Corey and Kiley's Wedding

Jakson had his first hotel/wedding experience for Corey and Kiley's big day!!!! Actually, Jakson only lasted about 10 minutes before he started talking during the quietest Catholic wedding ever. Maybe that was just me thinking that because my child started talking during the ceremony. Needless to say we went and enjoyed the outdoors with cousin Carter Sauce and Uncle Andy. Carter was throwing snowballs outside, yes, snowballs in Omaha in October. Only in Iowa....the wedding was beautiful, the bride was beautiful, and we had an awesome time with friends and family. Enjoy the pics!

Jakson trying on his new shoes from Gma Rita...they were a little big, but will work great for Christmas!!!!! Uncle Cade was stealing his baby goldfish!

Carter says, "Sit still kid, let's get these pictures overwith!!!"

Finally, take 5 of 5. His face is at least toward the camera! Jakson and Carter had fun playing together! We miss Carter!

Family Pic

The Hoversten Boys

Momma and Daddy having a good time

Paul was camera happy as usual

Kaitlyn and me

The Hoversten Crew

Omaha Zoo

We were fortunate to take a mini family vacation the second weekend in October to Omaha for Corey and Kiley Skadburg's wedding. We thought it would be a great weekend to take Jakson to the Omaha zoo. It was the first time I had been there as well, so I was very excited for the experience. What a difference from the Des Moines zoo!!! We didn't even get all the way through the zoo...due to a very tired baby boy as you'll see in the last picture. We arrived around noon and left about 2:30. At the D.M. zoo, you could do the loop in probably an hour and a half if you stopped at each exhibit. This was NOT the case in Omaha. We ate lunch in the cafeteria and then headed outside. It was a bit nippy, as you can see from the pic with Jakson in his stocking hat and two right handed gloves (mommy didn't check the gloves before she bought them at Babies R Us...who puts two right handed gloves into a hat/glove set?). Jakson LOVED the penguins, the aquarium, and the giraffes again. We had such a great time and can't wait to go back and see the rest next summer!

Jakson was fascinated with the penguins. They had two baby penguins about 6-7 months old that still had their down feather coats. They were the same size as the adult penguins. Jakson is pointing to them going "uh, yah, uh yeh" in this picture". It was so cute to see him show interest in the animals at this zoo go-around.

The baby penguin with his older inhabitants.

Jakson and me with the giraffes

Our giraffe friend looking straight at the camera

A big rhinoceros, a few short minutes before we arrived at this exhibit, the two males had gotten into a fight. You can't see it, but he had blood all over one side of his body from the rhino battle. Poor guy...

In the aquarium

The cool tunnel

A shark swimming overhead

J was in aww of all the fish and the pretty colors

A California Sea Lion sun bathing. The pool they were swimming in used to be a pool for people. Cool!

Daddy and J by the monkeys

All bundled up in my new stroller...thanks Taylor!

Mommy's cheesing, Jakson is enjoying the scenary!!!!

This was the beginning of a LONG, long (did I saw LONG?) three hours. Jakson had his very first overtired tantrum. I always have been good about giving him his naps and just this one time I decided to NOT BE ANAL and thought to myself...he can handle the short morning nap in the car, lunch, zoo, and have a late nap once we get to the hotel, right? WRONG. He fell asleep in the car to the hotel, for like 15 minutes. Then he sobbed and bawled for about 3 hours straight in the hotel room. Talk about feeling like a bad mommy. Brett went on to the rehearsal at the church while I stayed with Jakson trying to get him to sleep. Every time he fell asleep in my arms, I would try to put him in his pack and play and he would wake up. Finally, about 5 tries and two hours later, he fell asleep for about an hour. We made it to rehearsal dinner AND I will never deprive my child of a nap again. :)

Melissa and Ryan's couple's shower

On October 3, we made the trek back to Steamboat Rock to host a couple's shower for my best friend Melissa and her fiance, Ryan. Unfortunately, Ryan was not able to come and he was stuck back at the Akkerman household quarenteened in the upstairs with H1N1. We were sad he was not able to come, but still had a great time with old friends. This is a picture of all the "younsters" that were invited to the party. We always have tons of fun with this crew.

A picture of Robbyn, Melissa, and me.


BFF...MOH and the beautious bride-to-be

FRIENDS!!!! Jill and Amber at The Gator

Pictures count as catching up on my blog right?

Family pic on Brett's 28th Bday!!! Love you honey!

The Hoversten Boys

The Whole Hoversten Clan

Choppin the party patch off...sorry Liz!!!!

RIP mullet---- 9-7-09

Me with the "Bride to Be"
Hi Auntie Melissa!!!

Eating my shoe on the plane!!!

Playing with gma P at the airport

Playin with gma and gpa's toys!

Bath time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jakson with his Uncle Andy

Hello cousin Carter. Welcome to my home. Wanna play with my work table?

Mom, why you holdin him?

State Fair 2009

Well, you can tell I'm officially back in the working world again. Sorry for the delay of posts. I still have a ton of pictures to post and blogs to write. Welcome to my world of always being behind on things during the school year!!!

We took our first "family of three" trip to the state fair. Many of you know that the state fair is a must see every summer for me. I usually go at least three times. Once for The Nadas, once with my parents, and once to see my cousin dance, and once just to go. This year, it was MUCH different. Due to the circumstances of having a 9 1/2 month old child, our scenary (and beverages) were much different. We loved every minute of it though and wouldn't change our new itinerary for the world. There is just something about seeing your baby's face when he sees baby chicks. I can't wait to take Jakson on the BIG SLIDE and to Little Hands on the Farm next year!!!! So much fun to have!!! Enjoy the pics!

Galena

The first weekend in August The Pekareks headed to Galena, IL for a little golfing, shopping, relaxing, and bonding. For some reason taking pictures wasn't my top priority, but we did have lots of fun. As soon as we arrived the boys played their first round of golf while the girls went shopping in the historic downtown district of Galena. The Resort we stayed at, Eagle Ridge was a sight in itself. It is located in the beautiful Mississippi River Valley. If you haven't been there,it is a must see. It is definitely the heart of the midwest with rolling green hills, red barns, and silos as far as the eye can see. I couldn't get enough of the views! Maybe I'm just a true Iowa girl and just really appreciate where I come from! We stayed in a beautiful house (I wish I would have taken a picture). Although the house was beautiful and seemed very pristine, mom and Brett managed to find a few friendly critters crawling around AND Mom and Dad managed to bring two home with them. I hate cockroaches...

This is picture is a classic Jakson picture. Always entertaining us in some way or form. He's definitely his father's child.

Cuddling with Daddy after a day of golf!

Grandpa Pekarek loves his baby J.

Uncle Jess and Jakson's dance video

WAY behind on blogging...

So I guess you can tell I have actually been busy. Now that I am back to work, this may be difficult for me to post regular blogs. My main focus when I get home from work is to be with my baby boy, so I will have to blog when he goes to bed. I have A LOT to catch up on and will be posting new pics and even a CRAWLING video. Time flies. They really do grow up fast!