Surprise at a Wedding

A couple of weekends ago, Jackson, Lauren and I went to my cousin's wedding with Mama J and Papa J in Ferris, TX. Papa J knew the fire chief and spoke to him for a while at the wedding. During the conversation, the fire chief said that we needed to come to the fire station some time so Jackson could see the firetrucks. About 30 minutes later, he came to tell us to take Jackson outside. He had called the firemen and woman at the station and told them to bring the firetruck to the wedding so that Jackson could see it!! How many 3 year olds get to tour a firetruck by themselves?!? Well, if you know Jackson, you know what happened! Yes, he cried and asked to be taken back outside over and over again! Typical Jackson! (He doesn't like surprises too much and gets scared of big things that are new unless we talk about them before hand.) I kept assuring the firemen and woman that he would talk about the firetruck for days even though he was crying. Sure enough, I was right! Jackson's highlight for the weekend was the firetruck and told everyone about it.

Papa J and Jackson check out the firetruck. Papa J insisted that Jackson look at everything on the truck. Jackson would look at whatever Papa J was showing him and then cling to him and cry about wanting to go back inside.

Jackson and Papa J check out the gauges.

They touch the hoses and look at where they "sleep".

Jackson doesn't want to get inside the truck and DID NOT want to try on the fireman's helmet!

Papa J and Jackson pose with the firemen and woman.

After taking this picture, they said they would turn on their lights as they were leaving. Jackson looked at them, stopped crying, and said, "OK. Wait for my mommy to take a picture though. I want my mommy to take a picture." My child!