CREATIVITY AT IT'S BEST

Do you ever see something and think- wow, why didn't I think of that? I do that a lot.
This was my latest...
Such a simple thing that is so cool on so many different levels.
Not only does she have a creative outlet to share, but this is a wonderful way to record pictures of her sweet baby girl!
LOVE IT!

I might be proud, but I don't have to like it

So every morning when I drop Jack off at Kim's it is the same old thing...he acts shy and wants me to hold him until Kim gradually coaxes him into the toy closet to find some special toy to distract him from mommy leaving. Every now and then, he will get wise to us. He will hear the screen door creak and run and cry and we might go through this exercise a FEW times before I actually head to work.
This morning, we walked in and he told Kim, "I wuv you". He looked at me and said, "mommy goin' to work", I said, " give me a hug and a kiss". He did. Then he turned around, walked to the toy closet and did not look back. Yeah, it happened. But I don't have to like it.

Hey...Where's the Party?

Since Jack's wildly successful birthday party, we have been BUSY! Busy waiting at Scottish Rite for stitches that is. Poor baby! He got his right pointer finger stuck in the shifter of the boat early in the day yesterday. We had not even gotten out to go "swimm- ing" yet. I am almost as sad that he did not get to go swimming as I am about the great big boo boo that got three stitches. He was SOOOOOO excited to go swimming!



Well, since we cannot go on any swimming adventures for 7-10 days, it is a good thing that we have so many fun memories to reminisce about from the birthday party!



Lots of fun friends!

A cool new Jeep!

And even some quiet birthday moments with mommy and daddy!

Jack's 2nd Birthday (141 photos), by Melanie Marsh

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Pinata!

Pinanta Jack's 2nd birthday from Melanie Marsh on Vimeo.

More to come I PROMISE!

I am having a hard time recovering from all the partying!

(And by the way...sorry that I am yelling into the camera...I am not a very good videographer!)

Two

Where do I start?

Jack,

Having you in my life has made the last two years the best yet! I thank God for entrusting me to be your caretaker in this life of ours. You are such a sweet, smart, funny little thing. The wonders never cease. I look at you, and I see proof that miracles do happen. It amazes your father and I how much you have grown into your own little self. It delights and terrifies us how much of ourselves we see in you. Just this morning as I put the dogs in their crates, you poked your little fingers in to try to pet them and said, "WuWu, I wub you"(translation- LuLu, I love you). Whoah...the same thing I do everyday. Scary to think how each thing I do touches your little world and molds and shapes you. When you get upset and furrow your little brow, you look like a miniature version of your father.
You love to drink milk and eat french fries. The sight of you with a cupcake thrills me (and gives your dad a nervous breakdown) as you hold it from the bottom and go into the icing face first! You always ask for George when it is time to sleep. You are a good sleeper- thank you for that! You are a lover of all things boating and water and we could not be happier about that! Jumping into the water has to be your favorite pastime!
Jack, you make our life fun every single day. In the interest of keeping it real, I will say that you also test our patience to the very end of the rope every single day. Still, you are all things magnificent to us...beautiful star stuff that cannot be described!
Have a Happy Birthday Son! I love you to the moon and back!

Mommy

Crackers!

I was a little lenient on breakfast because I was a bit busy and exhausted from spending our first night on the boat!

Family pic

Captain Jack is giving his first mate some orders!

Untitled from Melanie Marsh on Vimeo.

I think Jack likes the fireworks... or as he would call them..."crackers, crackers!"

You might want to hit pause on the playlist player down below so that you can hear the sheer excitement in his voice!

I LOVE IT! We had a lot of fun on the lake with "Rangy".