Merry Christmas!!!

Ooopsies, Jalen fell over, but nice catch!

Momma and Jalen

Having so much fun in the snow

Our huge snow drift in the back (probably about 3 feet high)

shaking off the snow from his hands

Daddy and Jalen

Shaking off snow after falling face first

sharing snow with Laila


Posing in his new outfit from Grammie and Papa

Playing in our backyard Christmas morning


Jalen loves the snow so much...we need to get him a snowsuit and boots so he can really play in it next time.


Shaking off the snow

Jalen's balancing act

Eating and giving kisses

This one's for Grammie...

When we got home today we had 2 boxes on our door step with some gifts and Jalen tried so hard to pick them up and put them under the tree, of course I didn't get it on camera the first time around so after trying to prompt him to do it again, this is what I got....some climbing, falling, dancing, clapping and a bit fussy at the end. Enjoy!

13 Months Old

I apologize for the time lapse since my last posting but we have had a lot going on here and time is just flying by with the holidays! Jalen is now 13 mths old and growing up so much, he is running all over the place, jabbering all day and night, laughs all the time (big belly laughs) and is still loving his daycare. My parents were out here for Thanksgiving and Jason's parents will be here the day fater Christmas until New Years Eve, we are so excited and are sure Nana and Boompa are too since they haven't seen Jalen since we moved in Sept and are going to see a whole new Jalen when they get here. Kim and Rob are visiting us right now from Houston and we have had so much fun with them, we'll miss them when they leave tomorrow. Here are some pictures from the past week and the pictures from the time between my last post and this one can all be found on my facebook.

Jalen playing with his cars Kim and Rob brought him

After a long fun day at the park

Rob, Jalen and Jason, getting ready to go home from the park

Congrats to Kim and Rob..newly engaged!!!!

Kim, Jalen and Joely

Jalen swinging with Daddy

Jalen swinging with Mommy

Jalen having fun with Kim and Rob

Kim and Joely (friends from PT school)

Jalen cruising around the park

Kim, Jalen and Joely

chasing the geese/ducks

Jalen in his camo fleece jacket, it's been in the teens in the mornings here lately...brrr!

Big toothy grins

Leaving home for day care

On the phone again..Jalen's new favorite hobby

My preppy little boy in his sweater vest

1 Year old and doing so much now

Jalen is growing up so quick, he is 1 year old now and in the past week he does the following:
*No longer crawls, just stands up if he falls down and keeps walking
*Runs/walks really fast without falling (most of the time)
*Dances 2 ways, 1. by bouncing/squatting repetitively and 2. by marching/stomping up and down while watching his feet
*Can clap and will clap appropriately (ie: if you sing his favorite song "itsy bitsy spider")
*Makes kissing noises and gives real kisses now
*Can blow kisses with the back of his hand when you tell him to
*Can pat the back of his hand on his mouth while making a noise to make the indian chanting type sounds
*Is off formula and onto 2%milk and only nursing 1x in the am and 1x in the pm
*Eats with all the toddlers at daycare and loves it there
*Walks around the house with the phone to his ear
*As soon as he hears the bath water running, he comes flying into the bathroom and stands at the tub to watch and almost tries to climb in
*Tries to climb on the couch but when you put him on it, he is able to turn himself around and slide off of it on his belly...he also like to jump off of it if he sees you are there to catch him.

Walking around after his 1st birthday party with his balloons

Having fun outside after the party, yes it was warm here in OK in November

Eating cake for the first time!

Happy Halloween!!!

Here are pictures of Jalen as a little monkey for Halloween. We only trick or treated at 2 houses but Jalen walked right up to the door and reached into the bucket of candy and chose what he wanted, just like a big boy. He is walking all over the place now, really enjoying daycare, eating regular food, pointing, talking and finally waving like a big boy. When I drop him off at daycare, he smiles and waves good bye to me and when I pick him up he smiles, waves and then reaches for me. He goes outside for playtime now and loves playing with the other kids. He will be 1 year old next week and is weighing in at about 21 1/2 lbs! Enjoy...and more to come.


walking around our backyard


Jalen was walking around like a pro and even in the bulky monkey feet slippers!