Christmas

This year was Mike's and my 5th Christmas together! We all had such a good time, and were spoiled rotten. We woke up at our house, and went to Mike's mom's for brunch and tons of presents! After that we got dressed and headed to my Dad's for dinner and more presents! We are so thankful for our families! Unfortunately our camera battery didn't make it to my Dad's so there aren't any pictures :-(

10pm Christmas Eve... the latest Jason has ever seen!

Morning... Jason didn't want to open anything... just sit and play with his new train and eat the goldfish crackers that Santa left in his stocking!

Jason was so nice to pick out a new Christmas themed plate for his sister.

Kids playing with the train... Lexie loves to watch him, and chew on her new baby.

Jason with his stocking... wanting to play with the train instead.

Me showing Jason that there was actually some cool stuff in his stocking.

The four of us at Grandma's house :-)

Aunt Amy with her favorite niece and nephew!

Reindeer Lexie

Christmas Eve

These first two pictures aren't of Christmas Eve, just some pre-Christmas activities. We forgot our camera a lot... but here is what we got...

They each got to open an early Christmas gift. Lexie got her Bumbo chair from her parents, and her cute outfit from her Grandpa and family in NC (thanks guys we love it). Jason got a school bus from his sister :-)

Pretty Princess!

Here we are making a gingerbread house. We also made homemade snoflake ornaments. Jason painted them and handed them out at the Christmas Eve party.

Here are my babies getting ready for the party.

They had so much fun.

Jason looked so handsome!

Lexie's pretty blues eyes!

Jason and Grandma :-)

Family shot... I had a hair mishap so it had to go up. One day I will learn to curl my hair!


Just the four of us.


Jason just loved his second cousin James! They played together all night! What a great 13 year old!


Grandma Pat, Jason, James, and Dave playing some cards (and drinking some milk) :-)


Opening presents :-) This guy loves to read!

Jason is 2 1/2 & Lexie is 4 months

Jason offically turned 2 1/2 on December 8th. He has learned so much in the past 6 months- it's crazy. Here are just a few of the big things Jason has learned/done since he turned 2; he can talk!, count to ten, recognize all 26 letters, and numbers 0-10, he can skip, and hop with two feet, he says "please," "thank you," and excuse me," he sleeps in a "big boy" bed, he got rid of binkie, he already knew all of his colors, but he learned how to say their names, he learned all of his shapes, he can draw the numbers one and zero, and he became a big brother (a great one). The picture is my hammy sleeping... that is how I find him a few nights per week(usually two feet on the ground)!

Jason's Stats:
31 lbs (50th%)
37.5 inches (90th%)

Lexie is 4 months old already! She is just a delight. She is so much fun to dress up and play with. She is such a happy baby. She loves her blankie, and to take trips in the car. She loves her toys, and is still waking up to eat at night. She is so much fun to have around, and so darn cute.

Lexie's Stats:
17 lbs 6 oz (97th%)
26.5 inches (97th%)

... For the record Jason was almost the exact same weight and height as Lexie when he was 4 months. He weighed 17 lbs 8.5 oz and was 26.25 inches!

Lexie's KICK-ey Foot

Lexie kicks her left foot like this all day long!

Breakfast with Santa

Well, we had breakfast with Santa today. They (Boulevard Buddies mall people) really out-did themselves this year. The kids made ornaments, got balloon snowmen and hats, had facepainting, got stuffed animal party favors, and of course ate breakfast and rode the carousel. To top it all off, Santa, Mrs. Clause, a giant bear and snowman were all available to mingle and take pictures with. I also threw in a picture of this event last year. I can never chose just a few pictures... so here are a bunch...

Jason's favorite part was this OJ... I usually water his down to almost no juice, so he had sugar shock!

Here Jason is wearing his reindeer antlers, and holding his snowman.



Yay, I got Jason to stand in front of Santa! He was very hesitant, but with a little bribing he did it.



Lexie's first time!



Our carousel ride (the bribe).

Lexie's very first carousel ride.

She's just so cute I can't get enough.

I had to wake her up to take some pictures with Santa, but she didn't mind.

Like I said I can never choose just one.

Some of the fun things we went home with :-) I have barely mastered taking two kids from place to place... when we have a ton of crap with us it is almost impossible!

Breakfast with Santa 2008... Jason was slightly less than thrilled ;-)


Jason's first Christmas... 2007

Happenings

Some random happenings...

Little princess all dressed up (3 1/2 months)

Lexie really loves to play with her toys :-) She is so different than Jason was when he was her age... it's bizzare.

Jason got to see a fire truck up close this past week outside of Red Lobster... He just loves shrimp by the way.

Jason is quite the little helper.. he does it all!

Here he is at Chuck E Cheese- for being such a good boy!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! This year we spent the day with my Dad. We had a great time. We are so thankful to have eachother.

Family shot :-)

Mike and Lexie

Jason with his Aunt and Uncle (my siblings).

Lexie and Aunt Tiffany ;-)

Aunt Sophie couldn't get enough of little Lexie

Uncle Roy and Aunt Nancy

All of us

All of us again

Cowboys, Anniversaries, and Shopping

I just love this picture of my little Hammy! I keep telling both Mike and Jason that when it is cold, Jason must wear a hat... This is my creative boy bending the rules.

Jason and Lexie hanging out on our dining room table :-) Jason is just absorbing everything since he started talking. He can fully count to ten (soon to be 20), he knows 15 of the 26 letters when he sees them, he knows all of the shapes, and colors, he now loves to draw with a pen (and holds it perfectly). I think he'll even be able to recite the alphabet soon! I can't believe how much he knows. He has been getting a little rambunctious lately (when he has playdates he tends to unwantingly tackle his friends), but hopefully it's just a phase.

Our wedding anniversary is on November 17th, but we celebrated over dinner together (without our kids) this weekend :-) It was so nice to be out of sweats and spit up covered clothing for a couple hours, and spend some "grown up time" with my husband, but I missed the kids as soon as we left!

While we got a little Christmas shopping done, we stopped to enjoy fun rides.

...and the playplace