I made a mental note...

not to blog about Christmas until our tree was down and all the decorations were put away. I'm a scrooge on the 26th. I want my house put back together without the looming to do list hanging over my head. That was taken care of yesterday so prepare yourselves for pictures!
We had the best of both worlds this year because it was David's family's year for Christmas. So we only had to drive 25 minutes back and forth. We got to sleep in our own beds and have our own Christmas morning but still had plenty of time up at the Jacobson house with family. Needless to say Ashton spent a LOT more time in the car than usual. His face usually started out like this... But by the drive home he usually felt like this...

David's family is SUPER musical. They all play a band instrument and every year on Christmas Eve whoever is home plays Christmas songs together. Well, this year was pretty monumental because ALL 6 kids were home for Christmas and even Chanelle had learned how to play the flute since the last time we were there. So they had a full on band this year - it was REALLY cool to hear. It usually ended in one of the boys laughing into their instrument and making hilarious noises by the end of the song.

While David was trying to figure out if he still remembered how to play the clarinet Ashton followed him around wanting to touch it. So we gave him a recorder and everytime David would start to play Ashton would blow it as loud as he could right along with his Dad. It was the cutest thing in the world.

We gave Ashton a moment alone on the stage.

We also put 2 Settlers boards together to make a game large enough for 10 of us. It was really fun. I can say that because I won!!

It's killing me that these next few pictures are not aligned and have no order to them whatsoever. Some day I'll figure out how to align my images.

This is Ashton and his first Jacobson cousin Knightley. That was the look he gave us right before he snatched that Santa hat right off him.

Here are the proud dads with their sons. Ashton and Knightley were born almost exactly a year apart. Ashton decided he wanted to be friend with Knightley so he grabbed his hand or he was going for the bottle.

Here's us infront of the biggest real tree I've ever seen in my life in a house. It took up half of the living room.

Christmas Morning!! Note: all of our ornaments are above Ashton's reach. He actually bit through one of David's glass snowmen. But that was the only casualty suffered this year.

This was Ashton's sweet squishy airport I got for $12 at a consignment sale. He LOVES it.

Ashton checking out David's loot.

A cool animal train from David's parents that actually moves.






And what would Christmas be without atleast one mess to clean up?

It was such a great holiday that we don't want it to ever end. Ashton was spoiled constantly by his aunts and uncles and is loving all the excitement of new toys. Baby Hannah even got a few new clothes. I know I am VERY pregnant because as soon as I saw the little onesie that said "I'm the little sister!" I started to cry. I had some awesome pregnant moments as well but I'll save those for another day.

Luckily Christmas break lasts almost another 2 weeks for David so we don't have to get too sad. We're spoiled and get to go to Utah to be in the snow for a few days too after new years!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!!

Today I found...

a bread pan in our bedroom.
a cupcake pan under the table.
and a cake pan in the hallway.

Ashton discovered that just opening drawers was for amateurs. It's more fun to take the stuff out and push it around the house.

Also funny Ashbug story from a couple weeks ago. Picture this: We're up at David's parents house and Ashton had practiced going up and down the stairs atleast a few times. Then we brought him downstairs and to keep him busy we gave him a whistle. He kept breathing in and out of it to make it whistle. At one point I think David has Ashton (who knows where David thinks he is) and David's mom says, "Where's Ashton?" (the whole family is downstairs) at the moment we all quiet down and we hear the whistle at the top of the stairs. We realized the whistle was WAY more effective than tying a bell around his neck (which was a viable option). Gotta love it.

Pictures later. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas! Many of you will be getting cards AFTER Christmas because I've been too lazy to get more stamps.

Ashbug in the stroller...

I'm so glad my sister Mandy got a picture of this. David & I spent a good chunk of T-day weekend laughing at this. Ashton would sit in the doll stroller and push himself backwards around the kitchen and up and down the hallway with his feet until he hit something and had to stop. And without fail his shirt slid up every time so he looked like a little chunky man wheeling himself along. Good memories. Thanks Mands for having a camera ready when I didn't!

Came and went in a blur...

I can't believe it's already December. The week of Thanksgiving flew by so fast I took a total of 6 pictures. We played Wii Fit, Texas Hold 'Em (I won on Weds - which means I had the biggest stack of sweedish fish and skittles at the end of the night), Mormon Bridge, and watched Whale Wars. It was a GREAT week. On Thanksgiving we sat around and had our usual FHE and my Dad asked us to share a "bump" or trial we were grateful for this year. David & I both cried as we talked about Ashton's surgery and how much we learned from that experience. It was humbling to watch my brothers and sisters talk about their experience this year and how it had brought them closer together. I love that my parents never let us leave a family weekend or vacation without a small "family meeting" to share our testimonies and love for our Savior. Needless to say it was a memorable Thanksgiving and worth it even if Ashton pooped 4 times on the plane on the way home.

Then that night Abbey, Emily & I went to the Park City Outlets at midnight to Black Friday shop. This was my first time. I actually got 50% off then 10% off on top of that and then another 15% off at Carters. Thank goodness for cupons! So instead of spending $120 I spent only $24. When we walked into the store I walked over to the girls section with Emily and then I got so nervous I went back to the boys side to shop for Ashton. Poor Emily had to walk me through this girl stuff. Now that I've got my girl mindset I've already shopped for some REALLY cute stuff. I'm going to have to pace myself. Hannah is going to be one well dressed little chica.

Here are some of the pics from the weekend.

This is Ashton, Kate and Kimball waiting at the ultrasound place in the mall in Provo. David & Ashton watching Cally get her ultrasound.

Kimball & Ashton enjoying Ashton's birthday present from Nana & Papa a super cool bathtoy set.

David & I turned on the Christmas music and put up our tree and decorations last night.

I'm posting this picture for one reason and that is because I know things are going to get interesting. We've barracaded the tree in with what we had on hand. I'll keep you posted on the further measures we will have to take to keep Ashton from pulling it down on top of himself. If you know Ashton you know that David & I will have to get really creative since I refuse to buy baby gates for our 950 sq ft apartment. So far he's only managed to get off one ornament but that's mainly because we spent the morning at the doctor's office for his 1 year appointment.

He's tall and skinny just like his dad (75% for height and 25% for weight) even though they both are garbage disposals. I hope Hannah is blessed with those same Jacobson genes!