'Twas the Night Before Christmas

The night before Christmas, Jasper got cuddled up in his new SpongeBob jammies from Grandma Vicki. We got a plate ready of cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer. Oh, and of course a cup of milk to go with the cookies. Then we all enjoyed 'Twas the Night Before Christmas which Daddy read to us before we tucked Jman into bed. We also read two of his other favorite Christmas stories - Baby Elf's Christmas (Grandma Debbie got it for him his very first Christmas) and The Christmas Story where Jasper likes to read, "Happy Birthday Baby Jesus!"

He was so excited for Santa and was saying, "we need to go to bed so Santa can come." He usually goes to bed really good each night, but tonight, he did his bedtime routine a little quicker than normal.

First Christmas of 2010

Christmas Eve we headed over to Grandma Vicki's to celebrate our first Christmas celebration of 2010! She made us some yummy turkey and ham and we watched Jasper and Noah dive into their gifts! It was a fun afternoon hanging out together, watching Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and snacking on Grandma's snack mix - which she makes every year and truly is the best!

I love Firefighting

Jasper loves everything that has to do with firefighting - this picture is just one example of how he likes to bring out all of his firetrucks and pull the ladders out so they extend on the couch, so his "men" can climb up them to put out the fire! The Hancocks got him a fireman hat, badge, belt, and extinguisher costume for Christmas last year that he loves, so that would be what he is wearing...Oh, and this is probably one of the last photos we have of him in his diaper. This was taken quite a few weeks back and we haven't had to change a diaper since the beginning of November - way to go big guy!!

Altoona tree lighting

I'm so mad at myself for blowing these photos from a tree lighting ceremony Dec. 10 in Altoona. It was so dark I couldn't get my camera to focus and, when it did, the flash blasted them.

Ugh.

Oh well. We all had a great time and Jasper loved giving Santa hugs and visiting with him. We also got to go for a horse-drawn carriage ride. J liked it but was more interested in the bags hanging from the backside of the horses. "What those for?" he asked. We tactfully explained what they were for but he didn't quite get it until one of the horses actually used his bag and we caught a wiff. (Ewww!)

Merry Christmas!

Hide-N-Seek

Jasper has found a new fun spot to hide - in his closet. Adam took a picture of him while he was attempting to hide, even though, we would say "Jasper, where are you?" and everytime he answered, "I'm hiding in my closet!"

Bed Head!

Jasper woke up with some crazy bed-head and we had to take a picture! I called him Spike the rest of that day!

We're Building Bears...and Owls...

One of Grandma Vicki's Christmas gifts to Jasper and Noah was a trip to the Build-A-Bear Workshop at Jordan Creek Mall. Jasper decided he wanted to build a bear, which he called Teddy. Noah chose an owl, which he called Turner, named after the fact that the owl's head turns around - very clever! Noah had done this before, so he showed Jasper the ropes. They picked their animal of choice, watched as the Build-A-Bear crew stuffed them until just the right "fluffines," took a red heart, kissed it, rubbed it in their hands, and made a wish and placed it in their newly adopted animal, washed it off, then made a birth certificate. And the trip was complete with Jasper picking out a firefighter costume and Noah, a Woody costume.

We had a fun time and Teddy and Turner are sure to be great pals!

*This was a trip with cousin Noah on Saturday afternoon. Friday night/Saturday morning Cousin Sydney spent the night with us and we went to Breakfast with Santa - those pictures will be posted soon - it was a great cousin's weekend! Jasper was saying 'I love my cousins' by the time the weekend was over.