April in the Eaton household

Since the weather has been SOOO nice, we've spent alot of time outside this month. Alot of bike riding, jumping on the tramp, swinging on the swing set. Its been so refreshing to be able to go outside and let the kids play. We are, at the moment, in the process of closing on our house. We put it up about a month back to give us a few years to sell, because lets be honest, NOTHING is moving here. We got three offers within the first week and one offer was full price. We were ecstatic! But now its been kind of crazy trying to find a rental for the next few years, pack our house, James has had boards (which he did excellent on, I'm so proud of him). We found a house in a really good neighborhood, but is across town so we will be leaving our ward and some good friends behind. They won't be too far away, but far enough we probably won't be seeing them as often. The school Elle will start kindergarten is supposed to be amazing though and it makes all this moving worth it. Also, Renee (james's oldest sister) just bought a  house in that same area and so we will be having lots of family dinners at their house, right renee? hah.

 Jack rides around Elle's old barbie bike. Its so funny and reminds me of James's childhood stories about riding on his sister's trike because that's all he had to ride. I'm glad they don't care at this age.

He definitely doesn't mind getting dirty and plays in the mud almost everytime we go outside.

Elle wasn't feeling well this night and mostly just hung out with me on our lawn chairs.

Basketball is one of Jack's favorite new pastimes and I must say he is getting pretty darn good. Watch out Michael Jordan.

Mr Jack

Jack is now 18 months old. He weighs a whopping 32 lbs!! Wow, who knew I would have such a big boy. He is getting really hard to carry, but he runs away if I let him walk and he just screams if I put him in a stroller or a cart. What to do? He is super sweet sometimes too, of course;) He loves snuggling his mommy and playing with his big sister. He looks up to her alot already, its adorable. He loves his puppy (his lovey) and always asks for him wherever he goes. He LOVES loves Balls and even slept with his football (boo ball) today for nap. He is a great eater, loves his juice and milk. He loves being outside and loves tackling his daddy. He also gets into EVERYTHING and anything! We have to keep all the doors shut and we've tried babyproofing our house, but he has figured out how to open our cabinets and our dishwasher even with them being baby proofed! He is such a joy and we love our little monster.

January

Winter always drags on for me even though we have been experiencing a very mild winter here in Tennessee this year. We've been able to play outside on the nicer days without jackets! James is busily getting all of his requirements in before his graduation this May. He has been accepted into an Endodontist program here in Memphis and we will be staying two additional years for him to complete his program. I am happy for this chance we get to further his education, but I am getting a little impatient, because I feel like we are never going to be able to settle down somewhere! In the meantime I've been snapping pictures from this January, nothing too exciting happening here, but I want to be sure to document Elle's and Jacks ages right now. They've become fast friends and play so cute together now. We got a new dog about 5 months ago. His name is Maverick and he is James's "duck hunting dog" although he hasn't really been able to train him or hunt with him yet. I am not a huge dog person, but its been good for Archie (our Yorkie) to have a friend. They sleep together in the same bed at night, its sweet. They for the most part stay outside (which I am COMPLETELY fine with;)

they love to swing together now:)