Family Portraits

We had family portraits made this fall and it was well worth it to have a great Christmas card picture and awesome family portraits to hang in my kitchen. I am overwhelmed by the awesome blessing that I have in Charlie, Tripp, and Vaiden.

Christmas 2009

Well it's hard to believe that Christmas has come and gone again. We made Christmas cookies for Santa, enjoyed lots of wonderful time with family, and even got to go to the deer camp and relax! This was Vaiden's first Christmas and even though he will not remember anything about it, we will cherish the memories we made with him. Gavin, Jay and Hughes again joined us as we made cookies for Santa. I think that Hughes ate more than he decorated. He kept sneeking bites when he thought we were not looking. We were blessed to have all of the grandparents at our house on Christmas morning. Tripp got a DS from Papa Sid. His favorite present by far! (Sorry about the red eye - I think that I need a new camera for my birthday . . . hint hint)

Pumpkin Carving

Charlie and Tripp bought a pumpkin carving kit at Michaels and decided that it would be a great Father/Son bonding activity. Charlie went to Wal-Mart and got a great pumpkin, got all of the materials together, made a space for their activity, and started carving. Tripp stayed for about 5 minutes, and then got bored and came in. He told his daddy to call him when it was finished. I just thought that this was too funny because the whole point was for them to spend time together. I was not outside the whole time, but I have a feeling that Charlie and his OCD self wanted to make sure that the pumpkin was perfect, and decided to do most of it himself. The pumpkin turned out really cute, but spoiled in just a few days on the front porch. Next year, we will have to wait a little longer before we carve the pumpkin.

Three Months Old

Vaiden will be three months old tomorrow. My little man is growing so fast. I couldn't get a picture, but we have two teeth! They are already coming in on the bottom. I guess it is a good thing that he is bottle fed! He has really come in to his own little personality. Even though he still really looks like Tripp, he is now becoming his own little self. He is smiling and cooing all the time.

First Day of School

Tripp started Kindergarten this year! I cannot believe it. I mean yesterday he was crawling and now we have our big backpack and lunchbox and we are off to school. I wanted to be able to walk Tripp in on his first day of school and along with the 500,000 parents we trucked into Rouse Elementary. It only took me 10 minutes to walk him in, but it took me 20 minutes just to get out of the parking lot and on my way to work. Thankfully, I made it and got to be there for him, but it was definitely complete and total chaos and insanity.

Snaggle Tooth

In July right after we all visited the dentist, Tripp was playing at the house and as we fould out later, was apparently chewing on a new toy. He came up to me and said "Mama, i just lost a tooth." I thought surely he could not have because the dentist said that it would be a while because none of them were loose. But, here he comes with a tooth in his hand and blood pouring out of his mouth. I was now freaking out because it looked like a shark tooth had come out of his mouth and his gum was torn. The more and more I questioned him, I found out that as he was biting on a toy, he pulled the tooth out of his mouth. It was not ready and still had the root. I told him that we would put it under his pillow, but that the tooth fairy would have to leave it so that we could show it to the dentist. The tooth fairy left him a whole $5! The dentist told us that his mouth and gum would heal, but that she had NEVER seen a tooth come out like that with the whole root intact. You know if it can happen, it will happen to the Jackson's.

Brothers

For those of you who have girls, I am sure that you feel the same way about them as I do about my boys, but I just think that boys are WONDERFUL! I think that for a mother, having boys is one of the most precious gifts ever. It is amazing to me that brothers can have such a special bond with each other at such a young age. The day that Vaiden was born, Tripp just fell in love with him. He is a fabulous big brother and loves Vaiden so much. At first, I wondered if their age difference would be a problem, but now I see that it is just the way it was supposed to be.