Blessing after Blessing: Thanksgiving 2014

WOW. Thanksgiving has come and gone and now it's officially the Christmas season. Russell, Jackson, and I were happy to be on our way to South Arkansas on Wednesday. We stopped to run an errand and Russell went inside Walmart to pick up a couple of things. Sooo.... Jackson was my buddy in the driver's seat for a couple of minutes. HA!

Do not worry, he was only there for a second. :) He's got his "on the go formula" in tow, of course!

Thursday was turkey day and that means the "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!" Happy to show Jackson. I know he doesn't understand yet (obviously), but it was still fun with him.

We headed over the river and through the woods (a.k.a. KK's house), for Thanksgiving dinner! Jackson was a perfect little helper in the kitchen. Lauren and KK let him help with the butter. He wanted to eat it but nope, we didn't let him, of course!

Jackson had his "Thanksgiving feast" before any of us. He had turkey, sweet potatoes, squash, and apples. I think he enjoyed it!

Love his lil turkey bib. He looked so big in his chair!

Uncle Eric and Jackson matched for the holiday. :)

We of course had awesome food!

Our family outside at KK's!

Logan and Kelly's "selfie!" Love this so!

The girls and Mr. J!

Russell showing Jackson a pinecone. Sweet, sweet.

More fun outside! Logan cracks me up!

Lauren is so good to Jackson. He was seriously happy the whole day even though it was so busy.

Logan and J. Can't wait for Logan to teach him all about sports!

At the end of the day on Thursday, I held our baby boy, rocked him and thanked the Lord for him. He means so much to me!!!

Friday, I got to ride in the car while Logan was behind the wheel! Watch out, everyone! :) He did a good job!

Lauren and I love going on little "adventures" together. We were glad to go riding around town and get everyone a Sonic drink! We were proud Sonic drink fairies.

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Friday night, we had Thanksgiving at Russell's parents house. The food was great and Jackson got to meet new friends and family members.

He loved meeting Bo.

Dana and Todd with J.

Jackie and Ricky with their favorite grandson. :) R.J. is posing, too!

We went to see KK again, and then we headed home!

It was a fun time with everyone!

Hope y'all had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving. We are so thankful for everything God gives us. God is truly so so good!

From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another. John 1:16

Jackson's Adventures in South Arkansas

This summer has been so great with our sweet boy. Russell, Jackson and I headed to South Arkansas a couple of weeks ago and we were all so very excited about it.  

Jackson even had a special outfit for the long drive. It was his first long trip, so we tried to be prepared for anything-including dirty diapers on the road. HA! He was looking so cool in his "Off to Grandma's" outfit and matching sunglasses. YAY!

KK was SO tickled and over the moon to see Jackson and give him many kisses and hugs.

Jackson's first "trip" to see the "awesome car." It's really an inside joke that my Daddy told us about a long time ago. I plan to tell him all about it someday.

Before we headed to Magnolia, we stopped to see Phyllis, Russell's aunt, at her work. She was so happy to hold and meet Baby Jackson!

Russell's uncle George and Jackson

Mamaw and Papaw meet our lil prince.

Ricky, Mamaw Price, Papaw Price, Jackson, and Russell. So special!

Mamaw Lawson also met him and was so glad!

So very sweet!

Deer behind Jackie and Ricky's.

Jackson loves Jackie and Ricky!

At Wilson Gardens

This little "collage" is special to me. The top picture was taken in October 2005. Our sweet college friend, Karis, took the picture. Russell and I had been dating six months and the garden was fairly new when we started dating, so it became our favorite place. Russell proposed to me in that same spot in December 2006. Years later, on June 28, 2014, we took a picture with our sweet Jackson Randolph. What blessings abound!

On Sunday, we went to my home church in Camden. Jackson was loved by the sweetest ladies in the nursery, Irene and Alicia.

Here is Irene and Jackson. This is how he looked when we got to the nursery. He was OUT!

Janet was over the moon excited to meet Jackson. She was definitely one of our prayer warriors during the journey to have Jackson and she was just beaming! Janet was also my Sunday school teacher in high school!

Attempt #1 at getting a good "Sunday picture" of lil J. HA!

OH! Here's a cute one! :)

Our family in front of the house I grew up in.

KK and Jackson. I love this!!!

One of my best friends, Haley, met him also! Sweet, sweet!

Friends for 8 years!

Monday, Kelly and Lauren came! We loved taking walks with Jackson, as stroller rides are one of his favorite things. :)

B.A. recently got a side by side Polaris and so he took Lauren and I around the neighborhood in it. It was too fun!

Tuesday, we had a ladies (and Jackson) lunch date!

Mama, me, Emily, and Pat

Kim, Jackson, Kelly, and Lauren.

We had lunch at Catherine's Bistro. I had a cheese quesadilla with queso and salsa. So yummy!

My sweet Aunt Nancy, Katie Lee, and Zoe came to meet Jackson! The girls just loved holding him and taking pictures of him too. Too fun!

I have shared many times my sister's talent. She has many talents-singing, teaching, cooking, etc. But she is downright famous for her sugar cookies. I don't recall her making 4th of July ones before, but this year, she did!

Kelly, Kerrstyn, B.A's granddaughter, and Lauren start to ice the cookies.

Here are just a few cookies we decorated together. It truly is a labor of love to make these things, but so worth it.

After Jackson's bath on my bed. He loved to just lay on the bed and coo to us. It was so fun and precious!

Wednesday, it was time to go home. BA, Mama, and the most precious boy around.

He was kinda sad to leave KK! AWW! :) We had a great visit and Jackson loved his adventures in South Arkansas. He loves all of you! It was so great to see everyone!

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:10