Turkey Trot, Christmas Tree, and More

This is a random post. I am playing catch up with some of the pictures on the camera in my diaper bag. We ran / walked the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving day. Here are a few pics.

Sweet Dillan at the finish line. He did great!

Walt & Dillan
Jackson actually fell asleep

After the race, we let Dillan stretch out in the back of the car until Jackson woke up.

The Saturday following Thanksgiving, we went to a Christmas tree farm. Dillan sleeping.

Looking for trees makes you thirsty :)

We found our tree.

Jackson

Jackson "helping" cut down the tree

Sweet Dillan on way home from church

Jackson loves to "help" sweep and vacuum the floors. He loves helping!

Santa hat :) Stay tuned...there will be a full-on Santa suit picture over Christmas.

Just chilling out :)

I bought a gingerbread house kit to do with Jackson. Within a couple of minutes I had broken a piece of the house...hence the diagonal icing on the front of the house :) Obviously Jackson didn't care...we just kept going.

The completed house

Literally two minutes after taking the picture above :)

The house at the end of the day :) Oh well, Jackson had fun :)

My grandmother gave Jackson some birthday money. Since everywhere we go, he loves playing with train tables and trains....I used the money to buy this train table off craigslist and some tracks off of amazon. Jackson LOVES it!

My dad got this lizard for Jackson when he was about Dillan's age. He loved it...especially when he was teething. Looks like Dillan likes it, too :)

Dillan does wear clothes, but he had just spit up all over his outfit. This is a frequent occurence :) Dillan is starting to sit up a little bit. He is still not super sturdy, but he is getting close :) He has also gotten up on all fours a couple of times. He definitely wants to be moving and is working at it. He also loves "walking" while holding our hands.

Jackson piling toys on top of Dillan :) Dillan loves Jackson...he loves watching him and often gets really tickled watching Jackson.

Dillan peaking from behind the toys :)

Thanksgiving and more

We had a great Thanksgiving. We walked / ran the Turkey Trot with the boys in the morning. They did great! Jackson actually fell asleep and Dillan didn't start fussing until right as we were stopping. We had some of our friends over for Thanksgiving dinner...the Murrs and the Skippers. Jackson was very excited because that meant his friends Ayla and Sutton came over. I meant to take a picture of the 3 families, but in all the craziness it didn't happen. But the kids had fun playing and the adults had a good time visiting.

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

Jackson sitting in Dillan's car seat :)

Jackson playing with some "blocks" and "tools" outside. Yes, that is a screw driver. This is obviously a Daddy supervised activity :)
And of course a hammer :)

No wonder hanging out with Daddy is so much fun!

Sweet Dillan...look at his precious face!

Love him!

I wish I would have gotten more of Walt's face...such a sweet pic!

Walt with his boys!

We went and cut down a Christmas tree...which reminds me...I need to download those pictures and post them (i.e. I took the pictures on another camera). So more to follow soon :) Here are a few pics of decorating the tree. Jackson had fun! Every night before he goes to bed, we turn out the overhead lights with just the tree lights on, turn on the gas fire, and listen to Christmas music on the tv...it flashes Christmas inspired pictures and Jackson loves the reindeer picture :). He gets excited about it every night.

Like father like son

Jackson is such a sweet boy, but he has his moments :) The beginning of his pout face :)

....but then he is happy once again :)

Jackson is still waking up super early....we are trying different things to try and remedy that, but in the meantime, there are some days when we go and get him from his nap and he falls asleep on us while he is in our lap. On this particular day, he fell asleep on me right as Dillan was waking up from his nap. So I put him in our bed. He was out!!! I finally had to wake him up because it got so late!

Such a sweet face. If you look closely, that is a scratch on his forehead...not his hair :(

Wearing our medals from the Turkey trot :)

One cold, rainy day...I decided to turn our dining room table into a tent. Jackson had a blast!

Dillan thought it was fun, too. He would laugh as Jackson would crawl through the blankets. He did not have any clothes on at the moment...he was in between a wardrobe change. Due to his frequent spitting up...he has numerous changes throughout the day :)

Dillan is definitely teething, but he is still a happy baby. He has been a little out of sorts lately, but he may also have a little cold.

When Daddy got home...Jackson couldn't wait to show him what we had done with the dining room table. Here are my boys...I am so blessed!

Dillan loves watching his older brother :)

Jackson loves watching his Daddy :)

We got Dillan a jumperoo as an early Christmas gift. We bought it from a consignment store. He loves anything where he is standing up. He will actually take steps if you walk with him and hold his hands. I need to get it on video. He loves "walking". What are the odds that I have another child that walks early? Maybe it is just a phase...he is only 5 months :)

Jackson was so proud of himself. He stacked all of the magazines on the chair and then sat on top of them. Who needs toys :)

My mom got Jackson these rain boots and he recently discovered them this weekend. He loves wearing them...especially since he can put them on himself. One morning this last weekend, I looked outside and saw Jackson in his pajamas, rain boots, hat, and mittens. It was quite the look :)

Another good look :)

Daddy and Jackson playing with Dillan....and mommy is tickling his little legs a bit behind the scene :)

Dillan has something very important to say...you better listen up :)