Adventures with the Ross Family

Happy Halloween!  We celebrated by heading down to Lynnwood to go shopping.  We had a great day! 

First we headed to the food court and ate at Kidd Valley.  Yum.  We can give Jax some fries and he will work on eating them for at least a half hour! 

And Jax got his top teeth in.  Here they are:

 

And here is Jax enjoying his fries:

Last night we had a church meeting.  I was standing up in the back holding Jax.  Justin came towards us and Jax raised his hands toward Justin and said, "da da."  Really!  I would have never believed it except, Becky, the pastor's wife heard it too.  Now I really need to work on Jax saying "ma ma!"

Jax's First Christmas!

Jax had a great first Christmas.  He made out like a bandit with all those toys that he got.  I thought the presents just for him would start overtaking our living room!  He is one loved little boy with everyone.

Yeah, I know. He has a toothbrush in his mouth.  He really has a thing for it!

Not only was this Jax's first Christmas, but also his First Communion.  Yup, by accident.  You see, as we were taking Communion at the Christmas Eve Service, one of the servers reached over to Justin and I to get the bread.  Jax took that as he needed the bread too, and took a piece.  And ate it!  Justin and I looked at each other in disbelief!  Then when the juice came around, Jax proceeded to grab the cups.  Ah, but we were smarter than Jax!  We pulled the tray away, only to have Jax somehow knock two cups off!  It spilled every where on Jax and Justin.  Grape juice.  Ugh, stains!  However, me being prepared, I pulled out a handy dandy Shout Wipe and they got all cleaned off.  Since there was still grape juice left in the cup, Justin gave it to Jax.  I guess he figured he might as well since he had the bread.  And really, it was ok for Jax to take Communion.  He's been baptized!  I guess we will never forget his First Communion!

We were at the candle lighting service so when the candles came around we promptly moved Jax to a secure area!

On Christmas Eve, we went out to dinner to a Mexican restaurant.  We were the only people there!  Talk about fast service!

Jax opened the rest of his presents on Christmas Day.  He enjoyed the wrapping paper and played with each of his toys.  I do think he got a little overwhelmed by all the toys though! 

Waiting at Gymboree

I just found this photo of Jax on Justin's computer.  He's at Gymboree and both of the boys were waiting for me as I shopped for Jax.  They have these little chairs and tv in the store for the kids to be entertained.  It's a pretty good set up.  But I see that Justin and Jax were having fun with the camera too.  How cute!  We need one of these little chairs at home for him!

Sadly, this might be becoming a reality.... 



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Brrrr

At 16 degrees, you don't even feel cold....you're just frozen!  And is it sad that I am excited that tomorrow it should be about 40 degrees.  That's a tropical heatwave to me!  Jax and I are going to make cookies today and sit by the fire....and brace for this storm.

Christmas

I love this blog, Rocks in My Dryer.  Shannon wrote a beautiful post about Christmas here.

Apparently, we live in Alaska, not the Pacific Northwest.  The snow has been here since Sunday.  And it is not going away.  We are suppose to get another snow storm tomorrow night..this time with high winds.  I've got firewood, candles, and food just in case we lose power.  We also filled up Justin's truck just in case we want to leave.  No power means you can't pump gas...and that could be a problem!

Today, we did venture out into this Winter Wonderland.  Justin has four wheel drive on his truck so we went to Walmart to stock up.  And everyone in town had that same idea.  But atleast we know we are prepared now.  The roads weren't too bad today, but they sure will be icy tonight.  Glad we are staying home and keeping warm!

Brrr

We are still cold!  But I woke up this morning and there is about 2 inches of snow outside.  And it is still snowing!  I'll have to run my errands another day and crank up a fire in the fireplace and make some hot chocolate instead.  I plan on taking Jax outside today to experience this snow.  Hopefully, it will make for some cute pics!

11 Months Old

Apparently, we live in Alaska, not the Pacific Northwest.  The snow has been here since Sunday.  And it is not going away.  We are suppose to get another snow storm tomorrow night..this time with high winds.  I've got firewood, candles, and food just in case we lose power.  We also filled up Justin's truck just in case we want to leave.  No power means you can't pump gas...and that could be a problem! Today, we did venture out into this Winter Wonderland.  Justin has four wheel drive on his truck so we went to Walmart to stock up.  And everyone in town had that same idea.  But atleast we know we are prepared now.  The roads weren't too bad today, but they sure will be icy tonight.  Glad we are staying home and keeping warm!

Brrrr

It's so cold out here.  We've had great weather but all of a sudden we have a cold front coming through that will put it in the 20's.  I am not looking forward to that.  Luckily, I will just start up a fire in my fireplace and enjoy it! 

We are getting ready for Christmas.  Our little tree is up and out of Jaxson's way.  It's a three foot tree and I put it on top of a table.  I wasn't taking in chances with him.  He gets into everything!  I've already caught him getting into the presents and poking at them.  He even picks them up and drops them.  Oh, I hope there is nothing breakable in there!  The worst part is that he doesn't even know he is getting into the presents, he just thinks he has something else to check out! 

My days now consist of chasing after him and telling him "no"!  He sure is a lot of fun, even though I am worn out by the end of the day!