Happy Birthday Scott! Yesterday we celebrated Scott's birthday with cake and presents in the morning, then a trip to our favorite Chinese food restaurant for supper (followed by more cake, of course). We Love You Daddy! 

Conor is getting so big! Tonight he finally began to try balancing himself in a seated position and he did pretty good! Still no crawling and he doesn't roll much anymore but it won't be long. He doesn't like to lay on his back for long anymore so the Excersaucer and the Jolly Jumper are very popular. He's 17 1/2 pounds now and growing fast.

Jesson is busy as usual and getting excited for Santa to come tomorrow. This was one of the rare moments I caught him sitting still. The cat looks thrilled, doesn't he? 

Well, it's decorated again for another year. Last week we let Jesson pick out our tree from the local vendor. He did a great job! It spent a night or two opening up and then we were ready to decorate. Jesson set to work right away putting several decorations on the same limb once we showed him how the hooks worked. He even got to put on the star! The Santa hats were fun too, Jesson's still wearing his again today. It looks really pretty all lit up at night, we did a good job I think. 

Jesson likes to interact with Conor a lot more now. He constantly asks me to "put him on a pillow" so he can play with him. He likes to try feeding Conor but he gets a little rammy. It's great that Jesson wants to be with Conor now. He's a big help with his little brother and we love him to bits! 

My little Elf! He's a joy to have around because he's always smiling! He looks like an elf, I've decided, with his sticky-out ears, his funny shapes head, his chubby pink cheeks, and his constant grin. He loves to be sitting si he can see what's going on. This bath ring stuck to the counter helps, it sticks to the top of the dryer too! He goes with me everywhere. Scott thinks he's a spoiled Mommy suck, I just think he's a people person and loves to be with everybody. Either way we love him to pieces! 

Happy Retirement Grandpa!

This is the best shot I have of Grandpa with all the kids (sorry about the blinking Grampa). We got together on the weekend of December 3rd to kick off Dad's retirement and a good time was had by all. Unfortunately Cari's step-daughter Kelsey couldn't make it but we'll see her at Christmas I hope. Jesson had a blast with his cousins and we had a dry run of sleeping arrangements with all the new babies. It was a lot of fun and we're really looking forward to Christmas with everyone present. Thanks again Grandma and Grandpa for having us!

Hannah was a great role model for Jesson over the weekend. It was her affection toward Sydney that sparked Jesson's interest in his baby. Unfortunately he's become overly possessive of his little brother a couple of times and has been repremanded for shoving a toddler who just wanted to look at his baby. We're working on his aggression but it's nice to see him take an interest in Conor. 

All the babies had bath together to conserve water and they had a blast. Sydney had never had company in her tub before, never mind company with stems attached, and she seemed to notice the difference too! She's just too cute and chubby! The boys enjoyed bathing with someone new too. Luckily Sydney's too pudgy for Jesson to notice her stem missing and start asking questions.