Snow, Snow and more Snow.

Snow total from the latest storm, too much for a ruler!
Jackson rolling out cookie dough.
Putting the sprinkles on.

Let's see, since the last post we went to Michigan for a family getaway for my grandparents anniversary and had a blast! They had an indoor waterpark, restaurants, a tubing hill and more horses than I could count. We didn't get to visit the horses but had a great time doing everything else and being with family. I took the camera but left it in the room. :(

While we were gone Jackson had a little cough that worsened when we got back so we went to the Dr. She listened to him and then sent us down for an x-ray and that confirmed what she thought that he had a slight case of pneumonia. He hasn't had a fever and hasn't been sick. You really wouldn't know anything was wrong except for the horrible cough. She put him on antibiotics and when we went yesterday for a follow up she said that his lungs sounded better and to continue the meds and everything should clear up. We've been taking it easy and hanging out at home this week. Today he helped me make cookies and we painted a picture for daddy to take to work. We've also been watching a LOT of Thomas. He's really into trains right now.

As far as the weather goes, I think the first picture says it all. We had a snow storm last week and picked up about 8". After that it warmed up, rained on Monday and melted most of the snow. Then yesterday evening the snow started again and about 28 hours later it is still snowing! We've gone from no snow to snow just about every day and yes, I'm still loving it! I must be crazy!

BRRRRR!!

Our little Packer.
Jackson's underpants!

Hello from the frozen north! Seriously it is COLD up here! I really don't remember it being this cold. The weekend was pretty much all below 0 temps with the wind chills around 20 below. Then it warmed up in the teens, wow heat wave, and I just read our weather gauge and it is 6 below. Joni, I have my heater on. :)

Other than the cold temps things are going well. Since we live in Packer country we thought we'd join the rest of the state and cheer on the Packers, unfortunately they lost. Actually we bought the Favre jersey last spring on ebay. Little did we know then that we'd be living up here now. I guess life is crazy that way. You never really know what's going to come your way.

We've been working hard on the potty training thing. He's doing well but will not do stinkers in the potty. He really likes to wear his underpants and HATES diapers. We've got a long way to go but at least it's a start.

This weekend we are heading to MI for a weekend away with my family. My grandparents are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year and are having the entire family together for a little getaway. We are looking forward it and Jackson is excited to be with his cousins again. I'm sure we'll have more pictures to post next week.

We've also been doing a lot of house hunting. As of yet we haven't found anything to submit an offer on. But we've got time and don't have to rush into anything.

That's all for now.

Happy New Year!

We traveled home to MI for Christmas and had a very busy but great time. Jackson was so excited about all things that Santa brought him, especially his fire truck. I think we may need to add on to fit in all the toys. I can't wait to find a house and be able to have a designated toy room. Right now they seem to be everywhere!

Hopefully you all had a great New Year. We spent it watching both Kentucky and Michigan win their bowl games. Jackson included. He likes to cheer on the Cats even if they are not playing. To him all football is GO CATS. :)

Below is a year in review montage that we put together. From Jackson's first snow fall last Feb, to our beach vacation to Myrtle Beach, to a very long hospital stay and surgeries, and moving up to the Wisconsin, it was year full of surprises and changes. Here's hoping for a year of good health, fun and lots of happiness!


Jackson 2007

More Snow

Here are a few pics from the frozen north. We had another 5"-7" of snow fall over the weekend and the banks are now so tall that you can't see over them. Brandon took a few pictures out in front of the townhouse.

With all the snow we decided to take Jackson to one of the counties sledding hills and he had a blast! He even went down a few of the smaller hills by himself, which he thought was too cool. He didn't want to come home until we promised him that he could help daddy shovel. This is one of his new favorite things to do.

After shoveling they came in to warm up a bit and have some lunch then it was back out into the snow. The community center was having a winter festival and we promised Jackson that he could see a coupleof Santa's reindeer. Turns out they also were giving horse and carriage rides. We didn't go for a ride because it was a bit cold and closing in on nap time. But we did get to say hello to the horses.

Let it Snow!

I forgot how beautiful the snow was. We have big, beautiful snowflakes that just keep coming down and we are LOVING it! It definitely feels like Christmas and Jackson is having so much fun playing in it. We've been sledding, built a snowman, made snow angels, threw snowballs, shoveled the sidewalk and watched the snow plow and tractors go by. He loves being out in it and we are actually enjoying it too. I'm sure that feeling will go away but for now we're having fun.

Our first snow storm

We had our first winter storm yesterday and now have about 6" of snow! Jackson wasn't to crazy about it last night but it was pretty windy and the snow was also mixed with sleet and freezing rain. Ouch! This morning he wanted to go help daddy shovel and had a lot more fun doing that and watching the snow plows. He was so bundled up that he kinda waddled instead of walked in his snowsuit, it was too cute!

Nana and Papa Barnett came in for the weekend and we went out before the storm to cut down our Christmas tree. It was a lot of fun! We walked thru what felt like a hundred of trees before Brandon found the perfect one. Then he and papa cut it down and drug it back to the barn where we had hot apple cider while the tree was wrapped. They tied it to the roof and we took it home and spent the rest of the afternoon decorating it, watching football and watching the snow fall. It was a great day.

Thanksgiving in MI

We made our first trip home with Jackson. Everyone was finally able to meet him and he had so much fun playing with all of his cousins. From riding bikes with Cam & Austin, to playing cars & batman with Cole, playing teddy bears & the piano at great grandma's, sliding down the stairs with Hannah, Joe & Tyler, to playing football with the boys, waking up Auntie Heather and just playing with his Nana's & Papa's it was a fun filled weekend that he really enjoyed. I hope you all had as much fun as we did over Thanksgiving.

Weekend Pics

Just wanted to post a couple of pics taken this weekend.

Trick-or-Treat

Last year Jackson didn't want anything to do with his costume. It took forever to get him into it and at the end of the night we couldn't get it off of him. So this year we practiced putting it on and trick-or-treating around the house so he would be ready for Halloween when it came.

Our county held trick-or-treating on Sunday from 4-7pm. It was nice because it was still light out and not too cold. Jackson did great! The first house I kinda had to drag him up to but after that he did it on his own. He would run up and shake his pumpkin instead of saying "trick-or-treat", but it worked. They gave him candy. He lasted for just about 2 hours, with mom and dad carrying him the last 1/2 hour or so. I think he had a lot of fun and he lasted a lot longer than we thought he would.

Our neighborhood held trick-or-treating last night on Halloween. It was cold, dark and windy and since we went out on Sun we decided to just hand out candy to the few kids who came by. Jackson got so excited every time there was a knock on the door and he did great handing out the candy. All in all it was a good Halloween.

Family Farm Fun

Today Jackson and I went to check out the Family Farm. It started off with the donkey biting Jackson's fingers as he tried to feed them but turned out great! We both had a lot of fun! They had all the animals; donkeys, cows, goats, llamas, chickens, peacocks, belguim draft horses (my fav) and they had 3 week old baby goats that were too cute. They had a playground, a maze, hayrides out to the pumpkin patch, and Jackson's fav the Hay Romp. We played for almost an hour here. By the time we left we were both covered in hay. Then we ate some lunch at the tiny little cafe and called it a day. This will be a yearly visit. Next year we'll have to drag along daddy though.