Happy 4th Of July!

I LOVE the 4th of July!

It's truly my Favorite Holiday!

I love the traditions!

I love the colors!

I love the meaning behind the Holiday!

So once again we put on our matching shirts!

RED,

WHITE,

and BLUE!

Got our favorite spot on the parade route. . .

Ate our doughnuts,

and milk,

which were apparently "finger licking good!"

And then we waited for the parade to start!

There were fire-trucks. . .

Horses with painted toe nails. . .

 and a donkey dressed in up like "Uncle Sam"!

 These two had so much fun this year!

 They waved to every single thing that went by!

After the parade, we headed to our Swim Party!

 And then it was off the FIREWORKS!

 While the boys played cards,

the girl blew bubbles. . .

and I hung out with this little "firecracker!"

who stayed awake until the fireworks started, and then slept through the entire show!

I Love this Holiday!

I Love my Family!

I Love this Country!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!

It was finally his turn. . .

For TWILIGHT CAMP!

A JUNGLE ADVENTURE was the Theme This Year!

His FIRST Bottle Rocket!

His FIRST time at Archery!

And His FIRST time SEEING a SNAKE this CLOSE!

I'm so glad I got to share it with him!

What will Next Year Bring????

I just hope his pants hold up better next year!

It must have been FUN!

 And I know he was worn out by the week because Sunday after church he didn't even make it out of his church clothes before he crashed for a 3 hour nap on his bed!

AND. . .

I'm kinda thankful I was so busy with Twilight Camp this year because it made me not think about this kid all week at his FIRST Scout Camp!

Kyle drove up and spent the last night with the boys so he could help bring them all back home!

It was a "SCOUT" week for us!

Kody . . . 3 Months Old

Kody Dalan Jibson

3 Months Old

This past month has just been so FUN!

Kody is a giggler. . .

a smiler. . .

and has the cutest little personality ever!

My children are absolutely entertained by him!

Now that school is out and baseball is over they have discovered this little man that I've known about for the past three months.

They constantly want to be entertained by him and I love it.

He gets read to, played with, tickled, poked, prodded, laughed at, and possibly even stepped on once or twice!

And through it all I still love to cuddle this boy every chance I get!

It doesn't look like he minds at all.

Baseball season ended and this boy was a trooper through all the baseball games!

This is one of my favorite pictures from baseball season.

Grandma is holding him.

It was a night game and the lights were on and apparently it was too bright for Kody so here he is covering his face with his little hand.

Love.

The boy had to learn quickly to get naps in where and when he could.

This particular day he actually got a nap at home.

He looked so uncomfortable, yet he was getting more than a 20 minute nap and so I let him be.

He slept for 3 hours and 10 minutes like this.

Love.

These past three months have been amazing.

This little boy has been living with us for 3 months but I know has been a part of our family forever.

 Love.

Kody. . . 2 Months Old

Kody Dalan Jibson

2 Months Old

Kody turned 2 months on Mother's Day.

It was during this second month that I really noticed him starting to change.

His eyes could talk to me when he looked at me and I was captivated.

I was still trying to cherish every little moment I had with him, but life was getting busier and busier all around us. We were at the ball field at least 4 nights a week and with the end of school brought papers and projects and finals, and field trips and class plays and life was busy.

And yet. . . every once in awhile I would capture a moment like this and remember that with everything going on around me I had a little miracle growing up right before my eyes.

He started to love his "tummy time"!

One of my favorite things at this point was that even at 2 months old Kody had a way of letting me know that he kinda liked me.

No matter where he was and no matter where I was if he could hear my voice he would find me.

I loved it.

Whether it was this day in his swing where he is arching his little back and neck to find me talking on the phone or if he was in someone else's arms and I was talking he would bend his little head to make sure he could see me.

i love him.

And the little boy still didn't want to miss anything.

I'm telling you he would fall asleep with one eye open almost every time.

 But he loved to be held, cuddled, and loved.

And I didn't mind one bit doing the holding, cuddling and loving!

 He also became a big fan of the Bjorn!

(I know the new trend is the sling, but this bad boy got me through 3 previous babies and I couldn't bear the thought of not giving the 4th the same opportunity)

This is my favorite time of Motherhood and I took every opportunity this time around to love it one last time!