What a difference a year makes!

Wow! Ya think Jackson has grown? And not to mention our tree?! Boy we got a much more "full" tree this year!

Christmas 2008

Christmas 2009

Happy 1 Year Anniversary!

In honor of my 1 yr anniversary of our blog I will do a *December 2009 recap*. I know most of you just fell out of your seat in excitement so buckle up here we go!

*We've been to some baby showers in preparation for 2 special babies! Is this a giveaway on whose they were for?? Counting down days for baby Jones and Wolford. My guess dates just so you know arrival date for Ryan Aislynn=January 8th & for baby boy Wolford=February 1st. My gender predictions were 100% so we'll see if the dates are close. April I can't wait to see that preggo belly soon to predict yours! Boy did I miss my calling...can there not be a job to get paid to predict baby genders before the doctor tells you?!

*Learned as a parent to ALWAYS have an spare undershirt for your child. Jackson did not with this outfit and was exposed nonstop. Boys are mean! By the way here's to looking this good in maize and blue in our late 20s (ps almost 30)!

*Ally May celebrated her 6th birthday (42nd in doggie years)! Every year we give her a spoon full of peanut butter. Go ahead and say it...we're amazing parents.

*My sweet "Little Miss" turned 3!

*We got to go to steak 'n shake three times. Holler at your boy! That's right, I just said "holler at your boy?" This also of course goes in hand with our annual trip to Tennessee. Which flew by way too quick!

*Jackson enjoyed his first snow! Don't you love the totally random outfit we threw together. Josh was actually the one that was completely dying to go play in the snow! The sled is actually a top to a storage tote. We Jones' got really creative.

*Back recap: Had MRI done and they found a bulged disc. Before MRI took SEVERAL meds that didn't help. After MRI had a cortisone shot on Christmas Eve and feeling a little better. Hopefully won't be a constant issue. Fingers crossed!

Christmas pics to follow! Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and has a Happy New Year!

"It's beginning to look a lot like,..."

" ...Kelly is so behind on Christmas!" I mean "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas"! Boy do I feel so behind. Haven't finished shopping or decorating (just took down my harvest flag and pumpkin off my porch, maybe 4 days ago) or done a Christmas card. PS: don't be offended if you don't get a card,...it's probably b/c this year I may not do them. We were going to take family pics for it, however Jackson decided he was going to play around and headbutt mommy and give her I nice shiner under my eye. Anyway, back on topic, I have started to get into the Christmas spirit. It just feels like December has just snuck up on me this year. Josh calls me a Scrooge up until after Thanksgiving b/c I don't start listening to any Christmas music til the Friday after Thanksgiving. Not that I don't enjoy the holiday melodies, it's just my weird thing I guess.

Us Jones' have already started doing some of our Christmas traditions.

1. Hunting for our perfect tree (aka: short and fat,...like me :) and we SO found it! I don't know who gave Josh a saw, but watch out! We even had this cute little lumberjack to help us find our Griswold tree!

2. Decorating our tree as a family. Buddy attempted putting on the star.

3. Camping out in the living room on the night we decorate our tree. Notice the containers of puppy chow and chex mix that I just decided was a necessity that our camping out could not continue without.

4. We also leave for Tennessee next week! So excited. Something we look forward to every December. Hope that the drive down won't be too crazy with a 18month old! Wish us luck!

I'll leave you with those few traditions of our family. Anyone have any others that they do with their family? Would love to hear them!

Enjoy the rest of the week! :)