This Warm December...

Well, things are still a bit rocky on the wellness front, because Jack has brought home another great and more complicated illness from daycare, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). Imagine giving a 7 month old child a dosage of medicine through a nebulizer. Now, imagine doing that to a 7 month old screaming bloody murder. Make sense?

We keep telling ourselves that we made the right decision by putting him in daycare, because he's going to have one heck of an immune system one day! We just didn't know he would be at the doctor's office every other week. Now that we've got that out of the way, let's talk about the most wonderful time of the year, Christmas! As you can see, Jack's excited, really excited!

December 6th, 2008: First stop, Santa! Heck yeah, let's start this month off right! Let's put Jack and the big guy toe-to-toe to discuss Christmas gifts. Jack had a long list of things made by Fisher-Price and Leap Frog to share with the man in red. Jack thinks that Santa's a big NC State fan. Why else would his suit be that color, right? Our neighbors invited us to their church for "Breakfast with Santa." A chance to meet Santa and eat some delicious pancakes. As you can tell, Jack thought that this dude was pretty cool and will be even cooler depending on how December 25th shakes out!

"OK Santa, here's the deal!"

December 8th, 2008: The Card! So, when Mommy shared with Daddy what she wanted to do for this year's Christmas Card he chuckled and shook in fear. No matter how experienced he was at taking a few pictures there was no way this would ever happen, ever! However, Santa & Papa Roger must have been keeping a close eye on this shoot, because it happened and it happened fast. Seriously, 10-15 minutes tops, including getting dressed, posing and that was it!

Daddy was amazed and in shock. Snoop thought he was relieved of card duty this year, but we sucked him back in one more time and he rocked it. As for Jack, mad props to the little guy for not making this a nightmare. Many of you have received the card by now, so we thought you would enjoy the out-takes!

So, here you go......and yes, this is the actual course of events!

"Jack, you sit here." -Mommy

"Ha, this is kind of fun. Can you see my belly?"

"Ha, ha, you can see my belly!"

"Get outta here! I can't eat these cookies?"

"Ha, ha, ha, that doggy has on pajamas too!"

"Snoop, do you think they'll notice if I grab a cookie?"

"Almost there.....Gotcha!"

"Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!
Does this mean no more smashed peas and carrots?"

"Cookie Monster, eat your heart out!"

And, the final product.....
Happy Holidays!

We'll update you on Christmas in a few weeks!