White Puff Cuffs and a Ho ho ho

Jack meets Santa...

Welcome Josie Ann Tate....

We have a new member of the family! Lisa had her baby girl on November 30. She weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 20 inches long.

Welcome to the Holidays:

To all those waiting patiently for this next post, I apologize that it's taken sometime to get it done...over a month, I can't believe how fast time flies! I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was a blast. John, Jack, Deb and I headed up to NW Montana where we feasted at Lisa and Willy's house with their boys, Loch and Logan, and Jeneille and Josh with their girls, Julia and Addy. Jack loved playing with his cousins and hanging out with all of his aunts and uncles. We got to play in some snow and ran off to Black Friday for a little bit to hit up some good deals. Here are some fun photos from the past two weeks....

And now to start pulling out the Christmas decorations!!!

Winter Slumber

The days of summer have left us. Winter's cold air has settled on our homes and is planning on staying for a while. Montana got it's first snow fall of the season, around four inches. An exciting event for a girl who hasn't seen snow on the ground since her younger days, living in Virginia. With the temperature outside dropping, we are staying more indoors, taking more naps and drinking lots of hot coco. It's so much fun making it from scratch, and the colder it is outside the better it taste, especially combined with a down comforter wrapped around you like a burrito. Jack has a growing personality and noise vocabulare of a wildabeast (I'm guessing they make lots of funny noises). I wonder about the things he would say if he could talk. Though soon enough that day will come and I'll miss the days of bibble babble. One of the funniest and cutest thing Jack does is laugh in his sleep. Just a little giggle or a huh huh, a smile and then he's back to a soft snore. I wonder what he's dreaming about. I wonder alot of things about him that only time will reveal the answers to my questions. Until then sweet dreams Jack.

Yummies

Ha Ha, so the other day Jack had his first taste of rice cereal, yumm mmm. I don't think it was what he was expecting, at first but then, I think he liked it in the end....he still took some cute photos.

Halloween

Well, we made it through our first Halloween together. I decided to make Jack's costume which was a 2 hour project that turned into a 15 hour project. But he looks adorable dressed up as Max from "Where the wild things are". We tricker treated over at grandmas house and took some photos. Then it started to rain so we decided to snuggle into our warm house and watch a movie. I'm sure next year he'll want to be the next big super hero or sponge bob square pants, and next year there will probably be candy wrappers scattered all over the floor and Jack will be running around the house with a sugar high....Oh I can't wait.

With Halloween behind us I look forward to the snowy peaks of Montana, an over stuffed belly from Thanksgiving and seeing Jack open his first christmas presents.

Bath Time

Obviously whoever took these pictures has talent!! This is my first post as DADA. I'm just thankful that both of my stinkies decided to take a jet bath. Jack had an armor of slobber and milk coating his entire body, and Laura, well she was coated in sweat from her intense P90X workouts, and love from her amazing, handsome husband. Its crazy that our little man has graduated from his little plastic bath, to the luxurious first class jet bath at grandma and grandpas. Little do they know we use this bath when they are gone. Sorry grandma for all the foam slithering down your walls, Jack decided he likes to squirm in the tub which creates a flurry of foam as you can see in the pictures. Life smells good right now.

Piggyback

These photos were taken the day we got Sasha (the horse). I love how happy Jack gets with his Dad. I especially like the detail of drool coming down Jack's chin. Well all is good on the farm. We have 4 dogs, one horse, one owl and a baby, and lots of cow poop.... oh and we got a cat! Her name is Kitty and she is a good mouse catcher. It's a full house over here on the farm, but there is always room for a friendly face. Miss you all. xoxo

Something New

Well we got a horse. She is a 20 year old mare who still has lots of spunk left in her.... I don't think Jack's going to ride her anytime soon.

Big Baby

My 5 month old son has a 9 month body and a 12 month size head. He weighs 19 lbs and is 28.5 inches long.... Ohh and he's getting closer and closer to crawling everyday.

Naptime is for Babies

One the best times of the day are the minutes right before Jack takes his nap. He gets really hyper and happy. He giggles and squirms and loves playing the hide and seek game under the covers. We play for about 20 min then he gets really grumpy. I pop a warm bottle of milk in his mouth and in about 5 min I have a sound asleep baby for the next two hours....or at least the next 10-15 minutes. There are advantages and disadvantages to sleeping with the little guy. I love feeling him curl into my side and listen to his soft little snore. I place my cheek on top of his head where his soft baby fuzz tickles my nose. I start to dose off and this is where the not so fun part comes in. Jack likes to reach out and feel to make sure you're still there. Well he's still getting the whole reaching out part down it's more likely I'll get poked in the eye punched in the nose or slapped on the lips. It's ok though, knowing that all he wants is for me to be close makes it all worth it.

Good One

A Montana Stroll

John and I like to take the dog's for a walk down to the mote behind the farm. It's amazing what you can find; old tractor parts, rusted mid-century gadgets, petrified wood and one mangled deer carcass. Still the land scape is beautiful and we don't have to go much further than our back yard.