FINALLY!!!

I finally figured it out. After trying two other photo sites I found one that will work!!! YEAH!!! Now you can just view the slideshow instead of there being a bunch of individual pictures. Still not totally loving the smile box, but it works and that is all I am asking. So I hope you enjoy the look at our weekend get away. You will have to scroll down to start with day 1!!! YEAH...it works!!

Hope you all are having a great week!

Savannah-Day 3

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Sunday was time to head home. We were all so sad to see the weekend over with and to have to get back to our normal lives. Well I guess for us it was for Jason to go back to work. It was so wonderful to have 3 uninterrupted days with him. But we are also very thankful that he has a job to get back to and I really appreciate all the hard work he puts in so that I can stay home and be with Jake.

We took one more short trip down to River Street before leaving and of course had to make a stop at Savannah Candy Kitchen for some to go candy as well as buy a couple of t-shirts. And then we loaded up in the car and headed home.

On the way home we did make a stop at Bass Pro Shop. It was HUGE!!! And had a big fish tank that Jake really enjoyed looking at all the fish. He also loved being able to get out of the car after about 2 hours and just walk all over this gigantic store. We did buy him a little hat from there. Mostly because I have been looking for a baseball hat for him and finally found one that fit. Jason isn’t a hunter or fisher and that was all the store was really for. But we still enjoyed walking around and looking at the stuff. We did pick out a boat that one day we would love to get.

Then we were back into the car to finish our trip home. The boys were great the entire car ride home. I am sure it helped that they were tired from the weekend so they slept a lot more on the way home then on the way down.

Jake was glad to be home and in his own bed(so were we) Sunday night. He even slept until 8:30 Monday morning.

But in all we had a GREAT weekend and we can’t wait to take another trip down to Savannah. Hopefully next time with a stop in Paula Dean’s restaurant.

Trying to get it

I am still trying to figure out how to post a slide show...I Thought I had it, but the slide show won't load on the page. There are too many pictures to put them individually so I will keep trying and hopefully get the posted later today. Sorry...I know the pictures are the fun part. I will get it today!!!

Savannah Day 2

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On to day 2! We got up Saturday morning and Heather and I took the boys down stairs to eat breakfast. Our hotel had a great breakfast they offered lots of yummy stuff and even had a waffle maker. After breakfast we headed back up stairs and all got ready to walk down River Street once again. They just had so many shops to visit and fun things to check out that this is where we spent all of our time that wasn’t with the wedding.

Jake was able to get out of the stroller and walk around on River Street today. He loved just walking all over the place. We checked out this boat that was ported there and had real people living on it. They had a bunch of people down on the street making things like baskets, flowers, & a saxophone player who Caleb loved and danced to forever. We also went into the most amazing smelling candy shop Savannah candy kitchen where they made their own taffy and candy all right there in the store. We watched them make the taffy and got to try some freshly made…that was so yummy! I decided that when I go to heaven it will smell like Savannah Candy Kitchen…YUM!!!

Of course while in Savannah you have to eat some seafood. So we did lunch at this great place called Riverstreet Seafood. It was so yummy!!! Jake slept through the entire lunch so he had to eat his when he finally woke up back at the hotel. We got back to the hotel and all got ready for the wedding.

And again took our walk down the street to the hotel where the wedding was being held. We were worried about how the boys would be during the wedding, but the actual ceremony was a total of maybe 10 minutes from the time the wedding party walked in until the time the wedding party was leaving. It was the shortest wedding I have ever been to. There was nothing extra just do you, do you, here are your wings, I now pronounce you husband and wife. Mr. & Mrs. Jason Lassiter. So the boys were good during the whole ceremony, with the exception of a crinkly bag that had teddy grahams in it and was keeping Jake entertained. The reception was across the street at Vic’s on the River a nice restaurant. We enjoyed some good food there and a lot of fun dancing and visiting with everyone. Caleb and Jake danced their little hearts out. Too cute.

Jake did get his first walking injury. He was walking around and stumbled, but tried to catch himself. However, he went to grab for the table which he thought was solid, but it was just the table cloth and he fell and hit his cheek on the leg of the table. He has a nice bruise from it now, but I guess that is what happens when you are a walker.

After the wedding we went upstairs to my Mom & Mike’s room to hang out before going back to our room. And to our surprise had the most amazing fireworks display every. Their room was directly overlooking the river and they were shooting fireworks off right over the river. Other then Disney world these were the best fireworks I have ever seen. Of course both the boys were asleep so they didn’t get to enjoy these amazing fireworks.

But soon after it was time to head back to our hotel and get some sleep. After a long day we were all pretty tired!

Savannah Day 1-Friday

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Well...we are back from our wonderful weekend trip to Savannah. And we had a great time as a family!! Because there is so much to post and lots of pictures I am going to do a day by day recap so the pictures with that day can go with that post. There will be a few more pictures added to day 1 hopefully later tonight. Some of the pics from earlier in the day are on Heather's camera and she hasn't sent them to me yet.

The car ride down there wasn't nearly as terrible as I had anticipated it to be. Jake had never been in the car that long and I was worried how he would do. But he did great! He slept a little, ate a lot, and just kind of hung out! So that was a relief for him to do so well. There was a little fussing, but what can you expect from a 15 month old, right?

