What a Christmas!

We had the best Christmas this year! I thought last year was fun but with Sam being almost 4 he really knew everything that was going on this year. Wednesday I only worked 1/2 a day so when I picked the boys up we went home and started making Christmas cookies. Sam LOVED decorating the cookies and then he would eat one while I was not watching! Thursday (Christmas Eve) Alan & I took Sam to see the Chipmunks Sequel. Sam sat on the edge of his chair the whole time and loved every minute of it. We then went to Mom & Dad's (which is where we dropped Jake off earlier) for our Christmas Eve dinner and presents. We had so much fun! We opened presents first because Sam could not stand it any longer! He heard the hype for an entire month and was ready when we got to Noni & Pappy's. After presents we had dinner and then we had cupcakes for Jesus' birthday! By then the boys were exhausted and ready for Santa to come to our house!

Santa came bright and early (Jake was up at 6:30am) so we woke Sam up too! The boys had so much fun opening presents and then I think Jake had enough. He was so tired from all the activity from the day before! We then went to Nanny & Bop's house for lunch and then on to the Cunningham's for dinner. What a day!! The boys got so many cool presents this year from robots, race tracks, Lightening McQueen everything, cars and trucks! I think one of the cutest gifts was from JJ and Issa! They got Jake a Mator ride-on toy that he LOVES! I bet he has already walked a mile behind that thing!

Saturday we went to Meme and Grandaddy's and then Alan & I went to get him a much needed new recliner! Sunday was definitely a day of rest!

We had a great Christmas!!

I now have my favorite picture of Jake! He makes some funny faces but this has to be the cutest!

11 Months Old

I know I say this every month but seriously?! is Jake really 11 months old. I can't believe I will be getting ready for his birthday party in one month! He has really developed into what many call my "Tazmanian Devil"! He is into everything and follows Sam around everywhere. He has taken a few steps but only when he is in reach for the next object to grab onto. He laughs at Sam all the time and has the cutest laugh I have ever heard. When he really gets laughing hard it makes all of us laugh too! He has completely stopped eating baby food now that he tasted the real thing. He loves vegetables, spaghetti, mac n cheese, pancakes, and pizza! He also did great when we switched him from his formula bottle to a sippy cup with milk. He sometimes forgets to close his mouth when he swallows and it runs down his face. I am not use to a messy eater because Sam did not like food to be anywhere but his mouth. Jake loves to put his hands it in and smear it on his tray. I'm not so sure I can get use to that! His first birthday ought to be tons of fun when he gets his own cake!

Christmas is sure to be interesting at our house this year!

Ready for Christmas

Our house is definitely ready for Christmas! We had our tree up the Sunday BEFORE Thanksgiving and the reindeer in the yard right after Thanksgiving. Sam is so excited about Santa Clause coming this year! He asks me all the time to tell him exactly what Santa does on Christmas Eve. I then tell him about Santa and the sleigh and the reindeer, even though he knows all about it! He asks how Santa gets into the houses and I tell him through the chimney and down into the fireplace. He then wants to know what would happen if someone accidentally left their fire on in their fireplace and Santa burned his butt who would finish delivering the Christmas Presents! I think he is afraid that if that happened before Santa gets to our house that he may not get his presents! Every time he starts talking about that I just crack up laughing because what other 3 year old would even consider Santa burning his butt! Only my child!

Jake is going to have fun this year too even though he has no clue what is going on. He is my wild child so the wrapping paper and boxes will be the highlight of his day!

I have also been telling Sam the real reason for Christmas which he said he already knows because they've been talking about Jesus' birthday at school! He loves school and learns so much. I am thankful for a great MDO and great teachers.

We have so much going on in the next few weeks until Christmas that I just hope we can slow down enough to enjoy it all. Alan & I both have our Christmas parties for work this coming week and then I will be out of town for a few days the week before Christmas. I will be in town however for Sam's Christmas Program at school which I can not wait to see! This will be the first program that he has been in and we'll just see what happens. He's not one for attention so I'm not sure what might happen! I am lucky enough to have some vacation time left to use the week of Christmas and New Years so I will be able to spend lots of time at home with my sweet boys!

More Christmas updates to come...

Thanksgiving 2009

So this post is a little late but we had a great Thanksgiving this year! We have so much to be thankful for this year! I can't believe how fast times flies! It feels like we just celebrated Sam's first Thanksgiving and that was 4 years ago and it was Jake's turn this year! We went to my Aunt Ann's house for lunch with the family and although I'm not surprised Jake ate as much as some of the adults. He LOVED the "real" food and has now decided that's all he wants to eat...guess we're done wtih baby food!

After lunch we went to the Cunningham's and had a great time watching the boys play with Parker. Those boys just love each other so much! Here are some pictures from the day...