School's OUT

Schools Out for SUMMER! And for Price, (Pre)Schools Out FOREVER!

Yeah, Yeah.....we all have Alice Cooper playing in our heads this time of the year.....

This was a very bittersweet time. Price finished his very last year of preschool at Lexington Baptist. He has had such wonderful teachers and this year was the best yet. Everyone at the school knew his name and greeted him each morning walking in......it's hard to imagine that he will be lost in the big crowd at public school next year. Not only has Price met some wonderful friends at Lexington Baptist, but so have I. I never imagined I'd meet so many great mommy friends at preschool and I will be sad not to see them every week. It's an adjustment for me, as well.....

Price is still unsure about BIG school. He thinks it's like getting to go to Lunch Bunch everyday.... He can't seem to understand that all his preschool friends won't be with him like they are now. I've tried to tell him that he will meet new friends but he just says that he will still see his old friends on the playground. Hopefully he won't be too dissapointed when he realizes I'm right....

Price is the one I get to experience all of the very firsts with. Thinking of his lasts are what makes me so sad. I know I have mentioned Karen Kingsburys book, "Let Me Hold you Longer" , but every time I read it to Price I tear up. He doesn't understand how special these times are yet, but I know one day he'll know exactly why I shed these tears.....

"Long ago you came to me,
a miracle of firsts;
First smiles and teeth and baby steps,
a sunbeam on the burst.
But one day you will move away
and leave me to your past,
And I will be left thinking of
a lifetime of your lasts....."

It's a special time for Owen as well. He just finished his first year at Lexington Baptist and he loved his teachers. They have been wonderful with Owen. He's a smidge needy.......not sure who he gets that from...... :) He has learned so much from his teachers this year and I am so thankful to have such wonderful, Godly women to be a part of my childrens' lives.

I can't imagine how I'm gonna feel when Owen is in big school too.

I took pictures of the boys on the first day of school and the last day. It's funny how much they have changed in such a short amount of time.

O's 1st day w/ Mrs. Woods & Mrs. Rush

O's Last Day! (Not sure where his smile was......maybe he was sad, too!)

P's 1st day w/ Mrs. Lambrecht & Mrs. Whittle


P's Last Day! (Ms. Whittle had carpool duty so she is missing.)

We celebrated the end of the year with our preschool friends at Corley Street Park. It was a great way to end the year!

We have so many fun things planned for this summer and I'm looking forward to cherishing every moment I have with them while I still can.

O update!

Well, I always postpone an O update because I feel like all I really do is wait for answers, but I have had several good friends asking about him (and reminding me that I don't update my blogspot) so I'll inform you of what I know so far.

I was very persistent with trying to find a cause for all of Owens ear infections and hearing loss, and also the constant runny nose and yucky eyes. I thought for sure that he had some sort of allergy but all the tests came back negative. Still feeling that there had to be something more to all this, his allergist did some blood work to check his immune system. Dr. Coleman told me it would be very rare for it to come back abnormal, and as you know......Owen likes to be in the less then 1% category on all random things so of course, it comes back abnormal.

Apparently everyone has 5 Immunoglobulins. Two of his are very low.
His immunoglobulin M (aka IgM), which is your bodies first form of defense and largest antibody, is so low its undetectable.
His Immunoglobulin A (IgA) is also very low, and those are the antibodies that are found in the nose, breathing passages, digestive tract, ears and eyes.

Obviously this is not a good combination. There are apparently only 3 things that can cause a low IgM. They are multiple myeloma, leukemia, and auto-immune diseases.

We gave him a vaccine to see if we could build back up his antibodies and we are going to have bloodwork done on June 9th to see if that happened, and also test him for cancer proteins to make sure it isn't some type of cancer.

Since I have some sort of autoimmune issue going on, we are all assuming that is what it is. If that is the case, he will have to go to Duke to see an Immunologist to try to figure out what is going on. The good news is that he has probably had this for a while and he hasn't caught anything serious yet. We are just trying to be very precautious and keep his hands washed and away from the sickly.

