Highlights of Christmas!

Isaac fell asleep at the dinner table after a long exciting day and no nap. He even fell asleep with his fork in one hand and his spoon in the other.

Opening Christmas presents was a lot of fun. Isaac loved ripping off the paper. And in his very enthusiastic and dramatic way he expressed his excitement for every gift. Craig andI aren't sure where his dramatic side came for but he his highly excitable, in a good way, which made Christmas a lot of fun.

His new bean bag chair is a hit!

Bring on the Sledding!

We have had snow at our house for a week now which has been a lot of fun. Craig feels like a little kid again at home in Montana. So, with the snow there has been a lot of sledding. It is the perfect year for us because this year Isaac LOVES to go sledding. He will go over and over again. He even does some of the hills by himself. He begs us to put his snowsuit, boots, and gloves on so he can go out in the snow, and go fast sledding. I wish you could hear how he says the word "fast" because it is so cute and hilarious at the same time. Most of his sledding has been with Craig because at 8 months pregnant it is not that easy for me to get bundled up and down on the sled (let alone trying to get back up once the ride is done). But one day I did borrow some warm clothes from Craig and another friend that were big enough to cover my belly and I hit the hills with them. It was quite fun I must say.

We pray you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas family and friends! We love and appreciate all of you and pray that you have a wonderful Christmas. We are having fun in the snow that has been at our house for the last week and seems to be sticking around for a while longer. Craig is very happy about this!!!! Soon I will post pictures of Isaac playing in the snow. He loves it, especially going fast on the sled!

Quick Update

Sorry to all for not updating in so long. Here is the scoop with what we have been up to lately. As of Thanksgiving, tree service work has been really slow for Craig which means that we have been blessed to be spending a lot of time together. Thankfully Craig is a pretty handy guy so he has been doing side jobs here and there to keep the bills payed. I wish he was home this much all the time. I love it! As the days and weeks pass my stomach grows and I get excited at the idea of seeing this new baby physically in our hands. We can't imagine how our life is going to change with two but we are excited to figure it out. And I am excited to not be pregnant anymore. This pregnancy has been much more difficult and draining on my body then with Isaac. But thankfully I know there will be an end to it and this child is definitely worth it! We are enjoying a new family tradition for Christmas this year. we were blessed to come upon a wonderful Advent book that we read each night. It works similar to the calendars in that every day we open a door and reveal more of the story of Christ's birth. Isaac is beginning to understand the story more since every day we start at door 1 again and read up to the current day. He loves the whole process and we have truly enjoyed being able to incorporate the reason for this season every day of the month. We pray this update finds all of you well and that you take the time to really reflect on the meaning of Christmas as individuals as well as with family and friends.

Isaac and Faith

Here are just a few pictures of Isaac and his cousin Faith while they were in town.

Theories from a 2 year old

Isaac has a mind like Craig. He likes to lnow how things work. We always see him trying to figure things out whether it is a physical or a mental challenge. Recently he has developed 2 theories that send Craig and I laughing hysterically every time he brings them up. The first theory was created a few weeks ago while we were having a thunder storm. It was quite stormy and the thunder was loud and it scared Isaac. So Craig and I sat with him trying to explain to him that there was nothing to be scared about because mommy and daddy and God were with him. Well that didn't comfort his fears so I (Jennifer) took a different approach. Idecided to relate the sound of the thunder to a not-so-scary similar sound. And what I came up with was that the thunder sounded like a big truck driving down the road in front of our house. As soon as I said that he looked at me as if a light had just come on in his head and said "God driving big truck, going bump, bump, bump." I tried to hold back the laughter as I explain to him that first of all it just sounded like a truck and second that God wasn't driving the truck, God was with him. But all of that explanation was lost because he was so excited to now know that thunder was not scary it was just God driving a big truck over bumps.
Isaac's second theory was developed as Craig and I have been talking about potty training. He has not been the least bit interested in even putting on the underwear. Well, the other day he randomly agreed to put the underwear on and Craig and I shot into action in efforts to encourage him to pee in the potty. After feeding him a lot of liquid and sitting on the potty off and on for 1.5 hrs nothing had happened. We knew it was coming soon so we were watching him closely. Needless to say he had his first accident and left a puddle of pee on our kitchen floor. After that he decided he was done with the underwear because "they make him pee on the floor". All the encouragement in the world was not enough to get him to put that underwear back on because he was just sure he would pee on the floor as soon as he put them on. So we are still working on this. As tiring and frustrating as Isaac can be as a two year old we love to laugh at all of the wonderful things he does and says. He keeps us on our toes every minute of every day.

Isaac's artistic side

Issac had a blast painting his pumpkin. Who knew we had such a budding artist on hand.