the fourth of july that wasn't...

In a previous post I talked about how we had company coming in and then we were heading for Regina's in Arkansas for the 4th...well, evidently, Jackson had different plans. My mom and brother got in last Tuesday and we had a fun visit - Jackson LOVES visitors and especially loves his Nonni and Funcle. He's such a show off when other people are around. We went to our favorite restaurant around here. After all - it was free tea tuesday!
Then we surprised Nonni with Jackson's new onesie. It says: "No! Means ask Nonni" She loved it :)
They headed out the next day and my best friend Mary got in around 10:30 that night. We were so excited to have her here - we haven't seen her since December of 2007! We had planned on leaving the next day to visit Ben's grandmother and then head to Gina's but Wednesday night Jackson was up most of the night with his teeth...poor guy. We recently had tooth number 5 come in with little to no problems...tooth 6 on the other hand not so much.

The next day wasn't much better so we decided it would be better for Jackson (and everyone involved) if we just stayed home. While everyone was enjoying their delicious grilled feast, Ben and I had a turkey sandwich...Mary had some cheezits (her favorite, don't be concerned for her). Jackson got to feeling better Saturday and we had a very relaxing (read: no makeup, pajamas all weekend), very fun time with Mary until she left on Sunday. Dad came by on Monday on his way and Jackson loved visiting with him too - yay for not freaking out around new people (or people he hasnt seen in a while). Instead, he's just a big show off giving kisses, hugs and showing everyone how he can pull up on everything, walk down the couch in 1.2 seconds and throw his toys across the room.

We loved having everyone come over and see us and I'm pretty sure we never got this many visitors at our old house... maybe now more people will come visit - we love company!