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!!!