Christmas Eve!!!

We decided to start the Christmas celebrations on Christmas Eve. We gave our presents to Pop-Pop and Susie and the kids opened some of their presents too!

Jacob definitely got the hang of presents! He immediately wanted to unwrap the gift and could not wait to get the toy out of the package. Here he is stretching under the tree for the next present!
Who me?

Megan helping Jacob open his present.

Megan enjoying unwrapping gifts.

Here is her treasure chest filled with chapstick, fingernail polish, hair things, etc. She loved it and Jacob continues to try and get into it!

Christmas Day...Part 2

We loaded up the rest of Santa's gifts and took them over to Susie's daughter's house to enjoy Christmas day with them.

Susie's daughter Lori and 2 of her 3 kiddos with Jacob all on the awesome bean bag.

Jacob checking out the boy's bike...it's sad that his feet hit the petals!

This is a "gaga" pit the kids played at the ymca...my dad made them their own gaga pit with a tetherball in the middle for Christmas. Megan also enjoyed the game! It was a big hit!

Dad taking aim at the slime ball they threw on the ceiling.

Jacob hanging out with his new trucks!

Christmas Day...Part 1

Christmas morning Part 1...We started the morning at Pop-Pop and Susie's house opening a few of the presents from Santa. The kids were a bit sleepy but had a good time!

Jacob was getting a little pouty because he couldn't figure out the puzzle!
Opening presents!
Jacob opening his big tonka truck!

Christmas morning!

Merry Christmas...Group Photos!

We've enjoyed a wonderful Christmas in Texas this year! Megan is stocked with all kinds of craft projects and Jacob is stocked with cars and tractors! The trip down here was a dream. The kids did wonderful and we hope the return trip is just as good!

Jakey and Mommy hanging together with a snack!

Jakey and Daddy playing Sequence on Christmas day! Jacob doesn't quite understand not showing off daddy's cards!

Family photo Christmas morning! Jakey and Pop-Pop enjoying some tv time and a snack of course!

Merry Christmas!!!

Not to spoil the surprise when our Christmas cards arrive...after Christmas...here are the kids Christmas pictures! We finished our first of many Christmas celebrations today and had a wonderful time with the Calvert bunch and then the immediate family, or as Megan called it, party 1 and party 2!

The five grandkids are growing up! On a side note, Jacob and Jessi have the same size foot...she's a year and a half older than him!

Trains!!!!

Jacob is finally putting our train tracks to good use! All of a sudden he is very interested in connecting the train tracks...he doesn't seem to care too much about the actual trains going on the track but that will come in time!
Of course Megan is showing more interest in the train track now that Jacob likes it!

Maybe all kids do this but I think it's neat, he just looks down at the train track already together, looks in his hand and then puts it together the right way, he doesn't do trail and error, he just figures it out before putting it down!

This picture makes Jacob look so big! He's already in a size 9 shoe and 2T/3T clothes and he just turned 21 months, he's getting to be an expensive kiddo with all of this growth!

Jacob hasn't ventured into connecting the pieces into a loop yet he just keeps on until he hits a road block...like in this picture he's all the way under the coffee table trying to attach more track! We are looking forward to this new found fun with trains!

Random Pics!

Cheese!

Cheese!

Megan and Jacob helping Daddy with the Christmas tree!

Megan enjoying her Thanksgiving Feast after her performance!

Uh-Oh

Jacob decided he needed a little snack! He looked so worried we couldn't even get onto him!

So we let the kids make the best of it and eat off the dirty floor...

The next day Jacob tried to dump another box of cereal out...I think we've created a monster!