One Month

The last month has flown by, I can't believe it has already been a month since we first met our new little love! And yet at the same time I barely can remember what our life was like without him! He is the perfect addition to our family, a sweet, snuggly, cuddly little bear! His big sister is absolutely in love with him which melts my heart! Of course there has been a lot of adjusting for all of us this past month complete with some tears and meltdowns and not just from big sister.

In his first month Jett got to celebrate his first Thanksgiving although he will have to wait until next year to enjoy the yummy feast! He has had many visitors and lots of attention from family and friends. And speaking of attention, big sister can't seem to get enough of him! He had several baths including his first bath in the big tub which big sister helped with. He has gone from eating every 3-4 hours to eating every 1-2 hours to now being back to eating every 3 hours, thank goodness! He like his sister only wants to sleep very close to someone, oh dear we are going to need a king size bed! He has gone from being asleep most of the time to having more awake time during the day. He has given out some smiles and he already seems to be a flirt because it is always the ladies he smiles at! He has started cooing, in fact this morning he was cooing at the Christmas tree! He got to attend his future girlfriend's baby shower for Mrs. Shelly and her sweet Ruby Grace! And while he was there he got to meet his closest buddy, Slate who is a few weeks older than him. Oh man with names like Jett and Slate I'm a little worried about the trouble those two might get into. It has been a busy and fun first month already filled with many precious memories and I look forward to the memories to be made in the months ahead!

Mommy, daddy and big sister all are madly in love with you sweet Jett! You make our little family complete and bring so much love and joy and snuggles to our life sweet baby boy! We'll forever be thankful that during the season of thankfulness God gave us you!

A Bed for Baby Jesus

This is one of my favorite advent activities that we do as a family. We prepare a bed for the baby Jesus using baskets, blankets and other things around the house. We talk about the fact that Christmas is about anticipating the arrival of Jesus and His return one day! We place the bed we prepare in front of the Christmas tree so we are reminded throughout this season which can be filled with lots of exciting distractions what the season is truly about. Ava Kate helped daddy find some blankets and a basket for the bed. She was so excited to talk about baby Jesus and kept asking if she could hold him. One of the sweetest moments was when she specifically selected her most special blanket which she usually sleeps with for baby Jesus basket! I love creating traditions with our children but even more love watching them learn about the One who it is all about!

Diapers Galore

Today we were blessed in a big way with lots and lots of diapers plus lots of other goodies for baby Jett! Justin's coworkers at school gave us a wonderful shower. I'm not sure we'll have to buy diapers for the next year, this is awesome!

White Christmas on a Snowy Day

Tonight was the perfect night to watch White Christmas since this morning we got our first snow of the winter, it wasn't a lot but it was still so beautiful to wake up to. Ava Kate really loved White Christmas this year because she is so into dancing and singing so it was right up her alley. We also enjoyed some yummy hot chocolate in our Santa mugs while we watched the movie!

New Christmas PJ's

In the past we've opened our new Christmas PJ's on Christmas Eve and taken a family photo in them each year. I decided to change up that tradition this year and we would open them earlier in the month so we could enjoy our new Christmas PJ's all through the Christmas season. Ava Kate really took over on this activity. First she opened her cute little reindeer PJ's and after that she started opening everyone else's PJ's for us. And our bundle of joy, Jett, is going to look precious in his new Christmas PJ's when he grows into them!

Dear Santa

Writing letters to Santa this year was pretty amusing. Ava Kate said she wants a fairy costume, a fairy costume for mama, a prince costume for daddy, fairy shoes, ballet clothes and a kitty kitty. Sorry, but I'm afraid Santa won't be able to deliver on some of those wishes especially the kitty kitty! We just had to take a guess on what Jett wanted for Christmas but we were all pretty sure milk was at the top of his list!

Buddy is Back- Elf on the Shelf

Our elf on the shelf, Buddy, is back! And I'm thinking this could really be fun this year. Ava Kate actually sat and listened to the story this year and when she saw our Buddy she said "No I want the real Buddy." I think maybe we should have picked a different name because I think she was expecting Buddy from the movie Elf to show up since we had watched it a couple of nights before.