Statebound!

We are back in the state tourny!! Last night the girls won in a sudden death pk shootout! Phew! Talk about a nail biter! It was such a great game. We played against blacksburg and they played a good game, I hate that any teams' season has to end in a pk shootout but fortunately, it went in our favour! Oh and thanks to such great friends too. The game started at 7 and I wasn't home til a little after 10 or so b/c of all the overtime and celebration. Thanks so much Meaghan! :) My little buddy would have never lasted through all of that and I would have hated to miss it!

We play tonight vs Hidden Valley (for the fourth time might I add and our record against them is 1-1-1). Tuesday we'll either play Jefferson Forest or Botetourt for the state quarterfinal! So exciting!

Wish us luck! :) Way to go girls!

Oh and a big congrats to the PH Boys Team!! They are also in the State tourny next week. Way to go Chris!!

The wait is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announce...drum role please..... Jackson has 2 bottom teeth breaking through!!!!!!! :) 11 months have past and they FINALLY popped through. You can barely see them in this picture, but don't worry they are there.

Josh and I were starting to take bets on if he would walk before he got teeth. He has been completely on table food and a sippy cup for a little while now we were just wondering when those teeth would come in.

Also another update,... Jackson started at a new at home sitter this past Tuesday and we're really excited about it. He's really enjoying it, the first day I picked him up to go home he cried and wanted to stay. It shockingly didn't upset mommy because I am so incredibly relieved to have him in a place where he wants to be and where he's getting MUCH needed interaction with other kiddos. Thanks to all for your prayers. God has answered them and we are so thankful!!

Sears Pics,...just a month late

We got these done a month ago for Mother's Day and of course couldn't post them b/c it would be that rare occasion that Ma actually looked at my blog! haha,... couldn't ruin the surprise.

This is my favorite but for some reason my laptop won't let me crop it,...shutterfly let me. Weird,.. but oh my goodness did he not just do a fantastic job being all smiley??

Such a sweet boy.

Miss Keira and Jman

The photographer let us take more pics then was allowed I think. We didn't plan on getting this one (that's why we don't match).

The kiddos did very good.

In honor of Mother's Day,..

So last June while the Jones family welcomed Jackson to the world, I received a cute little book from my mother in law, Marty called "1001 Things it means to be a mom". Of course I skimmed through it and there was some cute stuff but now, 10 months later, I've been reading several a night in bed as my way of winding down. I had to share some of my favorites though:

*Being a mom means thinking you're the luckiest person in the world.

*Being a mom means saying, "That's not nice."

*Being a mom means making lists and schedules and posting them all around the house and on the refrigerator door.

*Being a mom means thinking coffee makes you a better mother.

*Being a mom means always feeling judged by the mommy police.

*Being a mom means baking their favorite birthday cake. Even when they're twenty-five.

*Being a mom means keeping your relationship with your husband a priority.

*Being a mom means feeling like you don't spend enough time with your children. Even if you don't work outside of the home.

*Being a mom means knowing you need friends to talk to, because you can only have so many conversations with people three feet tall.

*Being a mom means keeping every Mother's Day card in a special box and rereading them year after year.

*Being a mom constantly saying, "I love you," because that's the most important thing a child needs to know.

*Being a mom means worrying how to keep your baby safe in an unsafe world.

*Being a mom means accepting you're going to show up late sometimes. In fact, people are lucky you show up at all.

*Being a mom means forgetting a baby will impact your career, your savings, and your retirement.

*Being a mom means trading your purse for a diaper bag.

*Being a mom means realizing moms are going through the exact same things-except the thin moms who have nannies.

*Being a mom means not understanding how anyone could consider abortion.

*Being a mom means praying over your child while she sleeps.

*Being a mom means needing to shower, vacuum, wash clothes, change the baby, make lunch, and take a nap-all at the same time.

*Being a mom means obsessing about your child's birthday parties while your husband wanders around saying, "What's the big deal?"

*Being a mom means felling ecstatic one second-and then feeling overwhelmed, lonely, or fearful the next.

*Being a mom means wondering how in the world you could love someone so much.

*Being a mom means signing up for weekly emails from http://www.babycenter.com/.

*Being a mom means suddenly realizing you have that mysterious capability called mother's intuition.

*Being a mom means realizing you haven't been to the gym in weeks.

*Being a mom means recognizing that your children are a gift from God. And treating them as such.

*Being a mom means thanking God for this experience.

*Being a mom means loving your husband even more after having children because of the love he has for them.

Who is with me?!?!

Okay this is going to be more of a venting post. If you don't want to hear any complaining you many want to hit the "X" on the top right of your computer screen. No cute little baby boy pics or anything! I'm not a happy camper right now!

For the record, most know I am not a fan of the dentist. Not my personal dentist/office because they are great but just going to the dentist period! The experience is just never, ever, EVER a positive one coming out of.

Just to get you up to speed, my husband doesn't go to the dentist. Not because he doesn't want to, but because he doesn't need to. NO JOKE, after being married for a year (3 years ago), I made him go because he hadn't gone for literally 17 years,..no I'm not exaggerating! Well he went in (appt right before mine to make sure he actually showed up) and had NO cavities,...nothing. How is that?! Anyway he made the comment that the dentist told him "Wow I hope yall's children have your teeth". Well boy do I hope so. A couple years later I had to have a root canal, which was the worst pain I have EVER been in. And ever since pregnancy I have had more cavities in the past year and a half then I have had my entire life. RIDICULOUS!

Now to date (yesterday) I had a dentist appointment. I go in thinking that they are going to fill a couple cavities and since they aren't really deep they weren't going to give me any of the good stuff. Well after going at the first tooth they realize that it is deep, so the numb me...wahoo no pain. Then come to find that it is so deep it has rooted on my nerve or something to where I now have a 50/50 shot of having to have another root canal. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! I brush my teeth twice a day and have been so super good lately of even flossing twice a day too. What else should I seriously be doing here? Eating all liquids so no food or drink touch my stupid teeth?

Oh,.. and I have to go back in June to fill the other tooth. I just think I need to have all teeth removed and have false ones so I don't have to worry about it and pay for billion dental bills. Who is with me!?