Once we got to Savannah we checked into our hotel which was right on River Street with a view over looking the street and river. After a short rest we headed down to River Street to walk around and check out the different little shops that are down there. And then it was back up to our hotel for to get ready for the rehearsal dinner. Since non of us were in the wedding we didn't have to be there for the rehearsal, but we were invited to the dinner. We all got dressed in our super cute outfits and headed down the street to the hotel where the rehearsal dinner was. OH MY GOSH...we did a TON of walking over the weekend. Once we parked the car at our hotel Friday we didn't move it until we checked out Sunday. Which was a good thing because the people in Savannah don't know how to drive at all and it was great to be able to walk every where. The boys did have to spend a lot of time in their strollers, but it was really no problem for them. Any way, back to Friday night recap. We got to the hotel where the rehearsal dinner was and had a nice dinner of bbq and fried chicken...typical southern meal. Once we got Jake his food he was fine, but he was a little antsy until then. After everyone ate we went to the lobby of the hotel and hung out up there with everyone. They had a little bar in the lobby and a great fire place where we all just sat around talking and having a good time.

Then it was back to walking to our hotel...and turning in for the night.

Walking?

I think it might be official Jake is walking!!! It started a couple of weeks ago with 3 steps and then a couple days later 7. But since then it has been totally random. He refused to walk if you tried to stand him up and get him to walk to you. He would hold his feet up in the air or turn all noodelie and not be able to stand up. He really preferred to crawl much more then walk. Which was fun...all in his own time. Then he started walking a little more, but it was still on his time. He would all the sudden take off walking across the room...usually when he thought no one was paying attention to him. As soon as he would fall he was back to crawling no attempt to even get back up. He was happy and content. Over the last couple of weeks the walking has slowly increased to more frequent trots across the room still nothing worth saying he was an official walker. He still isn't totally there yet either. But today has been a little different in his walking. He is walking much farther distances, and when he falls he gets to something and pulls himself up and starts walking again. He also realized he can walk while holding something in his hand. He had mastered this crawl whenever he had something in his hand...he would crawl with one had on the floor and his other arm he would use is forearm to crawl so that whatever he was holding was up in the air. Today he finally realized that when he has a cracker or a book in his hand he can walk. He still thinks he is funny and laughs at himself most of the time when he is walking, but he looks so cute. We thought since he was taking so long to walk he would be a pro right when he started, but he is still a little unsteady and toddles around. TOO CUTE!!! Hopefully I will be able to capture some type of picture of him walking and maybe one day I will figure out how to post a video on here too. We will see about that don't hold your breath. But I do feel more comfortable about being in a hotel this weekend with Jake and I think he won't be on the floor too much!!!

One other small update...Jake did not cry this past Sunday when I dropped him off in the church nursery. He didn't really go willing, but I didn't have to peel him off of me and he didn't cry!!! :) I am sure it was just an accident and he will be back to screaming next week(sad we will miss this week), but I am really hoping that he is adjusting to Mrs. Michelle & Mr. Cliff!

With that said we will be leaving bright and early Friday morning for our mini weekend trip to Savannah for Jessica's wedding. I am really looking forward to this time away with Jason, Jake, and my family!! It will be a well deserved break for Jason(he will not be turning his cell phone on all weekend). His work thinks it is fun to call him or text him all during the day when he is off with random nonwork related stuff. I am so glad to have him just to us this weekend. We will be 265 miles away and there will be nothing he can do for his job from there. YEAH!!! I am a little nervous about the car ride, Jake has never been in a car for this long and I am worried how he will do. I am really hoping he will sleep. Usually any time he gets in the car he is asleep, but we usually are only driving a few minutes away...at the most 30 minutes away. I am also a little nervous about how cranky Jake might get. We have gotten on this great routine at home which ends with bed time at 7pm and it has really helped his sleep. I know we won't be able to keep this schedule while we are gone, but I just hope it doesn't mess him up too badly. I know it will probably take a few days of being home to get back into that routine, but none the less it will all be worth it. I am excited for a little mini get-a-way as a family!!! With hopes for a week long beach vacation this summer...this is our primer!

I am sure I will have a million pictures to post when we get back along with some great fun to share. I am hoping that before I post pictures again I can figure out this slide show thing so that there aren't a million pictures all in a row on the page. Keeping my fingers crossed for that!

A day for LOVE!!!

Nothing better then a reason to share the love we have with our family and friends...but do you really need a reason? I know that around here love is freely given all the time and I LOVE that!! No need to ask for the I love you's, but to just be able to see it in the daily actions of life both from Jason & Jake! Even though Jake can't say "I love you" he does so many small things that just makes me feel his love all day and of course makes my heart grow a little bigger just for him. But even with Jason being able to say "I love you" sometimes it is in the actions that speak even louder then the words or when the words just can't come, but you feel it in the actions of daily life. Our house is full of speaking love and showing it to each other. I hope you all will find the time and make the ways to show your love to everyone around you!!!

With that being said...we had a great Valentine's Day here. Of course we started the day with pink heart shaped pancakes, followed by a heart shaped grill cheese lunch, lots of laughs and fun, and of course the 2nd annual "red" bubble bath for Jake which really looks way more pink, but oh well. Jason & I then ended the night with a wonderful romantic dinner here at home while our sweet little boy peacefully slept in his bed surrounded by our love.

Here are some pictures of Jake from the day!!