2015 Recap

2015 is coming to an end. I can't believe it. Every year flies by faster than the previous year. Craziness! I am ready for 2016. New beginnings as always! Here's the traditional year in review for 2015.

January

 Jackson visited Crystal Bridges museum for the first time this month. He also went to two birthday parties. Busy boy! KK also came to visit this month. Too fun!

February

 Look at this sweet boy's cheeks! We celebrated Jackson's first Valentine's Day with hundreds of hugs and kisses. :) XOXO!

March

 Happy Spring! We celebrated Springtime in the daffodils, went to South Arkansas to visit family, and more.

April

 We celebrated Jackson Randolph's 1st birthday!!! He had a Poky Little Puppy party complete with birthday cake, ice cream, strawberry shortcake, and chocolate custard. :)

 Oh, how precious. Jackson loves smiling for sure!

May

 We had several walks with the wagon. It's one of our favorite things. :)

June

 We took advantage of Russell's weekends off and went on a couple of road trips. This was taken in Eureka Springs. Oh so fun!

July

 Jackson's first train ride! We got to spend time with family on this fun adventure. We love his little conductor hat. :)

August

 I started my own business, "Baked with Love" selling homemade cinnamon rolls.

 Also, friends and family surprised me on my 30th birthday with an 80's theme party. So special!!!

September

 Russell and I celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary at one of our favorite places downtown.

 I also got to go to a Kelly Clarkson concert with my sister, Kelly, Whitney, and more friends. We had a blast!

October

 Jackson's first haircut. He did great and was so well behaved the whole time. My handsome boy.

 Met Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman, for the.......fourth time. No lie. I would meet her again and again if I could. She's the sweetest!!

November

 It was a busy month. Jackson and I went to the library for the first time and had such fun. His favorite part were the puzzles.

 Thanksgiving with family...Russell took this picture. We loved fall so much!

December

 We went to Journey to Bethlehem with Amy, Tony, and Leighann. It truly was wonderful.

Christmas 2015

Jackson is now 20 months old and learning new things every day. Time flies. We say is often, but time truly does fly. Wow!! Here's to a blessed 2016!

Happy New Year!

 

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 5:17

Date Night, Farmer's Market, the Duggar's, and a New Princess

Of course I am catching up on the blog, but better late than never, right? So here's an update from two weekends ago. It was pretty memorable, so I had to document it.

 Friday night was date night for us! We were so pumped for a date night. We try to make it a priority to have one date night a month. Russell took me to one of our favorites for dinner, Venesian Inn!

 We also went to Crystal Bridges and saw the Van Gogh to Rothko exhibit. What fun!

This was a cool extra at the exhibit.  

 The next thing we did was stop by the buckyball.

 It lights up at night in every color and it's almost therapeutic to watch. Pretty neat!

 Saturday morning, we woke up early and headed to our local farmer's market! Jackson looked very handsome and like a big boy in his hat!

 Me and my baby boy.

 Gorgeous snapdragons.

 Beep, beep! Jackson in Sam Walton's red truck. :)

 So fun.

 When we got home, I watched on CNN and livestream the royal baby footage! I was pretty giddy, to say the least!!! I am so excited about the new addition.

 To celebrate, we even got Jackson the movie, Paddington. :) It came with a plush teddy.

On Sunday night, our church had about 20 special guests come, The Duggars!

They had special music and shared their testimony. It was so good. 

We even got to meet Michelle, Jim Bob, and many others. They truly were so kind and happy to be at our church. 

Anna and Josh were so sweet, too.

Jana and Joy Anna were precious. 

We also met Jessa and Ben, who got married at our church. All of them were incredibly genuine, authentic, sweet people who live for Christ. So inspiring. It was wonderful!  

That Monday, I was thrilled to find out the royal baby's name! Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge. I may have teared up a little bit, to be honest. HA!

Needless to say, it was a wonderful few days!

 

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. and be thankful. Colossians 3:15



2014 Year in Review: The Year of Jackson!

Happy New Year's Eve, y'all!

I thought last year was fast. No. No, that was not fast at all compared to this year. Noooo way. Ha! :) Maybe it has something to so with being crazy busy with a baby! Let's get to the year in review, shall we? Ready.... Set... Go!

January

2014 began with quite a scare. I was 22 weeks pregnant with Baby Jackson, and on January 1st, I had terrible shortness of breath, and could not even lay down I was so uncomfortable. What I thought was the flu or bronchitis was actually a blood clot in my left lung. I had to give myself Lovenox shots twice a day from January til May because of it. It made me realize that I would do absolutely anything for my baby boy and how much I could face my fear of shots. The Lord gave me such strength daily for this! Thank you, God!

On to a much better highlight, we also registered for baby goodies this month! Oh, what fun it was!

February 

Baby love! Russell and I enjoyed Valentine's Day and took this picture before we went to dinner that night.

Russell also put together Jackson's crib!

March

We celebrated Jackson's upcoming arrival lots this month with baby showers!

It was wonderful to see many family members and friends at the showers. 

April

Our lives changed completely on April 21st as Jackson Randolph Price entered the world! It seemed like forever until I finally got to hold him, but it was like nothing else when Mommy met son. Best moment ever!

May

I celebrated my 1st Mother's Day. So special.

Our special friends, Kim and Emily, came to meet Jackson for the first time! We had so much fun!

June

We enjoyed spending time with lots of family this month! Jackson visited Camden and Magnolia for the first time.

Sweet baby bear. Oh my!

July

Sweet little chubby cheeks enjoyed his 1st 4th of July!

Jackson even met Elsa and Anna! :)

August

Jackson wore his cute little swim trunks and rash guard and went swimming for the first time. :) He wasn't too fond of it. Next year will be more fun.

August is my bday month and it was the best birthday ever!

September

We were so excited to celebrate the beginning of fall.

J also tried green beans for the first time. He likes them now!

October

Our lil punkin grew and grew so fast this month.

He was a sweet lil lion for Halloween!

November

Oh, I know I am very partial, but I think he just gets sweeter and cuter every day!

Jackson's 1st Thanksgiving! 

December

Jackson's 1st Christmas! I will post about it soon!

I cannot believe 2014 is pretty much over! Make every day a memorable one! I love y'all so much and I hope you have a fabulous, prosperous, healthy, and blessed 2015! Make memories! 

So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. Hebrews 4:16