Happy Birthday!

With cold weather after Christmas we always make a list of things to celebrate, at least until warmer weather and air we can breathe comes.
1st on the list is Jason's birthday. He was at work all day and so when he got home, we had a cake and presents for him to open.

When Jason opened up this candy bars he said "YES!" So, Jaydon is doing that in this picture. He copies everything we say, and includes a little action with it too!

Here's all of us. Someday Jason will appreciate that we took this picture to see how we all changed!

We ended up going to Winger's for dinner and Jaydon loved it. He loves eating out and getting to sit in the booster seats, and the drinks with straws. I couldn't get him to look at me once they gave him his drink! So, Happy Birthday Jason! Thanks for all you do for us, we love you!

A few of his favorite things...

There are a few things that Jaydon does everyday. One, he gets into everything, everyday. I mean that too. It seems like I go after him and clean up whatever he's into...
He loves the bathroom and closet. He usually plays with Jason's shoes, putting them on, and walking around. And he usually goes for the toothpaste and wants to eat it. This time, he got out a bunch of product and was pretending to do his hair. I guess he's paying attention to us when we gel his hair! (Notice he's smiling in the bottom picture, he said "cheese when he saw the camera!)


We also watch "papa and Russell" at least once a day (AKA, Up!) Actually we probably have it on 2-3 times. Jaydon knows certain parts of the movie now too. He will say "tractor" or "balloons" or "stairs", or he gets up to knock on the wall when Russell knocks on the door, saying "knock, knock". He can now say Kevin as well. Good or bad to let him watch it so much, I don't know. He is learning stuff, right?! I could probably recite the whole movie, but I lost interest in sitting down and watching it about 30 times ago. Now I just check in on him if I'm in a different room. This movie has helped with his 1st favorite thing of getting into everything!

Well, Christmas has come and gone. It seems like it's been a while now, but I wanted to post a few pictures of our holiday.
First off, Jason had off about 10 days, so it was so nice to have him around to help with Jaydon. When Jason went back to work,
Jaydon was a little sad and wanted daddy once he'd pulled out of the driveway, but things are back to normal and we are getting back to our normal day to day lives.
We went to my parents this year for Christmas and Jaydon had a blast running around with the cousins and enjoying his friends. He woke up on Christmas morning to find that Santa had brought him lots of fun stuff! Grandpa was the 1st to see the excitement, then dad, and then I pulled myself out of bed to see his face as he saw the loot. He played with his basketball almost all day. He was first picked up to the hoop, then he threw it up standing almost right under the hoop, then after a little practice, he stepped back and was a natural! He loves playing basketball and I can definitely say Santa found a winner! He also loves Barney and wanted him out of the box right away! My parents gave all the kids HUGE bean bags and that was a lot of fun as they opened them together! After playing all day, Jason and Jaydon zonked out on the couch right before dinner! We spent the next few days there, came back to Logan, to turn around the next day and spend a few days to hit two family parties, visit Jason's sister, and take Jaydon to the lights even though he didn't like being in the freezing cold!
The time went by so fast with Jason home, it hardly isn't fair, but we had a lot of fun and relaxation...now we are finding other things to look forward to and work on. Jason's back to work, we are working on lining things up to finish our basement, and realizing that we have birthdays and such to look forward to before the sun warms us back up!