1st Trip to Memphis!!!

August 28-29, 2009 Trip to Memphis w/the Leeloys
Our wonderful friends Wayne, Christian and Cade invited us to thier hometown of Memphis for a fun-filled weekend! Wayne's former band "Native Son" was having a reunion concert and they were amazing!

Before the concert...
Christian and I decided to get dolled up for our night out in Memphis. There's nothing like being 7+months pregnant in a bar, but the music was amazing!

More Memphis fun...

Two charmers...

Morning in Memphis...

Christian plays the piano beautifully... and Jackson loves the piano, so he was thrilled!

Morning with the boys... looking for squirrels. We only managed a couple hours of sleep between getting home from the bar and the boys waking up. Oh the joys of parenthood :)

Fun at the zoo!!!

August 22, 2009-- Jackson, 20 months old
Fun at the zoo!!! Renewing our zoo membership is one of the best things we've done lately. Jackson absolutely loves it, especially the monkeys and the "jungle gym."

Jackson and some random boy jumping on his favorite elephant. They were actually sharing!

More fun at the zoo...

Daddy and Jackson... so cute!

There's nothing like that look of awe and wonder :)

1st time at the petting zoo...

"Baby goat!!!"
That's all I heard for days after Jackson had his first experience at the petting zoo part of the zoo.

More fun at the zoo!

Note to self... never squat in a pic again.

Home to Aurora!

August 14-16, 2009
Home to Aurora! Jackson, Ben and I had a wonderful last trip to Ohio before baby Luke arrives. I miss my parents and my dearest best friend Brooke so much! Here are some fun photos with the Bleyl fam.

Jackson wanted to do everything Evan did!

Ella looks like a movie star here!

Summer fun :)

July, 2009
We had lots of fun visiting the Leeloy's pool this summer!

Jackson loves playing with his bff Cade!

Simple pleasures...

July, 2009 Jackson, 19 months
Simple pleasures... Jackson just loves climbing into boxes, baskets and just about anything that he can squeeze into.
He's a happy boy and we are blessed.