Weekend Recap

We were back at church yesterday. We had missed some Sundays due to illness and it was finally good to be back. The sermon was so good and so convicting. Our pastor preached on Luke 2:1-20. I love reading that passage. There was one particular thing that the pastor said that really struck me though. He talked about how you can choose to grow in your spiritual walk or not. He talked about in a year from now are you going to be in the same place spiritually or will you have grown? I for some reason have found it so hard to sit down and have a consistent quiet time ever since I have been staying home. There really is no explanation for it. I have plenty of time to do it while Hadden is napping, I just find myself getting wrapped up in other things. However that is no excuse and I need to make it my number one priority. So I will be working on that!!!

Hadden was so good during church. He was asleep when we got there but quickly woke up once we got in the building at sat down. He hates being in his carseat sitting still. However when he woke up he was very happy. So I just got him out and he sat on Zach's lap and looked around almost the whole time. At the very end I did take him and he went to sleep.

We all dressed up in Christmas colors. I just wish we could have gotten a picture all together. Here are some pictures...

Doesn't Hadden look so cute in his Christmas outfit. I got if for 99 cents on ebay!!!

We also watched the survivor finale last night. I really wanted Russell to win, however I liked all three that were left. I think it is a little crazy that he cried at the end though. Zach was even into it this season and so we both watched. Hadden even watched a little with us as well.

Zach and I got the Super Mario Brothers for the Wii for Christmas. It is so much fun!!! When you play two players, you are actually on the screen together. We found it a bit of a challenge though because you can kill each other without meaning too! :)

Hope everyone else had a great weekend.

Merry Christmas!

Like Father Like Son

There is not much to say, the videos pretty much say it all. These were both taken within minutes of each other. Nothing beats a Sunday afternoon nap.

Enjoy!!

Hadden and Zach Snoring!

Christmas Goodies

I decided that I wanted to make lots of Christmas goodies this year. Some for us and some for our neighbors. I started by making Chocolate Krinkles, per Zach's request. Then yesterday I finished up by making caramel popcorn and rice krispie Christmas trees. I found the recipe for caramel popcorn on another ladies blog and thought it sounded easy enough. It was the first time I made popcorn on the stove. I was a little nervous about it, but it turned out to be very easy. Here is the link if you want to try too. Caramel Popcorn It was so YUMMY!! We bagged some up for others, but the remainder we kept for us and we have almost eaten it all.

I somehow find myself making rice krispie trees every year. Even for just us. My mom used to always make them at Christmas and I guess I am just carrying on the tradition. There were some other things I wanted to try to make, but the holiday season just snuck up a little too quickly. I really wanted to make my Aunt Connie's cinnamon candy. For some reason I have been craving it. Maybe next year...

We also finally got the chance to watch the movie UP. I had bought it while we were home in Corpus for Thanksgiving. We are trying to build up a movie collection for Hadden when we can find them cheap. I got Up for $5, thanks to my wonderful sis. Zach and I both wanted to watch it, we had just not found the time to sit down and do it. It was cute, but I did not like it as much as I thought I would.

Hadden had a pretty relaxing day. He slept in and then spent some play time on his jungle mat in front of the Christmas tree. He loves the tree so much and is so mesmerized by it, that I told Zach that we might have to leave it up ALL year. He can be screaming and if we take him over by the tree, he almost instantly stops.

Here are some pictures of him hanging out while I cooked.

Spending some one on one time with Walter the giraffe. (Zach named him) :)

He is such a good boy.

New Blog

Well I have decided to start a blog. I am going to try and keep everyone updated in our lives. It will mostly be pictures of Hadden. I do not know how good at this I will be, but I am going to give it a shot.

So here we go...

Hadden has been doing really well ever since we came home from Thanksgiving. He now sleeps about 8-9 hours a night. Mind you it is in the swing, but I will take what I can get a this point. We took him to the doctor at ten weeks for his two month checkup and he is a BIG BOY!! He was in the 90th percentile for everything. Here are the stats for you:

Height: 24 1/4 inches

Weight: 14 pounds 1 ounce

Head: 42cm

He is changing so much everyday. His new thing he is working on is using his hands. He has started to grab things and you can just tell he is gaining better control of them everyday. We have started to give him stuffed animals to grab. Last night we sat him on the couch and gave him his giraffe. He quickly grabbed it and started chewing it. Here are a few pictures...

Doesn't he look so big? He is just such a joy and I can not believe how quickly time is flying by.