In all of this, I know the Lord is leading us to an answer for Owen and hopefully it isn't anything too serious. I do ask that you continue to pray for little O while we wait on answers. I am doing my best to be patient and not to worry until I have a reason to, but those of you who know me, know that is very difficult.

I will update once the blood work comes back. Thanks in advance for your prayers.

Brotherly Banter

In hopes to speed the car loading process, I have been telling the boys to race and see who can get in their carseat and buckle up first.
Today they run to the car, rush in and, of course, Price wins. (In O's defense he has way more buckles to handle)
So,Price screams "I WIN!!" And then Owen screams "I WIN!!" to which Price says "You didn't win, your the Loser!" I said "No, Price, Owen just wins second!" to which he replies, "Owen, winning second means your the first loser!"

Price is his Fathers child!

Our Easter

We had a GREAT time celebrating Easter! Price and Owen are now master Easter Egg Hunters!

Our first celebrations were at thier preschool parties. It's hard for me because both of their parties were on the same day but I tried to spend a little time in each classroom. I think they had a great time.

Then my wonderful friend, Traci, always throws a fabulous Easter Egg Hunt and she knows the Easter Bunny personally, so he always drops by to visit with the kids. Price & Owen absolutly LOVED the Egg Hunt. THANKS TRACI!

Then Jackson Family had an Easter Egg Hunt but it was raining so it ended up being done in the gym. They definitly had a great time finding all the goodies and spending time with their cousins, aunts, uncles, grands and great-grands.

Then it was time for the Easter Bunny to come and visit us and he left some GOODIES!! Afterwards we went to Church to celebrate the real meaning of Easter, JESUS CHRIST!!

After Church we went to the zoo for their Easter Brunch. That has become our Easter Tradition with Gigi and Papaw and it's always WONDERFUL! I got to snap a few cute shots of them while I was there too!

Price had been counting down the days till Easter. Everyday he would ask me "How many more days until Easter, Mom?"
Now our next big adventure is when we go to the beach for a week in June! The countdown has already begun!

Guess who's POTTY TRAINED?

THIS GUY!!!
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MY ONE & ONLY!!

Six wonderful years ago, TODAY, I married the greatest man I know!! It's amazing that he is the one I ended up with because we are almost different in every. single. way!

I spend money - he saves.

I love to go out - he loves to stay at home.

He's always early - I like to be fashionably late.

I love crowds - he doesn't!

He's responsible - I'm less responsible :)

He's smart - I'm fun.

(I'm smart and he's fun too, it's just that I'm less smart then him and he's less fun then me.......although I'm not sure he'd agree on that last one!)

He's high strung - and I'm easy going!

(Actually that one is questionable - there are times when I'm the high strung one and he's easy going! Thank Goodness we usually aren't high strung at the same time!)

All those things are what makes us so special! We blend well together.

He takes care of me and I love that about him. I need to be taken care of.

I know the Lord put us together because he is just what I needed. And I believe I am just what he needed as well.

Happy Anny to my ONE & ONLY!

I love you, Joshua Eugene Jackson!!!

Batter up!!

We had a day full of Baseball last Saturday!! It was Price's 1st Dixie Youth Baseball game and we went to his 2nd USC Baseball game!


Price did great at his game! They played 2 innings and he got a good hit in. I am proud at how hard he is trying. He doesn't have to BE the best but I do expect him to DO his best!

He is really into baseball right now and I love that he wants to be like his daddy!

Price and Owen also had a fabulous time at the USC game. We had great seats and they got to watch all the players warm up. Price even got his program signed by Adam Matthews.

P&O with the Championship Trophy

Getting an autograph


Prayer before the game! I love this picture.

O watching the game

Price watching the warm up

Grrrr

Price thowing out his superhero sign!

And P even got to meet Sir Big Spur!

A great day at the Ballpark, for sure!