christmas eve

i have SO many pictures from Christmas Eve because we had all Jakobson and Lookhart families in one house celebrating together like the good ol days. we did however missed my uncle and aunt, but it will be their last holiday away.

So i just picked some highlights of the night.

 craft, reindeer food.

 we tried to do a nativity scene with the little kids, but it was more of entertaining then spiritual.

 cousin Rachelle had fun spoiling the babies with her yummy cupcakes

all dressed up in our Sunday best for Christmas sunday.

 he is such a handsome little boy!

christmas lights

early december we went and saw all the cool lights in town.

 owen with some of his buds, Olivia P.,Kaden L,owen, Carter B.



in early December we saw the first signs of a cold winter that was about to come.

 we are that family that if you have an activity or sport we are ALL there supporting that person.

 Grant is such a stud on the basketball court. We were all so proud of him.

 i love this face

christmas tree

it was raining and owen was sick but i we were determined to get our tree.

I stayed in the car and josh picked it out by himself

we got it home and the tree is massive!

Josh said it looked smaller at the lot then in the garage!

we had to totally rearrange our living room and even then the big beast took up a ton of space.

the tree was beautiful and i love the fresh pine smell.

 owen helped me decorated it. he was actually really soft but got excited about himself being so good.......

 that he accidentally broke an ornament. he was pretty concerned about it.

All things girl will be filling our house! 

we are very excited to be having a sweet girl and the joy she will bring to our family.

she was WAY more cooperative during the ultrasound then owen ever was. i could have stared at her little profile and body all day.

Twins

my best friend Jill just delivered her twin babies early wednesday morning. yes they were born on 12*12*12! lucky kids. the boy is Emmett Cash weighing in at 6 lbs and the sweet girl is Elsie corrine weighing in at 6.6 lbs. Jill is such a trooper and delivered easily and quickly. she is an amazing mother and seriously born to bare children. I am one proud friend!

Aren't they the cutest babies! i could snuggle them all day if i didn't have my own wild child to tend to.

family pictures 2012

here are some of our family pictures we did this year. Owen didn't want anything to do with taking pictures, so i'm surprised that we even got one decent picture of him. plus all the ducks were not helping at getting my son to look at the camera. We had so many good shots, but Owen was either screaming or totally not looking.

 because i don't have a stand and clicker i have to ask someone to take the picture with my camera and then i edit them. This year Jenny was kind enough to take on the task of snapping the pictures. A course Mads came and i just can't help but take her picture. she is SO pretty.

baby #2

So yes i am barely showing in this shot, but i love taking a picture even month of my growing bump.

Besides not showing quickly just like my first pregnancy, I also wasn't sick at all.

BUT....with a lot of similarities with both pregnancies so far, i have two very different things happening this go around.

1. my sense of smell is out of control. i smell everything to the 10th degree. sometimes and good thing, most of the other time it is  HORRIBLE thing.

2. I was diagnosed with low blood pressure this go around. which is so weird because i always have perfect pressure. But with that low pressure i get REALLY horrible head aches and dizzy/ fainting spells. not fun....not fun at all.

And my weight gain is way less, probably because of my wild child I care for :)

I just needed to record those things because i never had them with my first pregnancy. And also I love how owen totally photo bombed my picture!! Silly boy.

Thanksgiving 2012

This year Thanksgiving was spent with the Willden family. while the men went hunting in the morning I got my food/dessert ready at my parent's house. Owen LOVED playing in all the leaves at my parent's house.

 Owen was having a grumpy weird day, but he loved helping G-ma Janie make the gravy.

 Dana hosted the dinner and even cooked the Turkey and a few other food herself! and it was so delicious.

 Dana tried to make home made rolls like G-ma Karma but we couldn't get them to turn out very well. good thing we had store bought back ups.

We had a great intimate Thanksgiving with the Willden family and are so very grateful for all of our many amazing blessings.

birthday boy

my handsome blue eyed boy had a birthday on the 7th. sadly he was out of town on his birthday and then we left for our trip. I still tried to make it special with some gifts and a little date night.

 his work got him a cake during one of their classes. it made me happy that even though he wasn't home on his day, he was still spoiled.

this is his last year of his twenties! I love him so much and so grateful for his hard work he does and the great dad he is to Owen.

happest place on earth

DISNEYLAND!

Best trip ever!! Josh had NEVER been! shocking I know. things just worked out that we were able to save and plan this great trip for our family.November was the perfect time. not super hot and super short lines.  My mom was able to come with us, which was a huge help! and i'm pretty sure she loves Disneyland as much as I do! i remember going all the time growing up and now i'm excited to start that tradition with my family.

 there are NO words to describe how happy Owen was to see Mickey! it brought tears to my eyes and the biggest smile on our faces.

 our second day there Tyson and his family came down and met us. Owen always has so much fun with his cousins.

 the park was decorated for Christmas and on main street they played christmas music. It WAS magical.

 He loves his hat

 Kole and Owen had on almost identical outfits. totally not planned

 tyson and I. We went on almost every ride and everyone took turns with the kids while some went on the adult rides.

 Owen was always passed out by night time, we wore him out. he slept so well those few days.

We had the greatest time and CAN NOT wait to go back.