2 Years Have Flown Right on By

What a fun couple weekends it has been!  My birthday was 2 weeks ago which we celebrated by Tom making dinner and unveiling Will's new bed.  Will was a little hesitant at first, but then decided he loved it.  A HUGE thanks to Gary (Tom's Dad) for making it.  Yes, you heard that right, Gary made his bed!  He is very talented and I have already told Gary that I am sending Will over to his house when he is old enough so he can teach Will his skills.

Ladies and gentleman THE bed . . .

 

Eventually we will loft it like below picture.  I must say, Gary's version is way better.  He even matched the dresser we bought. Seriously, he rocks.

On Saturday John and Melissa watched Will so we could go out to eat for dinner. We went to our favorite restaurant Trostels, followed by dessert at our new favorite place Yo2Go, which is conveniently located right by my office AND home.  Great.  Sunday was Will's birthday party at Lake Panorama and everyone had a blast.  Perfect place for 10 kids and a very hot/muggy day.  Will loved playing in the lake, sand, eating all the frosting he wanted, opening gifts and the attention.  

His actual birthday was on July 13th. We got him a doughnut for breakfast which he only ate the frosting.  The kid loves frosting.  After work my friend Sarah stopped over and had pizza with us and Will instantly grabbed her hand and wanted her to read him a book.  Can't turn down the hand.  :)  My good friend Kristina gave Will a cupcake so he got to eat more frosting and blow out his candle - 3rd times a charm, he finally figured out how to blow out the candle.  :) 


We then opened the rest of the gifts from Mommy and Daddy which were books, boats AND . . . . 

 

Will's new wheels.  Pretty awesome, right?  He thinks so as well.

That following weekend we went to our first I-Cubs game with Will, went to the pool with my family, relaxed on Saturday night and played in the pool at home on Sunday.  So it's been a fun couple weekends!


 

I feel like a broken record saying this, but I can't believe how fast these two years have gone.  We have definitely had some ups as well as well as some major downs, but thankfully we had Will to get us through those downs.  During Will's first year we both lost our jobs . . . AT THE SAME time with no severance, no insurance, NADA, Will was only 10 weeks old and during Will's 2nd year we went through 5 weeks of hell not knowing what was going to happen to our precious baby Jack and then losing him at 17 weeks.  I am hopeful that this year will have no downs, I think we deserve one year that is not stressful.  :)

Hope you all are having a great summer!  A Will update will come soon!  :)

Love, the Jackovin's

Let Freedom Ring!

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend!

Our past week/weekend was a busy one.  Last Sunday my parents took Will until Tuesday as our daycare provider had the week off.  We took that time to paint Will's big boy room.  It was a little sad painting over his polka dots, but I am very ready for his big boy room - it is going to be so cute (pictures to come next week)!  We took a break and went out for dinner.  When without a child, do things you would not do with a child. :)  Monday night John came over to help move one dresser out and the new dresser in.  After that we went to Granite City for dinner/drinks and called it a night.

On Tuesday we picked Will up from my sister's house and boy was he one tired boy!  3 days of not napping the best = one crabby Will.  The next morning Will woke up with a fever of 103.3.  Wowzers - first time he has ever had a temp above 99.  We made an appt and nothing was wrong.  Just fighting some bug and that he was.  He slept most of the day and that night we changed his diaper every hour (I am NOT exaggerating).  By Thursday he was feeling better so I took him to the pool with my sistas/kiddos for about an hour to get him out of the house.  I was hoping for a full day at the pool, but being a good Mom is far more important than being a tan Mom.  :)


Friday afternoon Tom's good friend, Brad (from Chile) came to town and stayed with us.  Will instantly found a new best friend and reached out to Brad the second he saw him.  When I got home from work, Will was sitting on his lap reading books.  Brad is one of those guys that everyone loves and Will couldn't agree more.  :)

That night the boys grilled up some Steaks, twice baked potatoes, garlic bread, corn on the cob and broccoli - add some cold beverages to that and you have my favorite meal!  

Saturday morning Will and I were up early (well compared to the boys that stayed out late) and filled up the pool.  Usually it takes Will a while to warm up to the pool, but this was not the case - he dove in, pajamas and all.  So I let him play in the freezing cold water for a while and then came back out later that morning and again after nap.  That night Will FINALLY ate something other than mac and cheese.  Thank goodness.

Sunday we were up and ready to go to the pool with my family and of course it starts sprinkling.  Can't rain on our parade though, we stayed there until 2 and then went back to Krista's house.  We had the whole pool to ourselves which was worth the cloudy day.  Will had such a great time swimming and had a dance off with his cousin Jenna.  Those two crack me up.  His new thing is grabbing people's hands to take them wherever he wants to go and this was certainly the case on Sunday.



 
Monday we went to the boat with the Jackovin's and then went over to Gary's after Will napped.  Will has Gary wrapped around his little finger.  He would take Gary's hand and drag him all around and if Gary tried to let go, Will wouldn't have it.  Will was not at all happy with me when it was time to go home and threw a fit . . . that fit continued until he got to watch his new favorite show Bubble Guppies.  The kid goes insane when this show comes on.
 

Today Gary is bringing over his new bed and tomorrow Tom is picking up the mattress.  I. Can't. Wait.  What's left is hanging up the decor (although still waiting for the prints to come in that ordered, it has been 5 weeks!!).  Will got a sneak peak at the bed last night when we stopped over to say hi to Gary and he was trying to climb all over it.  I think his big boy room is going to be a hit!

Tomorrow I turn the big 28.  Birthday's just aren't exciting once you get past 21.  Saturday night Melissa and John are watching Will so we can go to dinner and then Sunday it's Will's Birthday Bash at Lake Panorama.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Love, Laura, Tom and Will