Christmas with Family :)

We went over to Opa-Opa's place around 2, and Jay had a feast on all kinds of things, he started out with cheese, pickles, then olives... then moved to the oranges and at long last...

chocolate covered pretzels. Oh yum!

After dinner (of which Jay flung the potatoes, had a bite of squash and gagged on the turkey)

Jay placed bows on all the pretty men in our family.

Jon was most excited to get decorated :)

Opa was very patient as Jay mashed bows onto his face.

The finished product was stunning

Jay checked out everyone's stash and made sure to help everyone open their presents :)

He got a little drum from mama & dada so that he could be a rock star one day and bring in the big bucks and buy us a fishing lodge ;) LOL

Then came the barrel.

This was a bit of a tradition for our family, the last time we had done it was when Colton (now 16) was 5 years old. Now that we have a little one in the family again, we had to drag out the barrel.

The barrel is just filled with shredded paper and inside is always a present for everyone (it's always a chocolate letter) along with some cold hard cashola. Opa and Oma always knew how to shop ;) LOL

Jay loved the barrel.

He also was a very good little elf, passing out all kinds of gifts to everyone!

But playing in the paper was SO much fun too!

WHEEEEE!

Just like last year, Opa helped Jay open a bunch of stuff...they were so cute together!

The aftermath...

The only family picture we got of the day

Silly pictures with mama... He was so wound up on sugar and excitment!

Christmas Eve FUN!

We did the whole Christmas thing yesterday.
Jay was so funny!
He loved the whole process...the stocking was the FIRST thing we did...he loved the books, and especially the etch a sketch. His cousin Hailee had one and he loved it.

Trust me...the 'Crabby' t-shirt was VERY appropriate.

Yay! An airplane!

Opening the good stuff with Da

And here's the good stuff...a cleaning set.

Complete with broom, mop, dust pan and sponges...

Probably the biggest hit of the day :)

Merry Christmas :)

Just a few cute ones from beside the tree.
I took these yesterday evening (december 20th)

18 months old today

HOLY COW.
I can't believe it's been a year and a half since my little beastie made his entrance to this world.

Craziness!

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Visiting Santa Part TWO

Yesterday we took Jay to the Pickering Town Centre to visit with Santa...he was really excited at first, the display was really cool...all these moving bears and this big sparkly castle, although the excitement faded when he went up to see Santa. He kept trying to get back down and over to the Christmas tree ( a HUGE Christmas tree) beside Santa.

I had to finally sit with the two of them and just kind of lean out of the picture...you can't really tell I'm there unless you count the jean-covered knee that Jay is sitting on...LOL!

Visiting Santa Part ONE

On December 8th, my mom's office had a HUGE Christmas party for all the kids and grandkids of the employees there, so of course, I brought Jay and we had a GREAT time.

There was tons of food...Jay stuffed himself with cookies and chips and juice...oy
There were some clowns, which Jay didn't like so much, but he wanted a balloon hat, so Oma sat in line and got one for him...how sweet :)
Then they waited to see Santa...Jay kept eating cookies through the line
When he finally got to see Santa, he was just kind of shocked, and although the santa was AMAZING...(they had a great santa) Jay didn't seem to be all that excited to see him, just to get back to his cookies.


And then there were fruit loops ... Jay loved the fruit loop necklaces that everyone made...although he just ate them instantly.


It was a LOT of fun!
:)

Stupid Stupid Stupid

Blogger has been giving me serious issues...every time I try to post a new entry it gets lost in the abyss that is space.

I'm going to try to update because a lot has happened since the bathtub event. I have some cute pics to show off. Lets start with just a few candids of Jayboy :)


This was the first day we put up the tree (december 4) and Jay had to check it out from all angles...he loved it!

I've been tagged :)

I've been tagged by Stephanie
A - Available/Single? Married
B - Best Friend? Christopher
C - Cake or Pie? Cake of course! Cherry Chip
D - Drink Of Choice? Milk...2% white milk...boring eh?
E - Essential Item You Use Everyday? Contact Lens solution!
F - Favorite Color? Blue and lately Green is getting up there
G - Gummy Bears Or Worms? um...neither, but sour worms are awesome!
H - Home or Homesick? HOME...although I'm homesick for my old home in MI
I - Indulgence? Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks
J - January Or February? February is my anniversary...FIVE YEARS THIS YEAR!
K - Kids & Their Names? One kidlet, Jay Connor...number two may be around soon...depends ;)
L - Life Is Incomplete Without? My family
M - Marriage date? February 9
N - Number Of Siblings? One younger brother
O - Oranges Or Apples? Clementine Oranges are my favourite this season!
P - Phobias/Fears? Heights...pancakes
Q - Favorite Quote?
R - Reason to Smile? Jay Connor
S - Season? Autumn
T - Tag 3 or 4 people? Tag 3... Elisabeth , Paige & Amanda
U - Unknown Fact About Me? I'm secretly shy
V - Vegetable you don’t like? Eggplant
W - Worst Habit? Picking my cuticles. Bad bad habit. <--- that's me too!
X - X-rays You’ve Had? Many many x-rays for my leg and of course sonograms and ultrasounds for baby
Y - Your Favorite Food? ITALIAN!
Z - Zodiac Sign? Capricorn :)

Just couldn't wait.

Jay wanted to take a bath so badly, that when I turned on the tap,(I figured I'd be able to go into his room and grab a towel) he took the opportunity to climb into the tub with his clothes still on.

:P