Christmas 2012 Part 3

Christmas morning was so much fun with these two boys!  When we were all up we went to the kitchen to make our traditional Christmas breakfast, then Jaxon walked into the dinning room and noticed all the presents under the tree.  He came running into the kitchen "Mom, Dad there are more presents in our house!" Since we have little ones we didn't put any under the tree until after they went to bed Christmas Eve, also we didn't really talk about Santa and his roll in gift giving so we think Jax just assumed that the pj's the night before were what we were getting.  Breakfast was put on hold and the boys went to town opening their gifts.

Jagger was excited that the stockings were in his reach instead of hanging up.

Even Payton came downstairs to see what was going on.

Jag liked to watch as Jax unwrapped most of the gifts, Jax would rip of really small pieces of wrapping paper and then throw it into the air, Jagger thought it was so funny and was just laughing.



Jagger did have a chance to help unwrap presents and he had a blast!

Both the boys got lots of fun new toys and some new movies. After opening everything we had a yummy breakfast and spent the rest of the day hanging out, playing with all of our fun new toys and watching new movies together as a family.

We had a really great Christmas this year, Brent had the whole week before Christmas off for vacation and then didn't have to work Christmas Eve or Christmas day so we were able to spend a lot of needed family time together. 

Christmas 2012 Part 2

Christmas Eve we decided to have Mexican take out for dinner and then we decorated  candy Christmas trees with the boys.  Jaxon had a lot of fun, but I think he ate more candy than he used for decorating.

Jagger didn't really know what to do with his licorice so it all ended up on his head.

 Here are Jaxon's two finished trees.

 Here are all of our trees.  Jaxon had a blast, and Jagger had fun sneaking candy with daddy so I think that this is something we might continue to do every year.

After decorating trees Jaxon was kind enough to open all of our new Christmas pj's for us. 



Christmas 2012 Part 1

Jaxon had been talking about going to see Santa for weeks, but when the big day came and I told him that we would get to go see Santa and sit on this lap he changed his mind and wanted nothing to do with him.  We went to our ward party at church and had a great dinner and many yummy desserts then headed to see Santa.  Jax was too busy running around to watch all the other children sit happily on Santa's lap.  So when our turn came our kids were the only ones that screamed and cried just from getting too close; so all of us were lucky enough to be in the picture.  The boys calmed down when Jax was able to stay a safe distance away in Dad's arms and Jagger stopped when he realized I was right next to him. So we managed to get a decent Christmas picture with Old St. Nick, and a nice yellow balloon. 

We got snow off and on the week before Christmas, so one day Brent and I were shoveling the driveway while Jagger was napping and Jaxon enjoyed playing in the snow.  He doesn't get the concept of building a snowman yet, he thinks that you roll the snow into a ball so that you can kick and stomp the snow better.  He loves walking in freshly fallen snow making tracks.

 He wanted to make sure that I got a picture of his shovel. He was having so much fun that he didn't want to come inside, but his hands were freezing so being the good parents that we are we bribed him with cookies and chocolate milk.

Having Fun!

Jag loves trucks and cars, but he especially loves the bigger ones because he can ride on them.

 I love that Jagger is finally starting to like books for more than chewing on. He sat here looking through this box of books for almost 10 minutes.

 These two are learning to play together more and more. It usually ends with someone in tears, but they still have a great time.  Jagger is starting to understand more and more.  The other day Jax was in timeout for being mean and not listening to mom. I had taken his toy away and put it on the floor while he was being punished.  He sat on the stairs crying.  I watched as Jagger walked across the room and picked up the toy that I had taken away and then turn and go give it to Jaxon.  It made me so happy and the smile it brought to Jaxon's face was priceless. 

 I was busy cleaning upstairs while the boys were playing in the playroom downstairs.  Jax had wondered up and then I realized that it was way too quiet downstairs, so we went to find Jagger.  He was busy playing on top of the table.  He is super stubborn and no matter how many times I take him down and move him to a different part of the room; if he wants to sit on the table there is no stopping him. He fell off once and that kept him down for about a week, but then he was right back up there.

 It's funny because I've even tried moving the chairs across the room and he will just push it back to the table and climb on up.

 For some reason he really likes to sit in this box of toys in the kitchen. He and Jax play a game where Jag climbs in and then Jax pulls out all the toys from underneath Jagger one at a time until the box is empty, the whole time both boys are laughing like crazy.

 We put our tree up earlier this week, Jax had so much fun putting each of our ornaments on the tree.  He liked his big socks, the stockings, and thought it was great to put them on his feet. I was worried that Jagger was going to play with the tree too much but so far he has only pulled on the beads that are on the tree and only pulled one stocking down. I'm getting more and more excited for Christmas this year; we haven't talked about Santa too much but Jaxon recognizes him all around town.  He gets really excited when we see him at the malls, or when he sees him on people's lawns.  He was really happy the other day when Santa waved to him and said hi as we walked past him at the mall yesterday.  Jaxon told me that he isn't afraid of Santa and he is even excited at the idea of sitting on his lap. It will be fun to see how both the boys do next week when we see Santa at our ward party. I think as long as Jax knows that mom or dad will be right there he will do ok, Jagger I'm sure will be the screamer this year.

Pictures, Pictures

 We have been keeping busy the last few weeks, here are some pictures of what we have been up to.

The boys like to hang out in the kitchen while I make dinner.  They like to pull out pots and pans and "cook" too.

 

 Jax wanted me to take a picture of the two of them together. So he grabbed Jag and refused to let go, luckily I was able to get a decent picture before Jag started to scream.

 I promise I clean my house, many times a day usually but, some how it always look like a disaster by the time Brent gets home from work. 

 Jagger has a thing for climbing into containers and boxes.

 For a couple days this bear was Jagger's go to toy. He would carry it around the house wherever he went.

 Boys will be boys; and these two love to wrestle.  They have a blast playing on the guest bed.

 Jagger figured out stairs much faster than I thought he would and I am so glad, we have a lot of stairs in our house. He cruises down so fast; sometimes it still makes me nervous.

 Cold weather hasn't stopped these two, they still love to be outside.  I love that we have a nice big yard for them to run around and play in.