Jackson Turns 1

Wow! Its hard to believe that a year ago we were in the hospital having a beautiful little redheaded kid. Its been a great year and I've found many new favorite things to do. One of my favorites of all now is to go into his room in the morning and wake him up. Its just amazing how happy he is first thing in the morning and how he raises his arms to get up. Hard to start the day in any better way. I'll have to video that someday while I still can.

So Jackson got his party hat on and had dinner with the whole crew. He even ate the same stuff, barbecue and beans, with his Grandpa Julian at the helm. He seemed to like it quite well, but then it was time to open, open, open!

Jackson amassed quite a crowd for his first birthday, with his mom and dad, Grandpa and Grandma Julian, Aunt K-K, Aunt Liz and Paul, Nana and Stacey in from Mississippi, and his Great-Uncle Billy and Aunt Linda and Great-Cousin Mary Susan in from Alabama(I'm going to need to check if I'm using the relations correctly, but I think its right). And many more were here in spirit. But back to the unwrapping by Jackson...with a little help from Brewser.Why are all these people looking at me? I just want to climb on this box.Hey, look. They actually let me climb on the box!
And I get to ride a new car. Wow! I think I like birthdays.

Now what is that? It kind of looks like one of those cake things that all the grown-ups eat, but they never let me have any. But wait, this one looks like a TRUCK! Ooh, maybe its for me, maybe its for me, maybe its finally for me. FIRE TRUCK FOR JACKSON. FIRE TRUCK FOR JACKSON. No, no, no - try not to get my hopes up to high. Probably not really for me. Look at it though. All chocolatey and covered in wonderfully messy red frosting. Oh what I could do with that.

Hold on. Whats the catch, they put it on my plate. I'm getting to really like this birthday thing.
Kind of mushy, but a nice brown color. Wonder what it tastes like?I definitely like cake and ice cream. I'm going to finish it all.
I did finish it all by myself. First the barbecua and beans and now fire truck cake covered with gloriously red and messy frosting.LONG LIVE BIRTHDAYS!But then the birthday cake intoxication set in. It didn't stop Jack from shoveling in the food, but it was touch and go for a moment. And then he sprung back to his energetic birthday loving self.Live long and prosper.

So the next day began and Jackson found one of his new toysall put together, and he wanted to take it for a spin around the neighborhood.

He did great in his Radio Flyer. He can turn the key and honk the horn and hit his directional lights. We definitely had a few cars stop to say hello to Jackson as he tooled around the neighborhood in this.And best of all. It gets great gas mileage.

We love you all.