Christmas!

Our Christmas this year was full...full of food, presents, family and fun. I am now exhausted and recovering, but it was well worth it. Coleman quickly understood the concept of opening presents and would say "Open presents". Pictured are a few of the great presents he got this Christmas. The trucks from Grandad were almost impossible to get out of the box. Nolan, the possible future welder, had a hard time opening it, but he did get it.

Happy New Year everyone!

Early Christmas

We have been receiving boxes of Christmas gifts from my family this week. I let Coleman open one from my sister and Steve. The present is actually from 1 month old Brooke, so clearly she's a genius. Coleman understands the concept of unwrapping presents, so Christmas will be fun.

Notice our living room no longer has dark, shiny brown trim. I've been on a mission to get our living room trim painted, and I finished last week. Hurray!

My Mom and Dad sent a box our way filled with pre-Christmas gifts and Christmas gifts. One of the gifts from my Mom is a Mickey Mouse Club apron and chef's hat for Coleman. Its perfect! Just what I wanted for him. :) He loves it and it'll keep him clean now. Thanks Meemaw and Peepaw!

Lastly, here is a prego picture of me and my belly. It is always amazing to see my body change shapes and distort so amazingly to house a baby. She's kicking away now, and if I lay still I can even see my belly move. Only 3 months left to go.

Good Manners Bad Manners

When I was eating salad and Coleman was watching, he cracked up when the salad stuck out of my mouth. Of course, I had to keep him laughing so I continued to eat like this perhaps teaching him some bad manners. Jared had found his tiger hat and surprisingly, he liked wearing it while he ate.

Candy and Daddy

Two things Coleman loves are candy and Daddy time. We made a gingerbread house at Story Time at the library. He of course ate most of the candy decorations and was chanting "Candy, candy, candy, candy!" while kicking his legs or dancing the rest of the day. I guess the love of candy comes from my Dad, through me to Coleman. :)

When Jared gets home from work Coleman will run to the door and say "Daddy!" excitedly. Jared throws him around and wrestles with him more than I do and he loves it! Then after dinner Jared and Coleman watch a Thomas video and read books. Coleman is like jello by this time he's so tired. He's blessed to have such a wonderful daddy.

Oh Christmas Tree

I love this time of year, and especially getting a fresh Christmas tree and decorating it, while drinking eggnog of course. Coleman was really excited about the whole experience as well. While picking out a Christmas tree he had fun running through the trees and playing hide and seek with Jared and I. He loves the lights and the popcorn chain. He also loves the silver balls, though many have been lost through his playing with them.

Lately Coleman and I have been baking a lot together. He'll push a dinner chair over to where I mix and say "Mix, mix Coleman". He then will say "Taste, taste, taste, taste" until I pause in my mixing to let him taste. Today I made Julekage, a Norweigian coffee bread similar to Irish soda bread with raisins. He couldn't get enough tastes. We're secretly hoping he may be a chef so he can cook for us. :)

I will post a belly picture soon. You can kind of see my silhouette in the picture above. She is kicking a lot now.

The Pampered Chef

Or is it the chef in Pampers?

Coleman loves to help me bake. He'll push his chair up to the table so he can stand at the end and help me mix. He is an enthusiastic cook. Just in time for all of the holiday baking. He just needs his own apron now. Anyone have some good cookie recipes?