Flashback Friday

One whole week!

That's right, it's been one week of dropping Jackson off at school with no tears, no whining, and no protesting. In fact, now he doesn't even say bye to me, he just walks right in and starts playing. And he LOVES his teacher, Miss Gloria and has been saying "I wanna see Miss Goooo-ia" over and over again. Yesterday when I picked him up, he ran towards me and yelled "Bye bye Goooo-ia!" It was hilarious, especially since he forgot the Miss.

I knew it would happen eventually and am so happy that he has adjusted so well and relatively quickly to his new school. Not to mention all the new stuff he's learned. Hooray Jackson! Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you!!!

Where'd it go?

That's the question Jackson has been asking ever since Yousif, Mariam and my parents left a few hours ago. Yousif and Mariam are visiting from London and they came to Columbia to visit with us for the weekend and we had a blast. They arrived on Friday afternoon and were wondering if Jackson would remember them. After only a few minutes it was apparent he not only remembered them but was so excited to see them. All we heard was Ousi (Yousif) and My Mimi (Mariam), where are you? Followed by an extremely happy, "I see you!"


Friday afternoon we went to the Palmetto Falls waterpark for a few hours, had a quick dinner and were home in time for Jackson's bedtime. Yousif, Mariam and I went to see Harry Potter that night and it was awesome! This was the first Harry Potter movie I saw in the theatre since I just jumped on the HP bandwagon last summer thanks to Brian. I can't wait to see the next two, definitely going to the theatre for those as well!


Saturday morning we all went to Edventure Children's Museum and ran around for a couple hours exploring all the different exhibits. After lunch and naptime, we picked up my dad and headed to the mall for a few SC souvenirs. We spent the rest of the weekend hanging out and playing games. Luckily Nick came home from his SC AAP conference in time to see everyone before their drive back to Atlanta. We already miss them all so much and hope to see them again soon. Jackson and I are trying to plan a trip to London in the fall!!!

Flashback Friday

Clearly I have not been able to do this weekly, so I will try to keep it up at least once a month. Here are some pics from July 2007, Jackson was two months old!

Oops...

I forgot to blog! Sorry, I'm still getting the hang of this blogging thing and haven't made it part of my weekly ritual. Nick is on clinic this month so he's been around a lot more and we're getting a bit spoiled by it. Next month is wards so it will be a rude awakening back to reality!!! And with the exception of the 4th of July, he has been off every weekend.

Last weekend we went to Asheville, NC for Greg and Michelle's wedding. It was definitely a high school reunion of sorts but we had a great time. Jackson stayed at home with Auntie, Emerson and Nana. I have a feeling they had an equally great time especially since I walked in to his room when he woke up from his nap and instead of being happy to see me, he was asking for Nana (my mom) and started crying for her! We are so grateful that they could come to Columbia, only downside was that we didn't get to spend too much time with them. I did see Emerson standing up and even taking one step towards me...that's right, she loves her Auntie! Okay, okay she loves the dress Auntie had on but that's almost the same thing, right?

This week, Yousif and Mariam (my cousins) are in Atlanta visiting from London and they are coming to Columbia on Friday. I can't wait to see them and show them around my new hometown. We are planning on going to the waterpark on Friday afternoon and going to see Harry Potter on Saturday night. Nick will be attending a SC AAP conference in Asheville (yes, he's going back to Asheville) but we're hoping he'll be back relatively early on Sunday as Yousif and Mariam are anxious to see him as well.

Is whining better than crying?

YES! I was a little nervous driving Jackson to school this morning since he hadn't been there since Thursday but he did great. Today was the first day he didn't cry and scream "No Mommy" over and over again as we walked into his classroom. He just stood beside me...okay he was more ON me than beside me, but very quiet. As I hugged and kissed him, he started whining but in this situation I'll take whining any day! Hopefully tomorrow or in a few days, the whining will be gone too and he will just walk into class happily and wave goodbye to me...a mom can hope right?