Christmas Exchange with the Kloesel's

Every year we try to get together with our great friends the Kloesels. Renee and I have been friends since high school, and our husbands have been great friends since we started dating them, and now our boys are great friends too. We ordered mexican (I know really festive) and hung out til the little boys got tired. My wonderful husband decided not to wait for Santa and bought me a new camera, so I am back in the picture taking business. Thanks honey!

Colten and Jaden have so much fun together. They were running from room to room, wrestling, laughing and having a ball.

Jaden got a Santa towel as one of his presents. When he sees Santa he says "HO, HO, HO". I don't know where he learned that from, but I think it is too cute.

Waiting...

We went to Breakfast with Santa last weekend. Unfortunately, the line to see Santa was so long we did not see Santa. Jaden did not mind, he was having to much fun in the bounce house, and riding on the train. Santa Who? I am sure he will get Santa a little more next year.

Most people are waiting for Christmas, I am waiting for this baby to be born. My official due date is DEC 31st, but my doctor says things are already moving along. This very last part of pregnancy is the hardest, the waiting, and the unknown. I am hoping that Brody does not make his big arrival before Christmas. We have to many things going on. Jaden and I have one more week of school, and he has a Christmas program next Friday where his class sings Jingle Bells. Jaden has not been singing in his practices, he has been dancing, which if you know him makes perfect sense. We will make sure and get it on video. I am enjoying all of the holiday cheer around, we even had a little snow the other night. All of my Christmas presents are bought and wrapped, and we are ordering Luby's for Christmas dinner, so I am ready. I hope everyone else is enjoying the season and remembering why we celebrate Christmas.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We spent Thanksgiving at the ranch with the rest of the Bibler's. It was nice and relaxing, great food and great company. We took Jaden to the Exotic Zoo, and to the Hill Country Lighting in Johnson City. I unfortunately dropped my camera in the pool and it is no longer working, so these pictures I took off of the websites. Santa if you read this blog, I have been a good girl this year, and would like a new camera for Christmas. :) Jaden loved the zoo, we hand fed tons of animals and played with the goats. We all enjoyed the lighting of the courthouse in downtown Johnson City. They had a firework show to display the lighting and Santa appeared afterward. There were tons of people there, especially for such a small town.

35 weeks

If you are Happy and you know it

Here is a video of Jaden dancing to "If you are Happy and you know it" He is quite the dancer. This is my first video attempt with my new pocket size video cam, so it is not the best. I promise to get better.

First Professional Haircut

I have cut Jaden's hair a few times before, but this was his first professional haircut. Daddy got his hair cut first, and then Jaden got his done. He did great. I am sure the lollipop and toys helped out, in fact, give the boy a sucker and he will do pretty much anything you want him to. I realized I have not updated you on all of Jaden's progress lately. We transferred him to his big boy bed right after his 2nd birthday, and he took to it like fish take to water. He went to sleep and slept all night from the very first night. He has gotten out of bed a few times since then, but we just tell him to get back in bed, and he goes to sleep. He is also doing very well at preschool. He has a girlfriend named Abby. The run around together on the playground holding hands, and they sit next to each other at snack time. I can't believe he is already chasing girls. He is such a sweet boy, and I am soaking up all of our one on one time together before baby Brody gets here.

Mommy's Little Monkey

We went to a Halloween Party yesterday at The Ackman's. We ordered pizza, had a bounce house for the kids, and went trick or treating around the neighborhood. It was Jaden's first Halloween party, and first Trick or Treating. He did great. He rode in a wagon with Connor, and at every house they would jump out of the wagon and run to the door. At the first few stops he was not sure of what to do, but by the end he would not let go of his candy bucket, and couldn't wait until the next stop. Josh and I think it is probably one of his favorite holidays, since he got to hang out with friends, jump in the bounce house, eat pizza, stay up late, and have 3 lollipops. It doesn't get much better than that when you are two.