It's Christmas time!

Stratton is ready for Santa in his red and green pj's!

So, I think it's a little mean to put up a Christmas tree with a 1 year old in the house, I mean all the glittery balls and sparkly ornaments look like toys to a toddler! Never the less, I have put up our tree. We thought last year that we would buy a bigger one at the end of the season at a sale, but never got around to it. So here we are year #5 with the skinny little tree yet again! Don't get me wrong I think it's great. . .just a little small for our big living room. In preparation for the damage our little guy could do to the poor unsuspecting, adorned fir tree, I did go and buy new (unbreakable) ornaments. I thought, why risk losing my pretty, expensive, glass ones to a 3 foot tornado?? So, I bought a big box of them at Sam's and then found some more at Target, then added in the homemade ones that my Nanny made me years ago and Ta-Da!! Our new kid friendly tree! We are trying to keep him from pulling them off, but at least if he gets one by us I don't have to worry about it breaking!

Fa-la-la-la-la. . . . 27 days till Christmas!

Thanksgiving week

Wednesday I got off work early, while I was slaving in the kitchen Stratton and Taki were kickin' it in the recliner!

Thursday we went to my grandma and grandpa's house for lunch with my dad's side of the family. We had a good time. All my Aunt Kay and Uncle Doug's kids were home and we only get to see them about once a year at Christmas, so it was nice visiting with all of them. Poor Stratton was the only boy! We stayed there till about 4pm then we headed to Searcy for dinner with Jarrod's mom side of the family. We went to his Aunt Glenda and Uncle Garry's house and Stratton had two boys to play with so that was good! We stayed the night in Searcy since it was so late and such a long day!

Friday Jarrod and I did venture out to Hay's to see if we could find any good deals. We got a few things but not many. We are going to have to get with it! Christmas is just a few weeks away! We headed home around 4:30 and my mom and dad stopped by our house on their way home from Memphis (they had been to check on Mr Sherman) and I made pizzas. They took Stratton home with them since we had planned on going to see Amy and Dustin on Saturday and taking them supper.

Saturday we didn't do a whole lot. I cooked and cleaned and did some grocery shopping and Jarrod went to a gun show. Then we went over to Dustin and Amy's about 6:30. . .it would have been sooner but the game was on and it was a nail biter! We got to see Juliet with her eyes open this time! I should have taken some pictures, she has changed so much in the last few days! We didn't leave their house till almost 10pm- that's really late for us these days!

Today was another uneventful day! I am not looking forward to going back to work! Being off makes me lazy! But I have lots of stuff coming up in the next few weeks, not to mention xmas craziness! Now that Thanksgiving is over it's time to buckle in for the holiday season rush-rush-rush!

 

Family Holiday Pictures

Stratton's new girlfriend!

Juliet Elizabeth Jones was born yesterday!

She was 6 lbs 10z and 20"

Stratton was so happy he sent her flowers! haha! We went to the hospital tonight to see them and Amy looks great and Juliet is absolutely precious. Dustin looked a little rough, but I guess that's pretty par for the course for a new dad! I got to hold her for a really long time and she never opened her eyes! She slept the whole time we were there! It's weird that Stratton was the exact weight and was an inch longer and he was 6 weeks early! I know he was once that small but it is hard to believe when you are holding a tiny newborn! We are just so happy for Dustin and Amy! I can't wait to see this little one grow! We are in discussion about an arranged marriage, all the parents are in favor but these kiddos might have other plans! haha!

Pops birthday party

We had my dad's birthday party yesterday and he almost missed it! One of our dear friend and fellow elder with my dad at church was put in the hospital overnight and my dad went to see about him in Memphis. He got home around 2pm after the whole family had enjoyed his birthday lunch! That just goes to show you what kind of guy my dad is! Stratton was SO happy to see him when he finally got home. He is enamored with my dad (could it be the fact that he gets to ride the tractor with him?? haha) He got to help him open his gifts and then we had cake before everyone had to go home to take their Sunday naps! We ended up staying for church that night as well and then went back to mom and dads for supper so we were there pretty much all day!

It's a hard life!

While Jarrod and I are rushing around this morning this is what Stratton was doing. Laid back, taking it easy with his juice watching a John Deere dvd. Can you see how mistreated he is?

Ready for a slow down!

I have been so busy this week! Staying up late working on Christmas party invitations and birthday party invitations is wearing me out! I have lots more to do, but I think I have everything that was urgent finally wrapped up!

There haven't been any Stratton catastrophes this week thank goodness! He has been really good for the most part. He has starting going "Nite, Nite" now. He has always been really good about going to bed (Thank you Laura for BabyWise!) but here lately instead of us carrying in his room for bed he will go hug his daddy and grab my hand and lead me to his room when it's bed time! I love it! It's amazing what a big boy he is getting to be! We thought he was just about to give up his bedtime sippy cup of milk, but all the sudden the last few days he has really been chugging it down. I fear another growth spurt might be on it's way! Great and we just bought some new clothes!

I am looking forward to next week. It will be a short week since Thanksgiving is Thursday! And I am ready for a few days off! Even though Thanksgiving day is probably more busy and tiring than work!

I actually took these the 1st weekend of November at my Nanny and Papa's house in HR. Stratton was playing on my Papa's garden tiller. . .real safe I know, but my mom started it!

I love fixing his hair, but he has started to play with it after I fix it and it's hard to keep it looking cute!

He is so silly!