Christmas 2010

I don't know about you, but we had an awesome Christmas this year! Lots of Xbox Kinect fun and boy was it fun for Jackson this year!

I think I was more excited for him to open his gifts then anything. Tanner is just way to young for it this year, but he was definitely cute sitting next to the tree!

On Christmas eve, Jeff and I were laying in bed talking about Christmas's when we were kids. He had asked me what was my favorite Christmas as a child? I had to think about it for a while because I couldn't remember a favorite Christmas other then one and it was with my dad. I spent Christmas Eve with my dad and Christmas Day with my mom and her side of the family. The one Christmas I remember the most was when my dad surprised me with a 4 wheeler. We had so much fun riding that day and I thought that was the best day ever! As a child we never got to get out of bed and open gifts. With my dad I got to do that, but at my moms we had to wait all day until everyone got there. Sometimes that wasn't until 4 or 5 in the evening! So lame and probably the worst thing ever. Till this day that's how it is.

So now that I am married and we have our own family, I so look forward to getting up and opening gifts in our PJ's. These are the best Christmas's and there are many more to come.

On the other hand, Jeff said he had many favorites! His stories of their Christmas's would make anyone want to spend it with the Blaufuss Family! He said his mom Kathy was the best at hiding gifts and till this day he still kind of believes in Santa! lol

One of his favorites was when he got a new stereo with the 4' speakers. He wanted that so bad and when he got up he didn't see it until he was told to go outside! So Kathy, if you are reading this, you did an awesome job playing Santa!

However, Jackson was way into Santa this year and making sure he got his list right. He first started out wanting a dirt bike and a drum set. Then it turned in to a toy truck with a boat and trailer like papas. He also wanted an Iron Man hand. After he finally figured out what he wanted we went to tell Santa! Boy was he excited and he made sure the BIG guy got it right! I think he told him 3 times what he wanted!

When the big day was near the only thing he wanted to leave out were carrots for the reindeer. I had to remind him that Santa needed some cookies to give him some energy for his long night! lol So we left out some oreos and a little bit of milk.

He are the letters that Santa sent for the boys this year. Jackson must be on Santa's good list because he has gotten one of these every year now!
Here is our Christmas tree this year. I wanted to get a picture of it before all the opening started the next morning.
Then I started to play around with the tripod and the night options. Not to sure how to work my fancy camera, but I thought this turned out pretty good. I think it looks pretty!
Tanner's first Christmas and his very first gift! Thank you grandma Kathy!!!

The one thing that Jackson has been and really wanting this year was a flight suit just like Jeffrey's. We ordered it in November and we couldn't wait to give it to him! He doesn't look very excited about it, but he was. He just didn't want to take a picture!

Papa and Tanner watching Jackson open all of his gifts! I think papa needed to go back to bed! lol

Jackson checking out all of his cool little gifts in his stocking.

Jackson getting ready to tear in to the gifts, but before he could we managed to get him before we made a mess!

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas and have a Safe and Happy New Year!

Love,

Jeff, Cindy, Jackson & Tanner.....

2010 Santa Picture

Happy Holidays and.....

Merry Christmas from The Blaufuss Family

6 Months Old

I can't believe it and it makes me so sad to think that he is 6 months old! HALF A YEAR!!!!!!

I just can't believe it. I feel like I just had him.

I do know that life is getting easier with two kiddos. I feel like I can do anything and I have the routine down patt!

This month we started solids. He has tried squash, sweet potatoes, green beans and now he just started carrots. Not to sure about them, but he gets them down.

He's rolling over from tummy to back and back to tummy. Starting to move around way more, might have to keep an eye on him in a few days while having floor time.

He just started making this funny movement with his mouth. It's kind of like he is an old man and open and closes his mouth. Kind of like you were going to click your tongue. Since he started that the babbles have started and it sounds like dada and all kinds of little baby words. I called my mom this morning so she could hear him and she thought it was Jackson just being a goof ball, but nope it was Mr. Tanner. She was so surprised to hear him talking like that. Let's just hope he's quieter then Jt! lol

When I weighed him at my moms last week he was 20lbs. He has his 6 month MD visit on Monday so we shall see how much he has grown.

He still wakes up once a night for a feeding, but every once in a while he'll surprise me and sleep all night. I really like those nights. Wish there were more.

He also has great motor skills. Grabbing and able to put his pacifier in his mouth if he holds it correctly.

This month has been a blast. I just love his easy going personality, but he does get a little upset when I leave the room. What can I say, he loves his mama!

Still has those baby blues! I hope they stay. Cross your fingers! Who doesn't love a brown hair boy with blue eyes!

Sooooooooooooo Cute!

