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I would like to take a moment to introduce you to the new man in my life......


This is Jackson Davis Groen. You can also call him JD, Jack, or plain Jackson. I like all of them, and haven't settled on the nickname I like the best.

Jackson joined us on March 31, 2010, about six days earlier than any of us planned. Jackson was stubborn from the beginning, refusing to turn head down to come out naturally, so, a scheduled c-section was planned for April 6.  This suited me just fine, because April 6 was well into April..... diamond month......

Although I am now convinced that Jackson and his father had a deal. He decided to become an aquamarine. If this is any indication of his future personality, I may be in trouble. Early in the morning sometime on March 31, my water broke. I am not sure when, I just know I woke up feeling...... funky. And realized either my water broke, or I could NOT stop going to the bathroom. (oddly enough, his cousin Eli did the EXACT.SAME.THING)

So I woke Mike up with something like, "Hey, my water broke." And he said "Seriously?"  (Another funny tidbit: on December 21, 2009, Sara said "Hey, my water broke." and Justin said "Seriously?" - they must be brothers)

Anyway, back to the story. We high tailed it up to Sioux Falls, and since he was breech, and now there was no fluid, c-section was the solution. So at 8:18, Jackson came into the world.

Some other fun factoids:

• Jackson is the first male born on my mother's side since the birth of my grandfather (an only child), some 90 years ago. To say he has become somewhat famous is an understatement. 
• I thought I was having a girl (which would hold true, because with Jaina, I would have bet my house we were having a boy.)
• When naming him Jackson Davis, I had no idea that JD was also tied to the Dukes of Hazard. Seriously, might not have done that had I known. So, when asked, I now answer "I guess it was time for the General Lee to win one..... "

From this point, now you will get to read about BOTH of my kids. And I will hopefully have some recollections of every thing they tell me... Have fun!

**So the blogger won't let me add pictures... so I will add more later :)

Long Time.. No blog

Yes, I realize it has been a tremendously long time. I really have no excuse. The main reason is I decided that I was going on strike from blogging..... not sure why. Seemed like something everyone was doing, so immediately, that meant I had to stop......

But then I started reading some of the FABULOUS blogs out there, and thought, this blog deserves another chance. So here goes nothing....

Before I get too far, I had better give you an update as to what we have been up to so far since April 2009......

Let's see...

August 2009... Jaina turns 5....
and starts Transitional Kindergarten with Mrs. Groen :)























Fall 2009.... Jaina moves into her new bedroom downstairs (and yes, it is this messy all of the time)


To make room for this......

December 2009.. got an early Christmas gift from my Brother and Sister in Law.....

We call him Eli......













In March 2010 (March 31, 2010 to be exact..) We got an early Easter present...

This is Jackson Davis Groen

In August 2010.. Jaina turned 6, and started Kindergarten

This is pretty much the only expression I can get out of her these days. It is a little annoying and frustrating all at once.

And then, Jaina lost her first tooth.... right before school pictures. (Which, oddly enough i didn't take any pictures of.) But the tooth fairy came, and paid her $2 for her tooth (inflation is on the rise.)

So, that brings us to today, September 28. I worked from Home this morning.... and am taking the afternoon off to take Jackson to his six month appointment. I hope to post more later, but really should do some cleaning first...