M week

M is For

We made the manger out of a toilet paper roll and some moss off of the trees outside the apartment. I read the story about Jesus being born in a Manger out of the scriptures then Jack took over and told it back to me in his own words which was quite the story. Jesus was such a good baby and never ever cried.

 

A good opportunity to put him to work. So much fun doing something that starts with M! 

He lasted two minutes.

The things that Jack found around his room all by himself that started with M.

in Milk and of course chocolate.

How far we have come...

Yesterday was my anniversary of my bone marrow transplant. As posted yesterday by Jason, which was such a surprise that he did the post all by himself.  It was a day of reflection and really to a time to see how far I have truly come. Mom and Dad took me and the boys out for dinner and then Mom brought a cake over to our house. She put three candles on it and I was able to make a wish. I made the same wish that I made that day of the transplant and every year since. To be with my boys and to be able to watch Jackson grow up. That had to be the hardest part of the transplant was all the time spent away from Jack and missing out on being with him every doing the daily routines. I made it my goal to always cherish the days that I had with him and still to this day appreciate just doing the NORMAL things that a mother and child should do together.
Last night we watched some videos taken that Christmas while I was in the hospital three years ago. As I watched I was struck with great awe at how much Jack and I had both grown and changed. We have grown up and developed together. I love comparing pictures, they are a visual reminder of the progress made. I took the first picture of part of  the video playing to see the images of Jack and I three years ago.

Then this one was taken last night after blowing out the candles and making my wish.

There are many memories and things I remember about what was going on three years ago, most of them are not pleasant but the main impression that I get, that has me overwhelmed is the love of all of our family and friends. First of all to my own little family for Jason for being the rock and carrying us through my illness, who continues to make daily sacrifices to help me in my continued recovery, who has always been so patient and kind. To our parents and extended family and all the care that went in to taking care of Jason, Jack and myself. I would not have gotten here without all of your help. You all stepped in and helped which eased so many worries that I had so that I could just focus on getting better. To all dear friends who offered help and the many prayers and support.  It took a village to get us to where we are now and there is just not enough to be said and I am at a loss of words so all that I can say is Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

L Week

L is for 

Which give off great Light

Lamby was our guest. We wore Leis and had punch with Lemons and Limes.

Whit turns 3 today!!!!

Here is Whit with her brother Jake and his miraculous bone marrow stem cells right before the successful transplant on her NEW Birthday 3 years ago.
Happy Birthday Whit.

And thank you Jake for making it possible for Whitney to still be alive and here with Jackson and I.

Soccer Season

 One thing to get used to Winters in Florida means soccer season, which is December through February.
Jackson had his first soccer game today. It was absolutely hilarious. To see all the four and five year olds running and hovering around the balls and the meltdowns...oh the meltdowns! My cheeks hurt so bad from when it was over. This is a good thing for Jack to learn to work on a team. He had a bit of a hard time realizing that there were other people trying to take away the ball from him. There was some pouting and crying but it was the first game and around everyone's nap time so we will see what happens next week when it is earlier in the day. Oh this is just the beginning of all the Jackson's sports games we will go to.

They have practice for 25 min before the game. Jack is warming up he is number 5.

Jack got a little frustrated.Good thing Dad was there to talk to him and calm him down.

Talking to the coach at halftime.

 

 Here is a video to see him in action.

Holiday Spirit

Over the Thanksgiving break the boys and I went with Mom and Dad to check out the decorations at the hotels at the Disney resorts and Downtown Disney to get into the Holiday spirit.

We parked at Epcot and got around to all the hotels via the monorail, Jackson loves the monorail and a whole day filled just riding around was exciting for him.

  The Floridian.

I love this hotel because it has that old fashioned vibe and so beautiful.

In the lobby they had a real Gingerbread house. 

The ingredients to make this huge house and the amount of each.

Being all around that Gingerbread and smelling it we had to have a cookie. On the way to Orlando that morning we read about the gingerbread boy. Mom asked what part Jackson wanted to eat first he had the head then we each took an arm a leg and so on.

Shots of the hotel grounds

Then we went to the Contemporary hotel where they had a tree made of Gingerbread.

We ended the day at Downtown Disney. They had this tree right outside the toy store.

We even experienced some snow.

It's December the countdown to Christmas has begun, Jackson is very excited about this.

A Happy Birthday to Aunt Kate today! We love you!

K Week

K is for

 

 

It was a short week but we also packed in learning about kings,kittens,knights did ketchup art and spent a lot time in the kitchen getting ready for Thanksgiving.