Merry Christmas & Happy Birthday JJ

I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas. Don't you feel like this year came and went- and especially Christmas. We have been really busy. Last Saturday Ryan and Jessica Pratt arrived from North Carolina. It's been really fun to have them around, JJ is getting reacquainted with his Aunt and Uncle. And they got to meet Eva for the first time.

Christmas Eve we open a present, which happens to always be pjs, but this year Spencer got a special surprise... Footsie Pajamas. Wow, was he excited, his face lit up with excitement, it was like he was 5 years old again.

Christmas Day JJ opened his present from Santa and got his prizes out of his stocking and that was that. For hours he played with Zurg, Buzz Lightyear, and Woody from Toy Story. He wants to take them everywhere, he even took Buzz Lightyear to bed last night.

We were able to spend time with both of our families on Christmas, that was nice.

JJ turned 3 years old yesterday. Happy Birthday! We took JJ and his cousin Lily to Jungle Jim's, he had a lot of fun. JJ couldn't quite figure out the bumper cars, but he had made friends with some older kids. He was riding in the car with this older girl. Spencer commented that the cougars are already after him. We're in trouble. :)

We also went to the annual Christmas Party with Grandpa John's family. It's always nice to see everyone- even if it's once a year.

Eva started eating cereal this week, until she got sick... again. She got her second ear infection. Which I'm still loosing sleep over.

We all had fun in the snow on Saturday. JJ helped Dad shovel, then they made snowmen and snowmonsters together.

Another cute pic.

trees!!!

Ok so I didn't even take a picture of our Christmas tree. But here is a picture of our Festival of Trees- tree. It sold for $800.- yeah, and every penny goes to primary children's hospital. We have only had to go to Primary's once- thank goodness. JJ had a serious reaction to ammoxicilin. He had a condition called Erythema multiforme. This happened a year ago June, but I just got thinking about it. Thank goodness for Primary Childrens. The pediatricians weren't really sure what he had, but the doctor at Primary's was so smart, helpful, reassuring, ect. Looking at these pictures still makes me cry.

On a lighter note, we got our tree up on saturday. When we got out the decorations I found our Santa hat and reindeer antlers. JJ loves hats so he's all about the santa hat. I just love this picture. :)