Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

I hope that everyone had a great Christmas. Our's was wonderful. I love spending time with family and eating a lot of great food. Jackson surprised us all with his excitement with Christmas. He was laughing and giggling and rolling in the wrapping paper. I know it is only going to get better as Jackson gets bigger. I gave Kyle a wireless keyboard and Jackson gave him two new video games. I got a canister vacuum and a beautiful picture frame and Jackson got spoiled!


Jackson with his present from one of my coworkers.


What Santa brought.


His present from mom and dad.


A little tuckered out from all of the excitement.


Woops!


Playing in the present from Grandma and Grandpa Trease.


Kyle and I with Katie and Dale in our matching pajamas.


New camo!




On New Year's Eve we went out to dinner with my parents and watched Breach. Surprisingly Kyle and I were awake at midnight, but only because Jackson was not ready to go to bed until 11:45.

December Pictures

First Haircut

Family Pictures

Temple Square

Watching TV

Daddy got him while baking Christmas cookies!

First Haircut and Christmas Lights

It has been a busy December and I have not had time to keep the blog up to date.

Last week Kyle and I decided that Jackson was starting to look like a hippie and desperately needed a haircut. One night after work we had haircut night. I gave Jackson his first haircut and it made him look so different. Do not worry though because the darling curls are still there. Kyle also was looking a little shaggy, so I gave him one next. Both of my boys now look clean and sharp with their new haircuts. I will post a picture of Jackson's new hair when I am at home and have access to my pics.

Last Saturday we all went to Temple Square to look at the lights. There were a ton of people so we did not get to see the manger and had to move kind of quickly through. The lights were still very pretty. There was one big pine tree that had red lights wrapped around every little branch that was gorgeous. I will get that picture posted also. Jackson was loving life in his carrier with dad.

Yesterday we went with my parents and their friends to go see the Zoo Lights. We met the man who put them all up and he is extremely talented. There were a bunch of the moving lights where the animals jump from one place to the next or do other things. I loved it! It was so much fun and I recommend it to anyone who is looking for something fun to do.

4 Month Stats

Height: 26 inches

Weight: 15 pounds

New skills:

Rolling over both ways

Giggling

Seeing things

Motorboat

Favorite hobbies:

Putting EVERYTHING in his mouth

Watching TV (I really am not kidding)

Looking at Christmas lights and big snowmen

New things:

Now eating rice cereal

Recognizes people

Gets shy around people he does not know

Prefers his mom and dad

I love this whole mom thing! Especially watching him grow and develop.

Eating daddy!

Modifications

I have been spoiled the past few weeks. I recently got new windows and yesterday Kyle replaced our gross sliding glass door in our living room. He put french doors in its place. They are awesome; they have the blinds in the middle and they look great. It also has made our downstairs warmer. We do still need to put molidng up. In a couple of weeks I get a new sliding door in my dining room also. Here is a picture of my new doors.

I also got a new shelf above my fireplace. It has always bugged me because there is not mantle, but I like the way this looks. My husband is awesome!

Blessing Pictures and Other Randoms

I know Jackson's blessing was a couple of weeks ago, but we just barely got some pictures of him in his outfit.

Our little boy now rolls from his stomach to his back, giggles, babbles a lot and is always moving! I just wanted to share some of the cute picture I have gotten this week.

Cool dude!

Always a happy baby after his bath.

My favorite little guy!

He loves playing with his toys (well, trying to eat them).

So cute in his new church clothes.

It is hard to see, but he has a little tie.

Nursery

We finally finished the baby's nursery. I know he is almost four months old, but it would not be like me to finish something on time. I loved making the curtains and crib skirt. He still is sleeping in a bassinet in our bedroom though because he is still naughty during the night.