Santa is watching!

I heart this video. Jaydan's reaction was priceless! And it was excellent bribe material for several weeks.

Christmas Montage 2010

Nothing like a good belly-laugh (and I love how Kennedy's look is saying "What the???")

Aw, they love Daddy!

Pretty Girl!

Jaydan looks "ham-sum"

The girls!

The best Christmas gifts EVER!

Santa Pics 2010

Oh, these are funny to me! Jaydan had been talking soooo much smack about seeing Santa. He was going to tell him all about what he wanted, and sit on his lap, blah, blah, blah. Well, when it came time to perform, he choked! It took me 20 minutes to get THIS good of a pic... and even then he looks like he's ready to bolt!

The whole time I was trying to talk her big brother into talking to Santa, Kennedy was chatting him up. Ok, I can't lie.... she was looking for something to eat.

This Santa is apparently the best our friendly neighborhood Walmart could do. Can't really say I blame Jaydan for having some reservations. But hey, who doesn't already have to go to Walmart this time of year..... and its free!

This reminds me of Jaydan's second Christmas, where we tried SEVERAL times to get a Santa pic and he was terrified EVERY. TIME. I'm going to hunt those pics down to share with you, we have quite a montage of "Screaming Kid with Santa" pics from that year. Maybe, as his Mom, I shouldn't thing they're funny. But I do.

Pumpkin Carving 2010

Ok, so I am three holidays behind! Here are the kiddos carving pumpkins!


"You mean you WANT me to dig in and make a big mess?"



Kennedy got in on the action too.... poor thing was having a horrible eczema flair up.


The finished product! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Kennedy....

loves, loves, LOVES this baby.
Weird how young they start these gender things huh?

Florida

Jeff was finally able to secure a long weekend, so we packed up and headed south for a trip to visit his Grandparents in Florida. It was our first vacation as a family of four and we were looking forward to it. The ocean is so calming for me and Jeff enjoys fishing and we all enjoy visiting with family so its a great little get away for us.
Cape San Blas is a little beach near where MawMaw and Grandaddy live that is probably our favorite place on the planet. Jeff took me there the very first time I visited him in Florida and we spent many weekends there when we lived in Florida, so it is definitely part of "us".

It is so beautiful.... and totally exposed to the Gulf, so depending on the weather, it often has changed TOTALLY from the last time we were there so its almost like visiting a whole new beach But best of all, there is NEVER anyone else there. Its our own private little piece of heaven.












Grandaddy joined us for fishing this time, and I am so glad to have captured some of that special time "on film". Jeff and his Grandaddy are very close and I think fishing was always kind of a bonding ritual for them.... it filled my heart with joy to see Jaydan brought into that circle. He's growing into such a little man.


Zoe got to go too... don't tell the beach police. She LOVES it there too and her and Jaydan passed several hours running up and down the beach, rolling in the sand.










Kennedy was content to snooze in the sand, until she got hungry then she cried and pitched a fit... exactly like her Mama ;) It was just about 80 degrees and the water was smooth... absolutely perfect for a day at the beach!












We got wrapped up in the Florida vs. Georgia football game and missed "Ghosts on the Gulf" trick-or-treating in Port St. Joe. Fortunately Jaydan was happy to get in his costume and hit a gas station up for some candy :)
Our trip was not all fun and games.... we had a little scare with Jeff's diabetes and spent one day in the hospital. All is well that ends well and I will say that thanks to the staff, even a day at the hospital there is relatively pleasant. We were all spoiled by Jeff's grandparents and the time that our kids gets to spend with them is precious. All in all, it was a great trip and a great little escape for our Little family!

Fall Fun 2010

I had been trying to hold off on the Pumpkin Patch until Jeff could go with us. On Sunday, it finally dawned on me that if were going to go this year it was "now or never". So I loaded up the kids and off we went!





Washington farms has done a lot of work since last year, adding lots of fun activities for kiddos, which is good since Jaydan had little or no interest in the "ghostes" (goats) or any other animals this year. The did put in new fun slides (it will be a few years before we try the big one again), a big air pillow jumper thing, a kiddie corn maze, etc. J really wanted to try the corn maze, but he kept trying to eat the corn right off the stalks and I was afraid the hour-long, full-size one may prove too much for both of us.

It was a fun day with my babies.... they are growing so fast! Jaydan is officially a little boy now and its hard to see the baby he once was anymore when you look at him. Kennedy is our little sunshine.... very smiley and chatty, she makes everyone around smile!

And here it is..... the pic that shows me plainly how much they grown from year to year. This shot always makes my heart ache, just a little!