HAPPY WARM 70 degree weather TUESDAY!
i am so excited about spring and so OVER the winter. i am ready for daffodils and the pool and the sun and shorts and warm nights and windows being open. i think i am going to make a family tradition of buying a 'volcano' candle from anthropology every spring too because there is just something about that crisp smell that makes me think of spring nights. if you have never smelled that candle -go find one. smell it. i treasure these pricey candles so much that i make them last a year anyways.
ok done! spring jackson family tradition- buy a volcano candle. im totally getting ahead of myself because in reality spring is pretty far away still and there is still lots to look forward to in this season. i am so glad stephen is back from his 3 week adventures to vietnam, thailand and japan. i am so glad kiah is over her first cold. it was pitiful with her snot bubbles and cough. but she and i defiantly bonded through it as i held her and had her sleep with me one night while daddy was away from 2-4am. she remained quite happy through it all too. i am so thankful for mom mom and dad who helped me with so much more than they will know. the diapers they bought, the meals they made, the time the invested into kiah; MAN o MAN my mom coming down to charlotte with me to help me get moved back in was incredible. i would have been a mess trying to have everything ready for when stephen got home while juggling sick kiah. thanks to her, we were able to go BIG TIME grocery shopping, i was able to unpack the car, unpack our bags, put everything back were it belonged, clean the apartment, make a welcome home meal, shower and curl my hair, go to the airport to get stephen on my own, take a few hours at our fav bakery to catch up on life before going back to birchroft and kiah. with out my mom...i probably would have been really frustrated. the thing that i couldn't believe was how attached my mom and dad got to kiah while stephen was gone. they both cried their eyes out (and i haven't seen them cry in forever) when they had to say bye. i thought they would be sad but also a little glad to be able to have their free time again but NO. i learned a lot through my parents. they showed me that dishes can wait. messes can wait. play time is fun.
stephen and i have both agreed that it needs to be a priority to allow our families to be apart of kiahs growing up as much as we can. its the best gift that we could give them.
i am now starting to think about her 1st birthday! its only 4 months away.
butterfly birthday inspiration
party colors
http://www.itsoverflowing.com/2012/02/scrap-fabric-banner-inspiration/
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