Jackson's School Christmas Party

In preparation for Jackson's Christmas Party for school, I baked and iced cookies all day! Well, not all day, but most of the day! I ended up sending a plate with Jeff for all of his comrades at work so I wouldn't eat them!

Another mom brought some great cupcakes though, there is a picture below just to show you how cute those little reindeer were!

Jackson was enjoying his lunch. Each mom brought something for the kids to eat. There were sandwiches, carrots, celery, fruit and chip. Then there were so many goodies, like brownies, cookies and cupcakes.

They also has to bring a book and each of them exchanged books. we read it tonight and I really liked it. I will be reading that more often. Thanks to Giada for spicing up our book selection! lol
Here are those super cute cupcakes! I will have to try and make these sometime!
I had to include this picture! Jackson was student of the week this week! I can't believe how big he is getting and he's almost 4 to top it off! It's hard to believe that we have a 4 year old. It just seems like he's always going to be 2 or 3 to me.

Here is my precious little BIG man standing by his Christmas tree at school.
He is learning so much from his teacher and I aslo like that he is learning about religion. Something I don't know much about and I am so glad he is able to learn it from a great religious teacher who is very spiritual and loves these kids dearly. She has been such a great help with our struggles with Jackson and she seems to really calm him down. I love her and I am so glad he is in her class.

Merry Christmas from Jackson!

Building A House!

So we figured that you definitely need a good foundation to build a home, a gingerbread home that is!

I have never build one or even had the desire to do one, but a friend of mine came over and said, "we bought you something!" Oh yay! Oh nay!" Not my idea of a thing to buy someone! lol

I have OCD when it comes to doing things like this and it really doesn't make it fun for others. I have to clean as I go and make sure it's perfect. I had to let go a little and let Jt have the fun.

Despite some broken pieces, we frosted the corners and made sure we had it together pretty good. I even made sure we had enough of the frosting in the inside of the house.
Next we slapped on the roof and as we waited for the frosting to set, we thought it was looking pretty good. I told Jt that we needed to wait 30 minutes for the frosting to dry. So he watched some Batman and I started some laundry.

30 minutes passed and we decorated and can you believe that I let him do it all! With a little of my, "stop eating that and stop getting that frosting everywhere," we did pretty good. I didn't do any of the fondant for him. I just kept it simple. Maybe next year I'll get a little more in to it.

This is what we ended up with!

After we finished we headed out to get some lunch and this is what we came home to!

LMAO

So in the trash it went!

At least we tried and had fun doing it!!!

What We've Been Up Toooooo.....

So far this month has been crazy and super busy! I had a boutique party and made it a girls night (didn't take any photos) and boy was it fun! Lots of champagne and laughing! I think I forgot about spending money too! There were some good vendors and some cute things! That weekend we had our nieces stay the night and we made it a movie night. Talk about a girls weekend, topped off with the Eclipse movie!

(Going to collaborate on each picture)

The next day I gave my mom a birthday brunch. That was crazy trying to rally the kids and get the food cooked. These are the only pictures I took! Thank you April for Typing up the menus. I loved that I was home to give her this brunch. She is always giving to others and this was a way for me to say thank you to her! I think it turned out pretty good! We followed up her day with some XBOX 360 Kinect! Talk about fun and way better then the wii! Good times!

Close up!
Just playing around with the camera and taking some pictures of Tanner. I seem to never take pictures with my camera anymore. I always grab my phone and then post pictures on Facebook. Most of you see those. So here are his cute little feet that I could just eat!
Here's the hot mess! lol
We are always combing his hair. It has a mind of it's own!
I just love him to pieces. I have been having the baby blues this week. I just can't get over how easy and precious he is! I just wish I was guarantied a girl. Maybe in a few years we'll try again!

This is when we went to pick out a Christmas tree. They have a little carnival thing that was like the pumpkin patch that I took Jackson to. He really likes riding the horses! Yes, the is a miniature horse not a pony! I was corrected by the man in charge! lol

Sliding down the giant slide! Another favorite of Jackson's. We went down it so many times that the guy stopped charging us!Another picture of Tanner. These pictures are a little out of order.

Sweet baby boy!

Ever since Halloween Jackson has not taken off his Iron Man costume.

The boys!

We started giving the boys baths together. Tanner is a little wiggle worn and splashes water every where!

Jackson pushing and pulling Tanner on the couch

=static hair for Tanner!

Jackson is really in to Curious George books these days and one of the little boys had a birthday at school and gave these as party favors with a book.

Doesn't he make a cute monkey?

Sorry, this is so short. I am so behind on posts and feel this is the easiest way to show you all whats been going on! There is more to come!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wow! What a busy day it was! Cooking, cooking and cleaning up! That's how our day went. Sad to say that we are already home and the kids are in bed. Wasn't to much visiting after the whole sha-bang. I had a great time cooking and helping my mom though, but what a job. Maybe for Christmas we'll either have it catered or have each person bring their favorite dish.

