I'm Back!!!!!!!!!

After a long hiatus, I am finally back on blog world! I tried to upload a slideshow I made for Jackson's birthday on Dec. 9th, but I couldn't get it to work :( Here are some pictures of what's been going on in life...

Jackson's first Thanksgiving! He gobbled up(no pun intended, lol) mashed potatoes with gravy, and loved jellied cranberry sauce! What a cutie!

His first birthday cake! I baked the cake and frosted it, Joe decorated it. He had a lumberjack themed party.

Giving Gramp Osgood kisses!

Cake time!

Yummy!

Birthday boy in his birthday clothes

Auntie got him some frozen juice pops!

We celebrated Uncle Zip's 15th birthday too!

Conversing and gummy fried eggs

The birthday Uncle!

Jackson's first trip to the library! All the kids dressed in p.j.'s to "ride" the Polar Express and hear the story! Santa was there, and they had crafts and snacks for the kids. Also, showed the Polar Express movie.

Look who discovered the bookshelf!

Watching Momma and Daddy decorate the Christmas tree!

Taking a bath and eating one of his juice pops.

Sitting with Great-Grammie Aldrich at the family Christmas party, opening a bag of goodies!

Redneck antenna...

Mmmm cocoa with colored marshmallows!

Listening to Daddy play the guitar and sing songs. One of Jackson's top favorite activities!!!

Stockings my Mom made, one for the new baby too! I still need to get a hook for it!

Christmas tablecloth my Grammie gave me

Sugar cookies! I actually decorated cookies this year! It was fun!

Aunt Barbie gave me the recipe for these cinnamon rolls when I was 14. They had them every year for Christmas, before they opened gifts. We decided this past Christmas to adopt the tradition! I added some crushed peppermints to the glaze for an extra special touch.

Grammie Aldrich pulling Jack in his Aunts' and Uncles' new sled on Christmas. He thought that was fun!

Playing with his new drum at Grammie Osgood's.

Christmas night, Daddy helping Jack set up his new car track.

Two little cousins, trying to see just how much noise they can make!!!

My little monkey!

Uh, oh. Jackson has figured out how to push things to the side of the playpen and stand on them! Here he is standing on his drum!

The cutest hand-printed waffle iron ever! I can't bring myself to wash it off, just yet!
 *Disclaimer* It was in the cabinet, with other dishes that he was playing with, it was not hot or plugged in!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures! I have been busy on a couple projects, I'm almost ready to post about those. Coming soon!