Jump O Lene

Monie and Pappy (and Honey, Uncle Marty and Livie bought him one too!) bought Gabe a Jump O Lene for Christmas. To say that is was difficult to inflate this thing is putting it mildly. After realizing that our air pump and my hair dryer wouldn't work David and my dad hit the air pump at the gas station. They only problem- it was too big inflated to fit in the car so David had to walk it back home. Thankfully the gas station is just at the head of our subdivision. It was quite the site seeing David walking with that thing! Gabe was very excited about it... I love that you can see his hair standing on end in one of the pictures.

Christmas 2010

Christmas Eve Recap

Santa Baby

Just as we did last year we had breakfast with Santa at our church this morning. Gabe was fired up- not quite sure if it was the other kids or the syrup on the pancakes but he was in rare form!

The absolute sweetest part of the morning happened when it was finally his turn to sit with Santa. He walked up to Santa's basket of toys and took out a stuffed dog all the while saying "dog." He then walked right up to Santa, gave him the dog and said "thank you." Too funny!

David and I were worried that he might be a little scared but he was the exact opposite!

Tree Trimming

As was the tradition with my family we pick out our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. Unfortunately it seems like the rest of BR does this too so the pickins' were pretty slim but we did manage to find one that would do. we decided to wait until Monday night to decorate the tree. I'm not quite sure why I thought Gabe "helping" us decorate would be a good idea. After he threw about half the ornaments across the room we decide it was best to put him in his highchair and give him a snack. I love, love, love decorating the tree because I love the memories that the ornaments evoke. I have a ton of ornaments and I can tell you the story behind each and every one of them!

I wonder how long it'll take till Gabe completely destroys the tree!

I love the look on his face!



Yup, that one's breakable. Time to put Gabe in his chair.


Much better!