Happy New Year!!!

Well, we made it through Jesse's first Christmas! It was quite a ride. We got to see both sides of the family, which was very nice. We stayed with Stephen's parents on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and then went up to my side of the family for the rest of the weekend. Jesse was spoiled rotten (of course) but really enjoyed it, and did much better this time with being friendly to the relatives. After about one day, he would actually let them hold him. =) Thank you to our families for a great Christmas!
For New Years, we went to a party that a family from Church was throwing at their house. They have a big house, with rooms for the babies to sleep in, so Jesse went to sleep in one of their cribs around 9:00, and Stephen and I stayed up playing games with all the other families until midnight. It was so much fun! Then at midnight, we had a short devotion, and then went around saying something we are thankful for this year. We are very thankful for our little Jesse, for our marriage, and for our new little one that we just found out about! Yes, we are expecting! The new one should be on the scene some time in August. We are very excited, and thank God for His showers of blessings.
As you can imagine, we are even more serious now about finding a house, and we have decided to get over our biases and look in the much more affordable city of Temecula...rather than Oceanside. We have already found many houses that are very affordable, and are what we are looking for, and we are making offers. Hopefully we will have some successful news about that soon. Please pray for us about this.
Merry Christmas to all of you again, and God's blessings for the New Year!

A Visist From Uncle Johnny

I just had to brag about my little brother real quickly. I know, I have posted nothing about Thanksgiving, or anything in a little while, but I have to post this now...updates later. My little brother, Johnny, is visiting for the week. I am suppose to be helping him with his last week of schoolwork before his Christmas vacation (my mom took a seasonal job that started this week, so she needed someone to help Johnny). But he has wound up being more help to me than I am to him...at least that's what I think. He gets along with Jesse so well...they love playing together, and Johnny will often entertain Jesse while I cook dinner, TAKE A SHOWER, or whatever. Just yesterday, we were helping decorate a ladies house for Christmas, and Johnny played with Jesse almost half of the time, which freed me up to be more helpful. And (this is the cute one) just today, I asked Johnny to watch Jesse while I took a shower, and when I came out, there they were, sitting in the rocking chair, Jesse asleep in Johnny's arms! It was so cute! I am really going to miss Johnny when he goes home on Friday.

The little Driver

Well, Jesse's Dad finally figured out how to post videos. Check out this clip of him "driving" his car.

Ok, I know I just updated, but you like new videos, I know. I could'nt resist putting this one up. Jesse is so much fun to video. Enjoy the pictures too of my Little Drowned Rat, as Daddy so affectionately loves to call him under these circomstances.

Oooopppss! Update needed!

So, I must be getting really forgetful. There is something new about Jesse this month! He has his first tooth!!! It came in 3 weeks ago, and a second just broke through today. I LOVE his cute little tooth. Can you see it on the bottom left?

Here are a couple more pics, just cause I am here doing this. We took Jesse to a pumpkin patch last Sunday, and here we are with him carving the pumpkin. Yes, he is trying to eat the inside of the pumpkin. =)

Here's our little "Tigger".

And here he managed to open and climb into the bottom drawer while daddy was cooking dinner. He is a little rascal.

Time Flies!!!

Well, here it is almost at the end of October. Where does the time go? Fall is one of my favorite seasons, and it always seems to go so fast. Since my last post, Jesse is still growing, but not many new things to report. He is getting better and better at the skills he has learned...like crawling, sitting up, and cruzing. But no, he is not walking yet. Here are some really cute pics we took this month. My parents both had their birthdays this month, and we went to see them that weekend. They loved having Jesse stay with them for a weekend...I don't think they really noticed that Stephen and I were even there. =) LOL JK So, here are some October pics and videos of the little cutie. Enjoy!!!

Daddy and Baby. My Blue Eyed Boys!

Jesse likes to find odd places to crawl into.

Yes, I made a swing outside our front door. Jesse loves it!Jesse loves playing in the water outside. =)

Video for Grandma

Ok, Grandma, here is the little cutie! He is eating cucmbers, having a geat time. He loves feeding himself. =)