The Fourth and Final Round of Christmas

Jake posing at James' Uncle Don and Aunt Yvonne's house in Adamsville, TN.

Above, James helps Jake open presents. Below, from left to right, kneeling on the floor: Emily (5yrs old), Lauren (almost 5yrs old), Hadyn (turned 2 on New Year's Day) and Hadyn's mother Christy.

More of James and Jake opening presents.

These last two pictures I accidently posted out of order. In the bottom picture you can see Jake fussing at James while James is trying to get the bus out of the box. Above you can see Jake happily playing with the bus.

Christmas with my Parents!

Here Jake and I open a truck he got from Uncle James and Aunt Carolyn.

Jake poses in front of his toddler bowling set and various other toys in the background.

Jake and I unwrap some more presents.

Jake poses in front of more toys!

I knew the day would come when James would be envious of Jake's Christmas presents, but I didn't realize it would be this soon! Below, Jake's Granny is being a block head!

Christmas with the Carrs!

Jake says, "This is my Grand Daddy."

Above, Jake with James' mom. Below, Jake with me.

Jake and I open his presents.

Below, Jake and Joey the Cat.

Above Jake and James' first cousin Emily. Below, Jake with his great grandfather Carr.

Christmas Time at our house!

Jake liked opening his advent calendar. He enjoyed shutting it even more. Everyday we would open that days door and he would promptly close it for me. Then he would sit there and close it and open it over and over again. He never tried to open a door that I hadn't already opened though, so that was good!

Jake loves the Christmas tree. He would stand on the couch and lean over to play with the ornaments and lights! I would let him touch but he wasn't allowed to pull.

An older lady at church gave Jake some bubbles for Christmas.

Here Daddy! Catch the snow globe!

For Christmas Jake got some bath toys (among three million other things). Here he is playing with the paint/soap and one of his new bath monkies.

One of these sheep is not like the other! They both go with his Fisher Price Little People Nativity Scene (with in retrospect might not have been the best idea as Jake's favorite way to play with it was to throw the baby Jesus). As you can see one sheep has wooley hair on top and the other is sadly lacking. Our wonderful little angel chewed the hair off of the first sheep so we had to restrict his sheep privileges to save the hair on the second one. I was relieved when we finally figure out what was going on because I kept pulling this carpet looking stuff out of Jakes mouth. I thought he had found a way to pull up the carpet and eat it!

Our little drummer boy. With the birthday money that Uncle Robert, Aunt Anne Marie, Marianne and Shona sent we bought Jake a percussion set. This is the drum that goes with it. He loves beating on it!

Jake goes to his first Wedding

Well, really he only went to the reception, but he still seemed to have fun. He really liked the Colonel Reb ice statue! These pictures were taken with our new camara. As you can tell we are still learning about some of the settings. It is a canon rebel. I absolutely love it. Santa delivered it a week early.

O Christmas Tree...

Jake is very helpful, as I am sure you can see. We moved the couch off the wall and put the Christmas Tree behind it. After we decorated the tree, we moved the couch in such a way that it forms a triangle with the walls and our Christmas Tree is protected from Chief Climbing Monkey. Jake was very excited about the whole thing. James gave him a bath while I put the lights on and then when Jake was dressed for bed he got to help me put ornaments on. Unfortunately, he was so excited that he did not want to go to sleep afterwards.

Kicking Off Christmas!

After Jake came home from the hospital, his first outing was Reed's Annual Christmas Parade. This year I think he enjoyed it a little bit more.

After we finished the parade in Tupelo, we walked back to the house and all three took naps. Then we headed to Fulton for the MidWay Marina Christmas lights and fireworks. At the Marina, Jake and I bumped into Mr and Mrs Claus who gave Jake a present! Maybe they have been checking this web log and know how good he's been this year!