Christmas 2009

We had a great Christmas this year with our little family of four. We just love having our newest addition, Hayden. She is such a blessing and it's great having someone for Hunter to interact with. Well, I cooked Christmas dinner for the first time ever this year. We even used the china I first got from Jarad for our one year anniversary. Since then, I have gotten some more from my parents and grandma. I think I was more excited about the china than actually eating dinner. Haha. Dinner turned out ok. We had turkey, ham, dressing, loaded mashed potatoes, gravy, asparagus, carrots, salad, and deviled eggs. I also baked some cookies, a pumpkin pie, a pecan pie and a birthday cake for Jesus. The cake was a banana cake with chocolate icing. It looked so good but was disgusting. I will never make a banana cake again. I know, never say never, but seriously, I'm thinking next year a chocolate cake with chocolate icing sounds good. It's Jarad's favorite! I couldn't get the pictures of dinner to work. But we had a good Christmas. It was so relaxing being at home with the kids. We really enjoyed hanging out at home all day in our pajamas and just being a family. The kids, well, mostly Hunter, enjoyed their presents. Hunter is so used to everything being his, so he thought Hayden's toys were his. But he was so sweet. He showed Hayden how to play with her new toys and then when she fell asleep, he just played with them all by himself. Jarad and I had a great time watching how much the kids enjoyed everything. It was the best Christmas.

Hayden's 1st Christmas Ornament.

Flashback to Hunter's 1st Christmas Ornament.

Hunter dropped all of Santa's cookies on the floor.

Then he picked them up and put them back on the plate.

Then while we were trying to take the kid's picture by the tree, he decided to take a bit of one of the cookies.

Then we told him to go to bed. He ran to the stairs then ran back to the tree, took another bite of the cookie and then ran upstairs.

Hayden just hanging out.

Again...

Santa came to visit.

Santa ate his cookies and Rudolph left his hoof print in the sugar. They even left the kids a note.

The stockings.

Hunter got an mp3 player from Santa and a tool set and bubbles from mom and dad. Hayden got a mailbox from Santa and a blow up penguin that has balls in it and plays music from mom and dad. Hunter stocking was filled with bananas, hot wheels, his own mini ketchup bottle and some candy canes. Hayden's stocking was filled with bananas, avocados, teething toys, socks and a sippy cup. We dont really have any pictures of the kids opening presents b/c we video taped it all and of course, the videos wont upload. I don't know what is wrong with our video camera, cameras, ipods and computer but nothing seems to be working on the mac or pc. Technology...ugh! Hopefully we can figure it out soon so I can stop posting notes saying nothing works and just start posting pictures. Well, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and remembered what it was all about...Jesus Christ! Without Christ there would be no Christmas, just mas and how boring does that sound.

...And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.

Luke 2:8-14

FYI...

I started some posts back in December but the pictures wouldn't upload so I never published the posts. I finally got some pictures to upload and published the post but they published based on the date I started them not finished them. So you will have to scroll down to find the recent pictures I just posted. Enjoy!

Update

My computer is still messing up, so no pictures yet. Sorry! Just wanted to give everyone a little update about what is going on around here. Hayden is getting so big. She is crawling now. It's bitter sweet. I want her to stop growing but it's fun to watch her develop. I've asked her if she could just slow down a bit but she refuses. She is eating all kinds of foods. She is just like Hunt when it comes to food. They both love to eat. Hunt loves to eat the food I make for Hay so that's great. They are both getting super healthy whole foods and loving it. I couldn't be happier.

Hunter is having another ear surgery on Wednesday. He is going to have his ears drained and get a new set of tubes. After the surgery, the doctor wants to do some more extensive hearing and ear drum test. Something where he goes to the hospital and gets sedated and they do some nerve testing. Hunter is not saying as many words as "they" (whoever they is) think he should be saying. He talks all the time but the pronunciation isn't correct. Or he says alot of things backwards, for example, my dad taught him how to say "Yee-Haw" but he says "Awh-EEE" instead. So we decided to start him in language development classes at Texas State. They begin the first week in February so hopefully his ears will be well enough by then. The doctor thinks the language delay is related to his ears. Hopefully it is but once we get his ears well we will be able to tell for sure. Unfortunately, we dont think we will be able to come back to Abilene this month as planned due to the surgery and all the follow-ups and testing they want to due on Hunter's ears.

As for Jarad and I, Jarad has been working all the time. He is starting to work pretty much every weekend. So that is no fun for the kids and I. I start school next week. It is my last semester so hopefully I will graduate in May. That's about it. Hope everyone is having a good week!

Sorry!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. My computer is messing up and any post with pictures wont work. I have so many cute pictures. Plus, it was Hays first Christmas and Hunt was so cute helping her open her presents. I hope everyone had a very happy holiday season. Hopefully, I can get the pictures up soon.