We're ready for CHRISTMAS!!

a delayed posting...

So, Jackson and I had our Mommy/Son day just over a week ago and I am finally getting around to posting for you. We had a good morning -- watched Handy Manny and Mickey's Clubhouse. Then, Jackson took a little nap to prepare for our afternoon. Afterwards, I got him ready in his brand new outfit. I bought it just for his Santa pictures and I never knew how much I would love him in it! He looks so growny.
A friend of mine called earlier in the morning and asked if she and her son could tag along to see Santa too. So, we met at the mall and the boys had their pictures taken. Her son just turned 1 today. So, here is Jackson's picture. I really wish that we could have gotten another one. He looks so doped up. Yes, he had a runny nose but he really just doesn't look his best. I think they got the tail end of smile. But, he didn't cry at all. He kind of just looked at Santa and just wondered who he was. He started to freak a little when I got out of sight but I made sure I was back in his sight quickly and he was fine.After Santa, we had lunch and did some shopping in the mall. Jackson was really tired but he fought the sleep all afternoon. Then I headed home because Wayne was going to be home. We were walking out of the mall and I had Jackson's blanket over his head because it was SO cold that day. He giggle the whole way to the car! That was the best part of the day. Just to hear his laugh. So sweet!


All in all, we really had a good day. I am glad we can have those days. I will cherish them forever!! :)

Here comes Santa Claus

Tomorrow, I took the day off thinking Wayne was going to be home too and we could have a long weekend off together. However, Wayne has to go to a training class all day so it is just going to be me and Jackson. We are going to have another Mommy/Son day! So, I decided tomorrow would be the day when we go visit Santa Claus. I hope that Jackson doesn't get too scared. I bought him a cute little outfit to wear. I will post the pictures tomorrow when we get home.

I hope everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit as much as I am. I just can't wait! :)

Random...

I don't want to "count my chickens before they hatch" but Jackson seemed to be so much better today. He could actually breathe through his nose. I guess this antibiotic is actually working. Yay! I just hope that this sticks for a little while. He is really in such a better mood. Giggles at everything. That's my Jackson.

So, I think I am going to take Jackson to see Santa this weekend. I really didn't think about doing this until a co-worker asked me if I was. Since this is his first Christmas, I guess it would be good to get a picture with Santa. Lets just hope that he doesn't get scared. I guess it will be a good weekend to spend time with Wayne and do some Christmas celebrating since he will be working next weekend and then the following will be Christmas. Oh my... I can't beleive Christmas is just over 2 weeks away. Where does the time go?

Preparing for Christmas

We started our Christmas preparations just shortly after our Thanksgiving dinner. Wayne wanted to try the Black Friday Smithfield adventure this year. So Jackson went to Wayne's parents for Thursday night and ventured to our destination with my dad and step-mom around 10:30pm. We thought that everything opened at 12:01 am but when we arrived, there were several stores already open. Our main mission was to Nautica and that was the only place we really got any "deals". After that we just walked the center. Apparently Yankee candle was giving candles away because there was a long line to get in the store and people were walking away with cases of candles. I will say that we quickly realized that we probably won't do this again. There was just too many people and I didn't get any deals worth going out for in the middle of the night. There were also too many people just "hanging out". We got home around 4:15 and went right to bed. We got up around 1pm and went into town to do a little more shopping. We seemed to get better deals at home than we did in the middle of the night. Hmm...

Saturday was the day to put up the Christmas tree. We were able to add some new ornaments to the tree this year.

Of course, I have not added the pictures needed for these ornaments yet. I plan to do that this week. I was very excited about Hallmark's Baby's First Christmas ornament this year. We used jungle animals for Jackson's nursery and the ornament was just so fitting.

I was also able to purchase these cute ornaments at the Carolina Pottery Friday morning. So fitting for our "House Divided"!