's stitches!

Double cake pops for being the best little boy!!!!!

We Give Thanks!

For the last two weeks Jackson has been learning about Thanksgiving and coming home with the cutest Thanksgiving projects from school which has definitely put us in the Thanksgiving spirit!!!  So last night we made Pie Pops for the teachers and Jackson woke up so excited this morning for his Thanksgiving party at school today!! I was excited to be able to volunteer for the party we had such a great time!!!  We had a thanksgiving feast, the kids played on the playground and then we did a few crafts and played a few games!!!  It was so much fun to spend time with Jackson and his friends for Thanksgiving!!!! Enjoy the pictures and video from the party and Happy Thanksgiving to All!!!!!

Pie Pops for the teachers!!

Jackson with Owly the Owl from his class!!  It was his favorite class animal!!!

This is just one of the beautiful projects Jackson made at school so we displayed it in our house!!

All the kids  eating their thanksgiving feast of Turkey, Corn, Cranberry sauce, Macaroni and cheese, Carrots and Pineapple!!

Jackson loved the corn he had 3 helpings!!!

Eating more corn!!

Enjoying the feast and the best part was Miss Lisa made them try everything even if they liked it or not!

The corn projects I did last week with them!!!!!

Being silly!!

In line to g to the playground talking to Ava!!!

Jackson being so good and still!!

Playing on the playground with Ella!!!

Jackson, Ella and Ava!!  Ella is in the back she gave Jackson her phone number on a piece of paper a few weeks ago to call her for a playdate!!!  Hilarious!!!

Jackson decorating his teepee!!

Putting the finishing touches on!!

Hey mom!!!

Enjoying the pumpkin pie they made in class!!!    I taste tested it was delicious!!

Pilgrim project!!!

Everyone enjoying pumpkin pie!!

It was a great day for Jackson and I!!

Duck, Duck Goose!!

The video of Jackson playing duck, duck goose!!!

Double Birthday Fun!!!

We had two birthday parties this weekend for Jackson's friends!!  The first one was Saturday at a park with a baseball theme for Jackson's friend Drew!!!  Jackson played and ran so much he fell asleep on the way home a first for Jackson in a very long time and he even slept for two hours after we laid him in his bed!!!!!!  It was a fun day and here are a few pictures from the party!!

Jackson and Lilly eyeing the cake!!!

Birthday Boy!!

Drew blowing out the candles and Jackson dying for a piece of cake!!!

Then Sunday we went to our good friends Pete and Erin's little girl Sophia's 1st birthday party at the Davis Island Yacht Club!!  It was such a cute party and again Jackson had a blast!!!  Jackson and Ellie were two peas in a pod running around and playing together and the big event was the face painting!!  Of course Jackson got a batman on his face and Ellie got a butterfly!!!  They had so much fun together and Ryan and I enjoyed seeing our friends and of course it helped that it was such a beautiful day to be outdoors!!!  Enjoy the pictures from the party!!

Jackson getting a batman face painting!!

Sitting so still!!!

Looking good!!!

All Done!!!  Looks awesome Jackson!!!

Jackson and Ellie with their faces painted!!!

Jackson giving his roar face!!!

Little Trey Hodges, Ellie and Jackson all enjoying cake!!!

The professional pictures Erin took!!!

So cute and Erin's pictures are so much better than mine!!!

Love this sweet boy!!!!

Jackson with his arm around his buddy Ellie!!!

A preview of Ryan's future carrying a little girl and little boy :-) Ryan looks good with a little girl!!!

Good Times at School Events!!!!

Last weekend we attended the silent auction and spaghetti dinner at Jackson's school!!  Jackson had so much fun seeing all his friends!!!  Although Jackson didn't eat one bite of spaghetti he was way more interested in the face painting, puppet show and craft activity he got to do while Ryan and I placed our bids at the silent auction!!!  It was a fun night of family fun and we even won some great stuff at the auction like gift cards to various restaurants and tickets to see Winter the dolphin at the Clearwater Aquarium!!!  It was a great night full of fun and supporting a great school and here are a few pictures to prove it!!!

Spaghetti Dinner!

Jackson waiting for the puppet show with his friends!!

Jackson made an acorn at the craft table!!

Face painting with his 2 year old teacher Miss Lisa!

Although he wanted it on his hand instead of his face!

Jackson and his animal from school Oopsie the Otter who spent the weekend with us!!!

Last week was Christmas Portrait Day at School!!!  Jackson looked so handsome in his red shirt and khaki pants that of course I had to have my own photo session before school!!!  Here are some cute photos that I took and I will have to wait a few weeks before we get back the professional ones!!  Although I am pretty confident they will be good since Jackson told me he smiled so nice for them!!!  I guess we will find out!!

Quite the GQ pose!!

Pretty sure he was getting annoyed with me already at this point!!

Hope he smiled like this in his school picture!!

So Handsome!

Such a sweet boy!!!!  

Another one really mom!?!

Are we done yet!? Nope!!

Cool dude with his shades!!

So styling with the sunglasses on his head!!

On Friday I volunteered at Jackson's school to do a Corn Craft Project!!!  I found it of course on pinterest (my favorite website) and Miss Lisa thought it was cute too!! So I cut out the corn and husks for all 10 kids then bought fall colored buttons at Joann fabrics for the kids to glue on!!!  It was so much fun and I think the kids had a blast too!!!  It is always fun spending time with Jackson and his class, the kids are so sweet and of course Jackson always tells me how much he loves me coming to his class which makes me feel good!!! Here are a few pictures of our corn project!!!

Getting ready to glue the corn on the husk!

Jackson counting his buttons!!

Starting to glue on the buttons!!!

He did such a great job!!

Such a cute project especially since last week they learned all about corn and tried different food with corn last week!!





It was such a great week at school for Jackson!!!  And of course we LOVE all the fun things that this time of year brings!!!!!!