Thanksgiving Weekend 2011

Thanksgiving was different this year. Good but Different. Kameron worked on Thanksgiving so he could have an extra day hunting up in Flagstaff. So after much debate I ended up just going down to Mesa with my parents and Emily for lunch at Janel's. The food was so so good. One of the best and it was a successful Thanksgiving Day! My mom, Emily and I stayed at a hotel that night than went shopping (not early bird style) and it was my Mom's birthday! I than traveled with Cade to Prescott to spend the weekend there while Kameron hunted. Overall it was a fun weekend but it was good to be home. 

 The boys doing some turkey coloring

 Jeter is mobile now so he loves stairs. Fun fun.

 He acts like he can take a step all by himself....maybe in a couple of weeks...

 On Thanksgiving night we went and saw the Emerson bunch! We got to meet Dyllon (Adam's little boy-he's like 14 months I think)

 The balloons were very distracting and I couldn't get the boys to look! I am so glad we went everyone was there but Austin. We even got to meet Jean the newest Emerson baby and see Tommy Joe and her little girls So fun!

 Natalie and I hung out all day Saturday. Logan is really growing up! He is a scooter like Jeter but uses both legs, we had a lot of fun playing with him!

 Jeter loves walking! And running sometimes, he handles the falling pretty well haha. It's so fun to see him walking though, he's not a baby anymore though! I don't know how I feel about that. But he is loving it and it has opened a whole new world for him!

A lot of Little things

Just a bunch of small happenings have been going on. This isn't important but I made chicken egg rolls the other night and they were so good! I'm not usually big on deep fried dinners, but just once in a while doesn't hurt right?

 My dad made Jeter a tire swing and we gave it a test swing the other day and Jeter love it! I knew he would, he loves swings. It is a fun thing for us to do during the day without having to go all the way to the park. Fun in the backyard yeah!

 November 12 was Kameron 28th birthday! He said he had a great birthday and I know I had a fun weekend. We went down to Queen Creek, ran errands (including a new pair of birthday shoes for Kam) and took family pictures! (soon to come!) Janel took them and they turned out great! So excited for them, it's been a long time coming for those.

 We also graduated Jeter to a forward facing car seat! Driving in a car is such a more enjoyable experience!!! Love it! We also got a new car. Haven't taken pictures of that but it's a gray, 2011 Chevy Traverse. I love love love it!!! I actually enjoy driving now!!

 Jeter fell asleep and I thought this looked soooo uncomfortable! Babies are funny!

 Speaking of funny, this was more ugh! Jeter likes to empty out the cupboards these days and found the cereal boxes. Cherrios every where!!

How could a cute face like this do something like that? Oh, it can. Jeter is walking but prefers to scoot. I guess I don't blame him he is closer to the ground (no falling involved) and he's good at it! His personality is really coming through and we love getting to actually communicate and play with him. He likes to stack blocks now, which is so cute to watch. He thinks you have to press really hard to get them to stay, so funny!

Update: Kameron finally got offered a full time job with Freeport McMoran! The job was for here in Globe and the project doesn't end until 2013 so we will be here until then and who knows where after that. I don't really like that part of the job (moving around) so hopefully things can get figured out where we can have a more permanent location. Kam got called to be the young men's secretary and I am in the nursery. Kameron loves his calling and I don't mind mine either because Jeter just gets to play and I can eat snacks. Haha! We are looking forward to the holidays, can't believe they're in full swing! And Kam has his November hunt in Flagstaff the day after thanksgiving! Should be a fun filled two months!

Puppies and Monsters!

Jeter got the "Cars" push toy for his birthday and he loves it! We go out to the basketball courts and he just pushes away! Good thing the weather has cooled down and it's nice to sit outside now.

 For Halloween we headed up to Thatcher. Kameron and I gave our talks in church on Sunday, than I headed home with my mom and Kameron came up after work the next day. We had a blast celebrating Halloween with the little boys!

 Track. He is the biggest "baby" dog. He doesn't usually chase after balls. He sits on tables and if you sit down on a bench he jumps up and tries to snuggle with you!
My dad built tire swings for the boys. We still need to hang ours up! And he is in the process of building a dream tree house with a big tire swing...Seriously my parents house is a jungle gym.

 The little boys all ready to collect candy for their parents to eat...Killian was a monster/dragon and Jeter was a puppy! So adorable!

 Jeter was able to show all the different emotions a puppy might feel: Sad puppy

                                          Happy Puppy

                               Scooting Puppy

                                     Curious Puppy

                                      Tired Puppy

                                         Hungry Puppy

 Brianna couldn't miss out on the chance to join in on the dressing up! She was a luffa! (the round scrubby things)

     Killian eating his candy!

We also found a bag with some Halloween toys...

 Relaxing after a fun day of Halloween!! I think now that I have Jeter the whole Halloween event is much more fun. I am already thinking how fun each year will be the older Jeter gets!

Jeter Turns One!!

Before I start on Jeter's birthday we had a little visitor the other day. I was playing with Jeter and looked over and there was this lizard crawling along in the family room! I screamed bloody murder, not even exagerating! I can handle little lizards (like the time I lifted some clothes off the bed and a little lizard was just hanging out there, yikes!) But this one was not little. I had to wait for Kam to get home, about 20 minutes, to get the thing outside where it belongs!!!

 Jeter turned one on Wednesday October 19, 2011!! I love this little boy so much! I love watching him grow but I want him to stay little forever!!

 Jeter loves to walk around (with some help, but he's so close to walking on his own!) He loves saying "hi" and "dadda" he loves to crawl all over me and he loves his daddy because he makes him laugh the hardest!

 We had his birthday party on Friday and lots of family were able to come! We had yummy chicken taco chili, pumpkin sheet cake, chocolate cupcakes! We painted pumpkins, opened presents and had fun watching Jeter eat his birthday cake! It was such a good day and Jeter was such a good sport through the whole day!

 Jeter got lots of fun toys! He looooves having new things to play with!!

 Kameron helped Jeter put more frosting on his face...haha!

 Family Picture:

We had so much fun and are so grateful for all the family that could make it! We love Jeter so much and cannot imagine life without him!!