Friday, December 30, 2011

14 months!









14 month Stats:
Height : Approx 31 inches!!

Weight: not sure exactly, but around 28/29 lbs
Size: 5 in diapers 18 and 24 months in clothes!!

Teeth: I will have to get back to you on the exact count!

Sleeping: He is still a wonderful sleeper. However, somehow (::cough cough:: Matt) he ends up in bed with us most nights! The other day he slept in until 9:30am!!!!!!!!! It was the greatest Christmas gift he could've given me!

Eating: There is nothing that he will not eat! He loves food. He gets so excited when he see oranges, bread, and french fries :)

Movement: We have a walker!!!!!!!!!!!! He is walking about 95% of the time. It is adorable b/c sometimes he will giggle the whole time b/c he is so proud of himself!

Words and sounds: bye-bye, ma-ma, da, El, and he yelled for Bella on Christmas by saying "Ella"!!!
Milestones:  Walking!

Favorite toys: cups, all of his little people, his ride-on John Deere tractor, golf clubs, mega blocks, and empty boxes! He also loves playing with the corn popper at Mammy's!

Dislikes: diaper changes, clothing changes, going to bed when he's not ready, and not getting his way! He has started biting and pinching when he gets really frustrated.

Places I went this month: Christmas at the zoo, all of our Christmas gatherings, and shopping!
Other special things about me this month: It really is true that Christmas is so much more fun through a child's eyes. He loved unwrapping gifts and playing with all of his cousins. It was also fun to see him at Christmas at the zoo b/c he loved the lights so much! He has so much personality and it is awesome!

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas! We are truly blessed with wonderful family and friends!

I was doing some last minute shopping and I saw this stamp. I love the quote!

I also mad some Santa hat mix :) I'm so crafty!
 Matt's mom was not feeling well on Christmas eve. Matt and his sister helped her cook her famous potatoes. They think that this was probably the first time that they have ever cooked together!
 After we went to Mamaw and Papaw's for Christmas eve we went on to the Mercer family Christmas.
We LOVE going to the Mercer gatherings. They are the most wonderful family. This is Matt's step-dad's family and they are nicest people you will ever meet!
 There are lots of little ones for Maverick to play with. This is cousin Sara who is just a few months younger. They play really well together and it is adorable! (Isn't she beautiful?!)
 Santa even came to the party!!

 Maverick played so hard that he passed out before we were out of the driveway and stayed asleep all night. This has NEVER happened!
 Santa came and brought Maverick a huge bounce house!! It took up 1/2 our living room!
He was not so sure about it. He liked looking at it, but refused to stay in it!


 What was the gift he played with the most? You got it, cups!!!!
 We started a Christmas tradition of doing breakfast with our neighbors, the Hill's!
We had biscuits and gravy, hashbrown casserole, mimosas for the adults, and hot chocolate for the kiddos! Yumm!!!

Avery and/or Grady got a game called Headbandz, or something like that, and the kids wanted all of us to play. It was pretty entertaining!


 Grady and Avery came over to play with Maverick in the bouncer. He finally got in when they were in it!

 This picture cracks me up b/c Avery was mad about something and refused to be in the picture.
 That afternoon we went to Christmas with my family. Here is a family photo of Dana and the dogs :)

We played a fun version of white elephant with gifts from goodwill/yard sales/gas stations.
Isabella won this chandelier. Aren't you jealous? :)


We had a wonderful Christmas and I am already planning for next year!

Merry Christmas from the Wolf pack and the Hill's!!

White Christmas

The movie White Christmas has always been very special to my family. It is my mom's favorite and we watched it every year as we decorated for Christmas. Many, many moons ago my mom saw this in the theatre when it came out!!!
We were all excited to learn that the Strand theatre in Shelbyville was playing it this year!!







This is our whole crew. Billy, Jeannette, me, my mom, my nephew Brevin, and my neice Isabella!



Yes!! They even had a sing-a-long before the show!!



My mom wanted to sit in the balcony in the same seat she sat in 45+ years ago to watch it!!







Santa brought everyone candy canes!!!
I really hope the strand continues to do this every year. We would like to make it a holiday tradition!




Fun facts:
*When i was a little girl I would tuck my blanky in the back of my pants and pretend that I was one of the sisters on the movie!
*my cousin Billy can sing the entire 'sisters' song from the movie :)

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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Jacobs family Christmas 2011

Last weekend was our first of many Christmas celebrations! We all went over to Nana Jacobs for some wonderful food and great family time!

The night before Mav helped me wrap presents! They were beautiful (wink, wink)!


Mammaw





Maverick tried to play with Daymien and Max!








All of the boys were ready for a nap after dinner!


Isn't she cute?


We also celebrated Maya's birthday!


Silly Nana






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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Christmas light hunting 2011

Tonight was a fun night for the Wolf pack. We went around looking at Christmas lights! Thanks to a couple of friends we found a really cool place about 25 minutes away! Mammy and Aunt JJ went too.
This place is about 3 acres of light displays. It's gorgeous! Maverick loved being able to get out and walk through this one!





























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