Christmas at Honey and Tatu's

Happy New Year! Merry Christmas! We love our time at the Hauns' house... Look at those kids in matching pajamas :)

We had fun times, played games, ate lots of food, and opened lots of gifts. Our hearts (and our cars) are full as we head back home, finally finished with our Christmas celebrations. Thanks, Honey and Tatu, for all the ways you made Jett's first Christmas a hit!

Haun Girls' Shopping Spree

Each year between Christmas and New Year's, Kaye, Holly, Morgan and I get away and shop together. I love spending time with these beautiful ladies and I'm so thankful that they've welcomed me into their close-knit family. Because I'm still feeding Jett every few hours, I didn't get to "get away" quite like I usually do. But, I have an amazing husband who was willing to hang out in the Galleria with Jett from 3 to 9 PM and bring him to me when he needed eat. I went home for the night (sad to miss the slumber party) but I came back by myself the next morning until noon. They continued shopping until 7 PM! I don't have the shopping stamina they have, for sure!! Honey broke her foot last week, so she was in a wheelchair for our shopping spree. Such a trooper... She only accidentally shoplifted a few times :)

Morgan and Holly inadvertently wore the same outfit :) "Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters"

Not only did each of us receive some "play money," but we were treated to a fabulous meal at Grand Lux - one of my favorites. It was so sweet and I am really grateful: for the girl time, the break from being mommy and for feeling taken care of.

Casey had to show us the new tricks he and Jett worked on while we shopped. What cute boys I have!

Our Celebrations Continue...

We love getting to celebrate Christmas lots of times and with lots of people. We loved getting to eat our favorite burger with Kate. Jett seemed really grown up to us that night at dinner. Kate baked us some delicious red velvet cupcakes, too. Yummy!

We got to pick Jen up from her trip home to Colorado. We were so glad to have her back! She fed Jett some ice cream, and he was really happy about it, as you can imagine, and she hung out with us longer than she intended - but we just couldn't let her go :)

Kitty likes hanging out with us when Jen's here, too. He's such a funny cat.

Big Boy

This big guy is 8 months old! I can't believe he's filling up his little red chair now. Time flies when you're having fun :)

Special Visitors...

We had some special friends come to visit us! Jett was thankful that Taylor shared her biscuits with him. Thanks for loving on our little man, friends!

Bad lighting, but Jett loved Craig. We can't blame him - he's a pretty cool guy! Even though he's allergic to all of the animals in our zoo, uh, I mean, house.

Grammy recommended teaching Jett to use a spoon with ice cream. So we gave it a shot... He tried, but got frustrated and then just cried because he wanted us to feed him more of that deliciously cold sweet treat :) I guess we'll try again in a few weeks!

Pancakes with the Griffins

Casey's so good with kids :) Love those beautiful Griffin Girls (and their parents). Casey also makes a yummy breakfast. He's just an all-around great guy. Now, before you start thinking he juggled everything while Randy, Tara and I sat around and ate breakfast, just know that we helped, too. Tara and I fed the babies in our matching nursing covers! We were so cute. What a happy way to spend the day after Christmas (a day I usually feel blue)!

Christmas at Grammy's House

After our relaxing morning at home, we headed to Grammy's (a little late because Jett took a long nap!). We ate a delicious meal with lots of meat and veggies and then dove into the gifts. After that, Jett was worn out, so we took a little nap upstairs. Then we had some dessert and started our White Elephant gift exchange. We had a great time - I had my hands pretty full, so I didn't document with photos very well, but we are thankful for our family and the time we get to spend with them :)