It's A Wonderful Life: Long, LONG, Overdue...

Where to start? I am just going to post some pictures and comment here and there. It's just been too long!

Thanksgiving:

We had "Rammekin Thanksgiving" this year. It was just the three of us so we made personal sized dishes of every dinner item on the menu. Including apple and pumpkin pies (so cute!).

Look at that little lattice top...adorable, right?

In between Thanksgiving and Christmas:

Jake rolled over on December 21st--the day he turned 3 months old. He rolled first from back to belly and just recently went from belly to back, although he still has some work to do on that direction. He has been teething forever, but right before we went home for Christmas I felt his bottom left tooth. It keeps going in and out, but I think any day it will completely cut. We will see! Here are a few pictures of Jake in between:

First time in the bumbo...not sure about it...

O yeah. He likes it. :)

Christmas:

We went home on the 23rd and were able to stay 'til the 2nd. It was a dream! Our family, the snow, the cold...heaven. Jake did great on the plane. The only time he cried was when he was hungry and I wasn't feeding him fast enough! We had so much fun with everyone and miss everyone sooooo much. J's sister and her family were able to come home from Oregon for Christmas. Jake just loves his cousins and they just love him. They gave him the nickname of "Polar Bears" and we still call him that now. I am not going to go into a lot of detail because I don't have time, but to sum it up, it was an awesome first Christmas with Jake, an awesome trip, and amazing people.

Jake loves his Uncle Nate.

There is Jake (that little gray blob) cuddled up to his cousin, Camrock.

Asleep with Aunt Kylene

Jake's Great Grandma Jewel. Jake has 4 great grandparents and 1 great-great grandpa still living. Pretty awesome.

Christmas Eve with Jake and two of his grandmas. :)

Four Generations. My great grandpa wasn't there that night or else it would've been 5 generations.

Grandma Jewel and Papa Bob.

Jake with his Papa Chris.

Christmas Eve and waiting for Santa to come.

Jake with Grandpa Kim, Christmas Morning.

Passed out after all the Christmas excitement.

The Bear Suit Aunt Kylene knitted Jake for Christmas. Holy cow...I have to look away. Too. Much. Cuteness.

"Polar Bears" with his cousins "Camrock" and "Bobba Fett"

Sleeping on Grandma Terry's lap.

Still asleep with Grandma and apparently, he is liking it! Thumbs up!

Chillin' with "Bobba Fett"

My Great Grandpa Carlton, Jake's Great Great Grandpa. Pretty special.

Jake with his 2nd cousin Damon. Only 6 weeks apart. It's amazing how fast they grow in just 6 weeks!

Jake with Grandma Char :)

Airplane ride with Aunt Kylene!

Jake with Gramama Kim and Great Grandpa Jerry

Jake and Papa Chris with their matching coats.

Jake with Great Aunt Mae.

The next few pictures are Montana. Mmmm. I love it.

After Christmas:

My brother Nate was able to come and visit us for a week and we had a blast. Jake loves his Uncle Nate...he especially loves to shower him with snot and spit when he sneezes. Pretty much every single time he would nail Nate with it. Nate was a good sport though. We miss having him around. J and him got to go on a pretty intense hike that Nate said was a lot of fun. We got to go and visit some friends from Nate's mission who live up in Show Low. That was great. I love meeting people from his mission. Nate was here for my birthday. We got to go shooting and we went out to dinner with a lot of my friends. It was a lot of fun. I will show you what I got for my birthday later... :) We also got Jake a "walker" thing that he loves to scoot around in. He has so much fun. Pretty much...life is just great over here. Here are some more pictures. Love you all!

The boys are wearing the outfits that we each got each other. Didn't plan it...thought it was really funny. :) This is my birthday dinner at Applebee's.