Red Robin

Amy and I, with the kids, went shopping, saw Santa and ate at Red Robin today.

For some reason Red Robin took forever with getting us a table. We requested to have two high chairs for the boys, so I guess only people in the booths were leaving, because a ton of people got seated before us.

Anyways, they were pretty cute sitting next to each other. However, they were a little far to reach. We eventually moved Wyatt to the side and then I sat around where Wyatt was. I took some pics though before we moved around.

Bath time

Jackson is really enjoying his bath time lately.

He loves:

• his rubber ducky, it's his fav. He is always grabbing it and sucking on it. He always chooses the duck one too, not the lion.
• splashing, hitting the water with his hands flailing.
• crawling back & forth, it's like he's running back and forth from one side to the other.

party and snow!

Amy hosted a Christmas party at her house. We did a white elephant present exchange and ugly sweater contest. The guys that wore the sweaters won. I think no matter what, the sweaters would always look uglier on the guys. (Like all pictures, click to see it bigger.)

It warmed up some here and so it snowed last night. I took Jackson out in it this morning. He liked crawling around in it and pushing it around. When his mittens would fall off, he didn't like touching the cold snow at all.

Jackson's crawling trail.

Kaeli loves the snow and always gets it on her nose.

The chickens must have thought the snow was food, they were going crazy for it (since they didn't get any in their coop).

cop car

We went to Kiddoz yesterday in between a bunch of shopping to let Jackson crawl around some. Jackson thought this toy was the best! He couldn't push it himself, but he'd sort of shake it back and forth. He loved the steering wheel and just thought it was neat to be inside of it. He also liked it a lot when I'd push him around in it.

dada and couch climbing

Jackson has started to say "mama" and "dada". Sometimes "mama" sounds like "mum" and "mmmama". He just figured out how to open his mouth when saying "mmmm". He says "mama" when he's more tired and then "dada" when he's happy. He's been saying "dada" in the morning a bunch lately. He says it with a high pitched voice.

I helped him figure it out, but now he can do it by himself as long as the giraffe is there.

I think this is his first actual crusing along something. Before he would be standing and get down and crawl and then stand back up again, even on really short distances.

random pics of Jackson

It's soo cold outside. This morning it was 6 degrees F. I'm so happy we have a warm house.

I'm loving the feeling that Christmas is coming. I put the tree up yesterday and am waiting for Dan to get home to decorate it. It smells so good.

Here are some random pics of Jackson lately.

A new face he is making.

Pulling himself up to standing at everything. And trying to climb up on everything. Here is he standing on the little platform to be higher. He also climbs up the giraffe to get on the couch, climbs in his kitchen toy drawer and onto the dishwasher door.

He thinks it's his job to clear the shelf off.

We got our tree!

We went and cut our tree down! We had a lot of fun. Jackson's toes got a little cold, so after we got our tree we hung out in the truck with the heat on for a little bit. Then he was happy and having fun again. Every year, after we get our tree we start a fire and have hot dogs and snacks. Good times.

Some friends couldn't come this year and we added more to the bunch. Here was last years pic.