Christmas Part 3: Simons Family Christmas

We always spend Christmas Eve with Kevin's family. Kevin has 3 sisters and a brother and 3 are married and 2 have kids...so it adds up to about 17 people. It is so much fun...I have never had that many immediate family members, so it is so much fun. We always eat great food, which includes steak, chicken, mashed potatos, homemade mac and cheese and green beans! It is so great. Then we open presents...which is so fun, because I love to buy presents for people and my favorite part is seeing there reaction.


This is my niece Kaitlyn...the only girl! I love to buy her things and she loved her dolls from her FAVORITE aunt! Hehe...it is always a challenge to find the best gift!

She loved the twin babies...

All the boys got clothes because that is what there mommies asked for. Kind of sad because I didn't get as big of a reaction. But, now that I am a mommie I understand the continuous need for more clothes.

Our nephew Paxton always has fun requests, this year he wanted a cell phone, ipod and a camera. And this is his new pre-paid cell phone...he was so pumped!

Jude got lots of great things for Christmas...here is one neat v-tech bear...

These are really cool shirts from Aunt Kathy...one says Rock n Roll with a big guitar and the other says born in 2007. She always gives me such great presents.

Here is a cool hat we got...

Go Mavericks!

This is going to be my stocking next year!

Here we are...mommie doesn't look that great, but we had fun!

Thank you Simons for helping us get Jude's toy and book collection started. We love you!

Christmas Part 2: Christmas Eve (PJ Exchange)

Part 2: Christmas Eve we have always had a tradition since we were growing up that "Mom Santa" brings us new matching pj's to wear on Christmas morning. When Kevin joined the family, he too received PJ's and this year Jude has also been added! This year we had to make a little change, so we exchange PJ's Christmas Eve early afternoon before we left for The Simons Family Christmas.

This is just a really cute picture of Jude preparing to open his new PJ's.

We were so excited to have Aunt Jamie in town for over a week! Jude loves his Aunt Jamie...she always plays with me!

I love My favorite Aunt Jamie!!

I love my Papa G!

Hmmm...what is this?

A cute little PJ that says "Little Elf" and has buttons for where his bottom is...really cute, but just FYI, don't purchase one of these to use often if you have a baby in diapers...it is really difficult to change diapers in...we even lost a sock for a whole day in there...crazy!

Okay...so my Mom (Gigi), bought Jude this really cute hat for Christmas, but as you can see he definitely has the Simons Noggin and there was no way you could fit it on his head...so we improvised! Hehe...

Aunt Jamie showing off her PJ's

Kevin showing off his new PJ's and ofcourse no picture of mine, but they will be in later pictures...until then you will just have to imagine them.

Either way, this is such a fun tradition and I would highly recommend adding it to your holiday festivities. I think we should have PJ days throughout the year...who doesn't love new PJ's. (I said PJ's 10 times in this post...oh that is 11 times...if you were counting)

Christmas Part 1: Grandma Simons

Okay...I know it is almost February and I am just now getting the Christmas pictures online. But, here we go! This year our first stop was Grandma Simons house. This is something that we always do each year with Kevin's extended family. His Grandma always makes enchilada's and it is a fun time.

Kevin and cutie niece Kaitlyn

Jude and Grandma Simons

Kevin and nephew Charlie

Another cute moment!

All Better...well, almost...

Jude is all better as far as the RSV, we just have a 3rd round of antibiotics to get rid of his left over ear infection. It was a tough road of breathing treatments and yucky antibiotics, but overall he handled it really well. Jude is getting so big...he is 5 months old now. He can roll over from his stomach to back and most of the time from his back to his stomach. And he is getting really close to being able to sit up on his own. I can't believe that in less than a month he will be 6 MONTHS old...CRAZY!

Funny story...after 2 weeks of being in a sleeper, I actually put Jude into an outfit. Although, he messed up two outfits, so I resorted to a long sleeve sleeper. Don't worry, he was under some covers, so he was warm. But, we were hanging out on the bed watching some cartoons and working and he was SO excited because his feet were free! I was working and I looked over and this is what I saw...


That's right...he is chewing on his feet! Not only was I amazed at his flexibility, but his eagerness to chew on those toes! Minus his chronic "toe lent".


Oh...I just had to add this one...YES...this is my son the lover of anything that moves anywhere, but especially the TV. Sorry the picture is so dark, we were trying to get an action shot.

Yucky RSV

Well, I am sorry that I haven't posted in awhile. We took off a few weeks for Christmas and New Years and then went to Kentucky to visit my relatives. When we got back...Jude was sick. He started off with double ear infection, congestion and a small cough. Over the weekend he had a pretty high fever and by Sunday his cough turned into a big adult size "barking" cough. It is so sad?! We went back to the Doctor on Monday and she did the test and he has RSV and bronchiolitis as well as his ears still being infected and having a yucky runny nose. We even had to go get a chest x-ray to see if he had pneumonia, but Praise the Lord he doesn't. We have been taking antibotics, tylenol and doing breathing treatments. He is starting to look like he feels better and his breathing is improving, but he still has a BIG yucky cough. Anyway, needless to say, I have been more than a little tired with waking up to check on him and trying to help soothe him when he is a little cranky.

All that to say, we would appreciate any prayers to help him get better quickly. And...I have tons of news from Jude's first Christmas that I will post very soon!

Happy Wednesday!

Christie