Oh what fun...

This week we have been preparing for our little man's first Christmas!  We have been decking the halls!  The tree is up and decorated.  The lights are up!  Parties have been had.  Now all we have to do is wait for Ol' St. Nick to make his way down the chimney!

My first present!

What do you mean I have to wait?

Cheesin'

Oh Christmas tree

I found one for meee!

Check out all the goodies!

All ready for the party!

Hanging out with my buddy Mason

Cheers!  Merry Christmas!

Santa is coming!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

This weekend, the Deahl household has gotten into the Christmas spirit!  Jackson can't wait to see decorate the tree!  We visited a local Christmas tree farm to cut down our very first family Christmas tree.  It was so much fun.  We walked all over that Christmas tree lot until we had that Clark Griswold, angels singing moment.  Unfortunately, that did not happen as all the trees we loved were too big!  We did end up with a beautiful tree and thank goodness we chose a smaller tree!  The star barely fits at the top!  Check out the pictures of our adventure!

Jackson and Mommy at Santa's house.

D&E Christmas tree farm

Jackson loved this tree!

Hiding from the rain.

Hello!

We found it!

Chopping it down

Success!

Taking our tree home

Out little cookie

Ooh lights!

These aren't for eating?

Jackson loves having his little tree in his room.

So pretty!

Cheeky!  Merry Christmas everybody!

6 Months

Our little one is 6 months old!  Half a year! And I just can't believe it.  Sometimes I just sit and just can't comprehend what has happened over the last 12 months.  We have this wonderful little being that has made our life so amazing. 

Jackson is just the happiest, smiliest (I know, not a word) little kid.  His latest achievement is sitting!  And he is getting quite good at it.  He is weighing it at a whopping 20.5 lbs and is 28" tall, 90th percentile of both.  His head, however, is now "off the charts" at 19 in.  The good news is that his flat spot is getting better and our doctor no longer thinks he is a helmet candidate.  YAY!  He has had 2 ear infections over the last 2 weeks, making for some rough nights.  Luckily he is all better and back to sleeping through the night.  He sleeps anywhere from 10-12 hours a night.  He is as curious as ever and wants to touch everything.  His little teeth are coming in great and we expect more soon!  Jackson is so excited about Christmas, as you will see in my next post.  Meanwhile, enjoy our little photo session.

Cheeser

New bath tub!

 Rub a dub dub

Loving his driving toy!

No shoes, not shirt, no problem :)

Honk Honk!

Happy Birthday Nana!

We had a very special birthday this weekend.  Jackson's Nana celebrated her birthday Sunday.  We wish we could have been there to celebrate with the whole family.  Happy Brithday Nana!  We hope it was a fantastic day for a lovely lady!

Catching up...

This is the inevitable catching up post.  There may be more of these!  Things have been a little crazy around the Deahl household.  Not only is work crazy, but our little Jackson is doing new things left and right!  We went to Huntsville for Thanksgiving and had a fabulous time!  Eric went to Chi-town with his Dad and Jackson was left to go Black Friday shopping with the ladies :)  We had a great time.  We ate too much, spent time with our favorite people, and now we have to get back to reality. Boo!  Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Sitting in a grocery cart for the first time

Having fun in my new big boy car seat. Later, I would not be so happy :)

Enjoying my new sippy cup!

Who me?

Blue eyes

The whole family!

Having fun with Nana

Mom, Ashley and Grandmom

Jackson and Grandma Deahl

Jackson and Nana

Stephanie and Ashley

Pat and Mary Ann

Jackson and Great Uncle Chuck

Jackson and the Stratfords

Posing

Watch out ladies

Us too!

Jackson and Great Aunt Mary Ann

Take two

Bring on the malls! Ready to go!

Big boy!

Having fun with Nana

Laughing at Maw Maw. She is so silly!

Sitting on my own!

Getting pretty good at it!

Santa...I have been so good! Can't you see?

Workin' on the railroad

Maw Maw is so funny!

Jackson and Aunt Ashley!

Bye bye now!  Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!