Christmas 2009

This year was Oliver's second xmas and Jaxsons first. It turned out to be a much better xmas than last year. To recap last Christmas eve I had to come home from work early because I caught the GI bug and passed it around to all the visitors we had staying with us. We started out with Christmas morning opening gifts at home with Grandma, GrampBob and Muzzy. Oliver and Jaxson were terribly spoiled by "Santa". After opening gifts and relaxing a bit we headed over to my Dad's house to spend part of the day with him and Cheryl and her family.

Lots of presents

Oliver's stocking



Speaks for itself



Sooo excited



Opening gifts with GrampBob




"The Cooler"






More gifts with Grandpa and Grammy









Kisses for Grandpa



My butterball

First Snow

Last year Oliver was a little too young to go out in the snow, but this year he is the perfect age to start playing in the snow and getting use to the cold. Mama can't wait til he is old enough to take to the slopes! Getting dressed to go out was definitely not his favorite part and it took him a little while to warm up to things, but Daddy made it a ton of fun.

"Ok, I'm out here. Now what?"

Testing out the snow



"Look! I can make it snow!"



Helping Daddy shovel



"You did this to me!"

Daddy being mean

Helping Daddy some more

Jaxson safe in the warm house with Mama

After a while things got boring out there so Oliver came in to warm up while Daddy began to tackle the driveway. Later on Grandpa came to the rescue with the snow blower to finish up the job. Oliver wanted to go back out and play with Daddy while we waited for Grandpa to come.

Round 2



"Ok ok, I think I like this"

The hunt for the perfect christmas tree

This year we decided to get a real Christmas tree. We enlisted the help of my Dad since he has the truck. We went to Maple Lane Farms in Preston to find the perfect tree, well almost perfect. Here are a some pictures from our adventure

Maple Lane Farms

Jaxson stayed in the car with Grandpa, it was only 28 degrees out




Lots of trees to choose from



"I just don't know ma"




"No, not that tree!"




"Found it!"

Daddy cutting down the tree

Posing with the tree

My new lens

Unless we are outside in good lighting it is very hard for me to get a good shot of Oliver in action. I recently got a flash, but still trying to figure out what the heck I'm doing with it. Oliver loves to scrunch his nose when something is going on he doesn't like, for example when I turn a movie off in the middle because it's bedtime. I was testing out my new lens some more and caught him in the moment.


Here is another shot with my new lens of the winter sky.

1 Month well baby visit

Today Jaxson went to the pediatrician for his 1 Month well baby visit. He tips the scales at 11 pounds 11 ounces and is now 22 and 3/4ths inches long. This places him in the 90th percentile for both his height and weight. The doctor, who is also the one who Oliver sees regularly, said that Jax may not be the "little" brother forever. I really think I may have to take out a second mortgage on our house just to feed them when they become teenagers. My new camera lens and flash arrived today and I was able to take them for a quick test drive. Here are a couple of pics of my porkchop!

1 Month old

Today Jaxson is one whole month old. I keep asking myself where the time is going? Jaxson continues to grow and has a very large appetite. On Tuesday we go for his one month well baby visit so tune in later for his stats.




Oliver was being surprisingly photogenic and cooperative today so I took advantage and took some photos of all my boys.

Jaxson pics