Well, our day was really nice. Jackson had a blast at my moms as usual. Maybe to much by the looks of his close. He even managed to get on the roof and run around. This was not completely his idea, but boy was he in trouble! Can't stay mad at that face for too long, he's just so darn cute!

The gang! Not to many people this year so it was nice and sweet!
The only two kids other then Tanner. It was pretty quiet most of the time.

The feast! Oh it was so yummy!

Our Thanksgiving 2010 Family picture!

I am Thankful for so many things this year!

I am Thankful for my family and our health. We know a couple friends who have spent this holiday in the hospital taking care of their sick children.

I am thankful for our healthy boys, being back home and for the life I have been given. Very appreciative of my husband and for what he does for us!

I hope you all had an amazing day and got to spend it with your family and friends!

my pregnancy

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Fishing

It's so nice being back home with family! Yesterday my dad called me and asked if he could take Jackson fishing after school. Now why would I decline that and Jackson loves to go fishing with his papa. So I went and picked up a McDonald's happy meal for a surprise and didn't tell him until he saw papas truck parked in front of the house waiting for him.

My dad has been having so much fun with Jackson and he tells me that Jackson will say, "I love fishing with you papa!" My dad just gets the biggest smile on his face when he tell me that. He just loves that I have grand boys for him!

So they headed up to the lake yesterday to only get there and find out that the battery was dead. So no fishing yesterday and the forecast said there would be rain coming in today. So my dad drove back home to charge the battery and said he was keeping Jackson for the night and they would try again tomorrow morning if it wasn't raining!

Up at 4am and off they went today! When they got there they caught 2 and the third got away!

This is Jackson with the 2 fish. My dad said he didn't want to hold them so he layed by them.

This is a better picture! He was so excited to tell me about them when he got home today. I am so glad my dad can take him and share the things he loves to do with Jackson! Maybe in a couple years we'll be water skiing with Jackson!
Until next year...........

Jackson's Thanksgiving Program

Jackson's school had a Thanksgiving program yesterday. I had no clue that this was taking place or that his class was even reciting a poem. Maybe I just didn't read the news letter, but boy was I impressed. Each class performed their own skit and let me tell you it was the cutest thing ever. After they performed we sat down together and had lunch and dessert and met some new people. We had a great time. Here is Jackson's class getting ready to go on stage. He had no clue I was behind him watching him and look how good he was being.

Listening to the directions she was giving him!
Holding up his A!

Where's my mom?

I guess I forgot his smiling I found you picture! When he saw me he was so happy. I don't think his smile could have gotten any bigger! I am so pleased with his teacher and class. He learns something new every time he goes and he's been teaching me new bible verses every week. We all know we don't go to church, but I think it's pretty cool that I am learning something from him these days!

He's our BIG boy!

5 Months Old

As of 10-26-2010 Tanner weighed in at 16lbs 13.5oz and 23.75 inches long.

I can't believe its going by so fast. The time is going by faster then it did with Jackson. I can only imagine what it will be like once he starts walking and my life gets busier. Life is really short!

The last month:

Sleeping longer periods at night.

Making sounds of some letters.

Eating every 3 hours.

Started eating cereal a week ago.

Rolls over.

Loves playing with his brother and just has the biggest smile on his face when Jackson is around.

Not much to report this month as of adventures. We did however go to a reading at the library and Tanner loved it. I think we will be doing baby time at a local library. I did this with Jackson and feel it's only fair that I do it with Tanner. Tanner is just so easy going and he does love his stroller rides. I think he's going to be an out doors kinda kid!

5 months here we come!

Halloween 2010

This Halloween was pretty crazy with two kiddos. Jeff left for training in Phoenix so he wasn't with us again this year. We spent the day with Nicole and her family and had a little Halloween party! We had a great time and the boys were pooped by the time we got home!

It's so sad to see how many people don't participate in Halloween anymore. When I was a kid it seemed like every house was waiting for us. Now they just decorate and turn off the lights! Oh wait, that's what our house looked like. But, we went somewhere else! I understand that's what most people do, but they just need to stay home! lol

Me and the boys. Jackson didn't want to wear to his mask so we left it behind! Next year he's not being a super hero!

Jackson running his little heart out to get that candy!
Tanner being a good little boy and enjoying the ride
Here are my little Finger cookies. I spent most of the morning making these and deviled eggs to look like eyes! They were a hit at the party. People kept saying that they looked pretty real and that it was wrong to eat them! I will be making these again!

All the junk!

Until next year....

I can only imagine two of them running to the door to get candy!