Jameson Family pics

For Christmas last year, Steve and I gave my mom a photo shoot of the whole family. We decided to wait and have them taken during the summer so everyone would "look healthy" with their tans. Well, we did it at the beginning of August and it was record breaking temperatures. Seriously. It was on the news that night. Nice day we picked! Oh well.

We met Lynne at 6:30 that night at Ewing Castle in Bloomington and it was 99 degrees out. Within minutes of being there my hair was frizzy, all of the guys were sweating through thier shirts, and Colin was beat red in the face with wet hair. Regardless of the weather...the pictures turned out awesome and my mom was thrilled! Lynne, once again, did a wonderful job. We love her! :)

Some more of the family...notice the one of my parents with Colin and Cade. Colin was so hot, he didn't want anymore pics taken. He didn't quite know he was in the picture, so it is just hilarious!

Some of my family

The Doug Jameson family

Have you ever been this tired?

No need to say much about the pics below...

Cade was so tired the other night he literally fell asleep in his high chair while eating (doesn't look that comfortable to me)! Then he woke up a bit later and started eating again! Too funny not to share! :)

Thanks for the tip on the new collages Ali - I love them! :)

Little Bears Fans

Thought these were too cute not to post. A couple of Sundays ago both boys had their Bears gear on to watch the game. Well, they didn't end up watching the game per say, but saw a couple bits and pieces of it. Got to start some where, right? :) Colin had to hold Cade in most of the pics because he can't sit still! It is hard to hold a 9.5 month baby still, so Colin did a great job at trying for me!

You all know I love the potty, so here Cade is attempting to go potty! He never went, but the pics turned out cute! I love how he is "reading" his book on the pot. Such a man (already!) :)

Cade and Jenna on game day, both in their Bears gear. Jenna is my cousin in town going to IWU and so generously picking up Colin from preschool two days a week! You are the best Jenna!

My Baby is All Grown Up...

Colin started pre-school this week! Can he be old enough? It is hard to believe he is in fact old enough to go to school. He is attending a program at Normal Community High School 3 days a week from 9-10:30. From what we have heard from several people, this program (put on by a lead teacher and high school students interested in early education) is one of the best in town. We are very excited to have gotten in! We are also very fortunate to have people willing to take him to and from pre-school. My mom takes him two mornings a week and Jenna, my cousin, in town attending IWU, picks him up two days a week. Our sitter Lori, takes him and picks him up the other day.
The high school students are assigned a child (Colin has two) and they are in charge of picking him up and taking him to and from the cars (among other things). It works out great for the drivers...they don't have to get out of the car! :)

My mom, his GG, took Colin on his first day, Tuesday to school. She went in with him to help carry all of his supplies, etc. and took pics for me. I was doing so good until I saw these two below. I had tears well up in my eyes...my baby is in SCHOOL!

He had so much fun this week, learning, meeting new people, and trying new things. He can't wait until he goes to school next week. I think partly it is because he gets to wear his new tennis shoes there, but hey, whatever works! :)

The St. Louis Zoo!

The next morning, on Sunday, we went to the zoo. My mom, brothers, and my sister in law headed home that morning. My dad, Steve, the boys, and I stayed back to go go the zoo. Wade, Steve's cousin, joined us for the trip to the zoo. Of course, it was hotter than heck the day we went. We love that zoo. First of all, it is free, and second, they have so many different animals there. We didn't stay too long due to the heat, but we made it around to all of the animals Colin wanted to see.

Here are some pics from our day there.

Colin and a giraffe. See how hot Colin looks? :)

Lots of fun pics from the day. Poor Cade slept through the whole thing. I tried to keep the sun off him by putting a blanket over the stroller, that of course made it even hotter. Nothing worked! Colin did enjoy himself though, so that is what counts. At the end of the day, Colin really wanted to have his face painted. He picked the dog. We seriously got it done as we were leaving...by the time we got to the car, it was running off his face due to him sweating.


This is my son...exactly like his father...
"NO more pictures Mommy! "