Christmas Morning

With all of the blog posts I've done on Christmas this year, I had to have a little one just for Christmas morning. We have a little tradition that Jarrett and I started our first Christmas together, and that is that we like for it to be just us on Christmas morning. It's such a hectic time of year, with all kinds of family and friend get-togethers. We like to keep this morning special and simple. So it was just the 3 of us that morning. It was quiet and easy and such a sweet time. 

Aaron loved Jarrett's stocking gift--the beloved slinky :) Of course, it has now become Aaron's toy!

As you can see, we had kind of a domestic theme of gifts for Aaron this year. It was unintentional, but it's just what we thought he would like. He loves to help us with our chores..like vacuuming, cooking, etc...so we thought he should have his own things to play with.

Yay for small pots and pans! So cute and Aaron loves to "stir" things up!

I didn't know about the apron until we opened the whole little cleaning set...Jarrett wasn't too sure about it, but I thought it would be cute to get at least get a couple of pictures :) This is the only time Aaron has worn the apron--but he is still playing with his cleaning tools nearly 6 months later! 

I hope his love of cleaning and helping his Mommy around the house continues for the next 17 years, but I have a feeling it might fade :)
We had an amazing Christmas with our friends and family this year. It was so fun to see Aaron really start to learn and get into the whole thing. We can't wait to see what next Christmas will be like with our little man--oh what joy! 

Kansas Christmas 2011

We also spent a few days in Kansas this Christmas. We were able to exchange gifts with the Schmidt family and the boys were able to play together!

Uncle Daniel and Aaron are only 18 months apart and love to play together!

Daniel was so happy to get Veggie Tales and stickers!

Aaron loved his new bear that lights up and talks to him! As you can see--Aaron was sick and teething while we were here---lots of drool :)

Uncle Daniel also got a new basketball goal!! He was so crazy about it!!

Aaron got a ride along alphabet train---that he LOVES!!

Such a fun time in Kansas!

Christmas with the Campbells & Colburns

Christmas 2011 was wonderful. We got to celebrate with all of our families and Aaron had a ball! Here are a few pics from our Christmas with the Colburns and Christmas Eve with the Campbells.

Aaron was so excited to see his Uncle Brandon and Aunt Abbey! They were so sweet to make time for us during their short leave from the Army!

Aaron loves his Nana--she is always so helpful!! Especially when it comes to that tricky gift wrap!

Yay for new toys! Aaron really was blessed this Christmas with wonderful gifts from his grandparents!

Aaron also got to spend some quality time with his Great Grandmother Mimi. She got to rock him a little bit before bed one night. Such a sweet time.

Aaron has almost as much fun with the wrapping paper and the boxes as he does the actual gifts!

Aaron got lots of leggos this Christmas and he loves them!

He also got a tunnel to crawl through. This was supposed to be an outdoor toy, but soon became an indoor toy. And he had so much fun tyring to hide from everyone!

What a fun Christmas with our families! We are so blessed to have so many great people in our lives that love us and support our little family. Happy times all around!

Family Christmas Pics

It's funny how as a Mom I continue to set my expectations way too high when it comes to family pictures. You would think I would have learned by now, that not everything is going to be perfect. And that sometimes the best pictures are the ones that aren't planned :) With that said, I did make several attempts this Christmas to get the perfect family picture. Aaron, Jarrett and my Mom (the picture taker) were such wonderful troopers as I made everyone get dressed nice and pose for the camera. We ended up with a million pictures and only needed a couple. Here's the best of the photo shoots (yes there was more than one).

Of course Mr. Aaron couldn't smile in this one!

 He was so happy to play with pretend presents that we gave him. I wrapped a couple of boxes with bells in them, so he could shake them and go crazy. I was trying to get some smiles :)

This boy LOVES twinkle lights!



 I'm pretty sure he was yelling something...no idea what though :) So funny!

Merry Christmas 2011!

Christmas Part 1

So I had to break this Christmas into several posts. It was such a fun time with Aaron this year and we took a ton of pictures!

Here are a few from the first night we had the tree and the lights up. He LOVED it! It was so fun to see how excited he was about everything. Every morning when he would walk out into the living room, he would point to the tree and say "ight". So we would turn on the lights. He would then proceed to do this for the rest of the Christmas lights that we had around the house. It was so cute. It was like we couldn't start the day until the twinkle lights were all on! So fun!

So excited!!

 This is his mischievous face :) We had to teach him to not touch the ornaments. He was sure tempted and he did give in a couple of times. But I would say overall he did a pretty good job.

Since this is our last official Christmas in Texas and our last Christmas in our first home, I had to get some pictures of the tree and our house.

Yay for Christmas time!!

December Days

Well if November was busy, then December was insane! I love the holidays. I really do. But it was quite a crazy month for us and I was glad to see January! With our house on the market and showings all of the time, it makes getting our of the door even harder. I've also been subbing more and that just throws another kink into our schedule. We also went to Kansas the week before Christmas! So there was a lot going on, and unfortunately we didn't take a lot of non-Christmas pics! Here's a few--just for the scrapbook.

 Mommy and Aaron on New Year's Eve day. We had a less than glamorous New Year's, as Aaron was super sick that afternoon/night. Poor baby.

Aaron is in love with Chick-Fila (as we all are). He loves the food and more importantly the kids play area!

Since Aaron is 3ft tall now, he can get into a lot of stuff! Including our fridge :) He loves to try to open and close the doors..and look for treasures. 

Aaron loves to eat! This was his first real attempt at spaghetti. He is getting better and better with using his fork. The spaghetti was tough, but the meatballs and green beans were easier!

Popsicle Time!!

There's always room for a popsicle! This is Aaron's "cold" face...he says "co" and it's pretty cute!

All of November--In one little post :)

November was a busy time for our family. It was football season, we bought a new car, we put our house on the market, he were preparing for Christmas and so much more. Here are some of the pics we managed to take during this busy time.

Yes that's a recliner..made just for Aaron. Of course my parents thought he needed to have his own chair (that matches their lazy boys) at their house. Pretty cute.

He found the Halloween bowl in a cabinet and it's been he's favorite thing to play with this month.

For some reason Aaron thought it was great to put the bowl on his head. He ran into a lot of things...but it was hilarious. Such a silly little man.

Lots of smiles in the morning! Ready for the day!!



Our sweet friend Smith turned 2 this month! He had a very special Baylor Bears birthday party and we were so thrilled to celebrate with him!

Here's Aaron, Bode, Smith, Caroline and Matthew. I love that they could potentially all be at Baylor at the sametime one day...what are the odds??

Aaron got to bring a balloon from the party home with him! Yay for birthday parties!!