It's Almost Christmas!

We are so excited for Christmas to come! Jaydon is at the perfect age, young enough to be in awe at the lights and snow! And not old enough to want specifics for Christmas so shopping was easy!
We were outside and Jason took him into the snow and he was really worried about it sticking on his boots, and certainly didn't want it on his hands! One day I was shoveling and he didn't want to come in. So, I lured him into the garage and shut the door. FINALLY, he came in after playing with some sidewalk chalk for awhile. He also has a "I love Santa" shirt we put him in. It is a little girly and perhaps it's sending the wrong message for Christmas, but he did get a few comments while wearing it! He is all boy and loves sports and so hopefully Santa will find him and give him something to occupy his little mischievous mind! Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and lots of fun!

Thanksgiving week

Jaydon has just realized that when he says water, he gets a bath. The other night we were eating dinner and he hands me his plate. I said to him, "Are you all done?" and he nodded while saying "Water, water, water." So, he's extra clean lately!
We went to visit grandma and grandpa (and everyone else) for the weekend too. Aunt Shay had a guitar out in her room. When she showed him how it made sound, he was not shy at trying it out, he loved it!

With so much family around, I didn't watch Jaydon as well as I do at home.

The 1st night we were there, he realized there were Barbie's upstairs. He and Addy were up there playing for awhile one night. He must have thought all of the Barbie stuff was pretty cool, because we don't have them at home. (Nor will we until we have a little girl.)

Jason was also helping Jaydon play air hockey. He really didn't "play" but he was laughing and having a good time.

Jaydon is too spoiled to talk about. This is him in our bed one Sunday morning. I needed to get ready and since Jason's at meetings Sunday morning, I put in Barney, gave him some milk, and the remote. It kept him entertained for quite awhile!

Like I said, he is spoiled! But a couple weeks ago when Jason was gone, I was getting out chicken nuggets for dinner. He saw the ice cream and wanted that instead. So, he had ice cream for dinner! (Don't worry, he ate real food later.)

Halloween Day!

It was the nicest weather on Saturday, and we took Jaydon out for quite the trek. 1st, we went to see by boss so she could see the costume, then we headed to the mall. We weren't going to stay but off in the distance was a fire truck, or a "cuck" as Jaydon would say. So we stayed and waited in line so Jaydon could sit in it. He was a little shy though...
Afterwards, we went and saw family, went to a neighborhood trunk-or-treat, then headed home after he was worn out and we watch the scariest movie ever, "The Sixth Sense" (it was the most I could handle). Then we were off to bed after a long fun-filled day. HOpe everyone had a spooky day!

Lately...

I can't believe that my baby is 18 months already! It's a little wierd because I still call him my baby, but then I see moms with baby babies and realize that Jaydon is not the tiny little thing I used to snuggle with, he's still a snuggler, but almost a 30 pound one at that. We took him to nursery a few weeks ago and suprisingly I wasn't sad about it. Everyone told me that that would be hard to do, because you then realize just how big they are getting. But, after chasing him in the halls for the last few months, it was a relief for me, and for him that he could go play instead.
 
Jason with Jaydon before church
 
Me with him after. (He spilt the water he got at nursery all over him, and that is why he's getting dry clothes!)

We also went to the Pumpkin Walk last Saturday and it was cold. Jaydon looked at the displays, but once he was down, he ran off and played in the middle. The witch at the end was a little scary, it was fun to see Jaydon's face looking at her. My camera batteries died before I got any good pictures, but I do have one of Jaydon and Jason "bundled up" and carved pumpkins that were displayed. I wish I would've charged my batteries, but there's always next year, right?
 
 

Grandma's Halloween Party

Jaydon went to his 1st Halloween party a couple weeks ago! My mom has one every year and the beginning of October worked out best for everyone to come...it was a cold day and so I thought Jaydon would be comfy in his little dragon costume, but he didn't really like it, he had more fun without it on...maybe I should put it on him a few times before Halloween, I don't know!?
He loved the bean bag toss, or more specific, the bean bags...he had a hard time sharing so everyone could have a turn...

These are the cute NON-MESSY pumpkins that the kids decorated, just felt eyes, nose, and mouth!

A pic. of all the grandkids in costume...grandpa had to keep throwing the ball to Jason so that Jason could throw it back, otherwise Jaydon was out of there...

Addy and Jaydon in costume...

Me and the dragon before the party began...

Thanks honey!

 

We've been busy lately with all of the end-of-the-summer projects. Jason's travel time hits heavy this last quarter and so I've been making him do stuff for me before he's gone! He went to help his grandma out last Saturday and hauled hay for her, only to come home and help me buy and organize our food storage. Then this past weekend we decided Friday night to carpet clean our cars and house, finish painting the garage, and mow the lawn. His mom was going to come help Jaydon as he has a thing with vacuums. (He "helped" me vacuum last Friday and it took us 32 mins. and we don't have a lot to vacuum! Those pics. are on our camera) Well, Saturday morning rolled around and his mom called and asked if I'd going into town with her and instead of being gone an hour, we made a few other stops and didn't get home till 3 hours had past! Jason had finished painting the garage so we no longer needed grandma to help entertain Jaydon. I carpet cleaned both cars, and Jason mowed the lawn and organized stuff in the garage, we went inside to carpet clean our floors, and still made it to "Up!" that night. Only to turn around Sunday and have our pictures taken by his sister. (Thanks Jessica, they turned out great!) So, last night after the busy weekend I realized just how lucky I am to have a hard-working husband! So thanks for all you do! (I haven't down loaded the pictures from my camera yet, but here are some of the pictures from Jessica!)

Hogle Zoo

I haven't been great at posting new stuff on here, but we've had a fun summer. We also got a new computer and I'm still trying to get used to the new programs and such. Jason is getting into some of his busy times at work and has already traveled for all or part of the last 3 weeks. He'll be home for a little while so that'll be nice! BUT, we did make it down to Hogle Zoo for a Satterthwaite Reunion with all of my siblings and it was fun. We went a couple weeks ago when it was 100 degrees so after spending much of the day there, we headed back to my parents hotel to swim and cool off, then drove home after an exhausting fun-filled day!
A picture of all of the cousins...

Jason and Jaydon posing by the rhino...

We saw this tiger and it was standing right by the fence and in front of the glass. It was a crowd-stopper, and I can see why. This tiger was really big...

Jaydon probably had the most fun visiting the giraffes as they were eating and he got to see them up close. We were up top for a long time...it was pretty cool too!