Christmas Craziness!

We had a busy Christmas as usual! A few weeks ago we went to the Meyer Christmas with Jason's dad and step mom. Christmas Eve afternoon we went to Jason's mom and step dad's house to spend Christmas with them and Jason's brothers. Christmas Eve night we went to my Grandma Dee's house. Christmas morning was at my parents and then off to my Grandma Fern's that night. We are very blessed to have 5 places to go for Christmas and so much family, even if we are exhausted by the end of it :-)

Snowmen

It was pretty nice out the other day so Pey and I made a couple of snowmen and went sledding--I can't remember the last time I made a big snowman! We had a lot of fun!

Happy Birthday Brandon and Grandpa Art!

Yes Peyton and I made that cake--I know you're probably amazed by our talent! :-)

Blow out the candles!

Jackson and Great-Grandpa Art

We celebrated my Grandpa Art and my brother Brandon's birthdays the other night!

Snowed in!

Sleepy boys

We tried to get creative since we'd been in the house for 3 days--here's our fort we made for Peyton which kept her entertained for awhile!

Its cold outside!

Grandma and Peyton "braving the elements" for a little fresh air!

All bundled up!

We put Peyton to work shoveling!

Its been cold and snowy--I think this morning it was -19 with the windchill...We were snowed in for 3 days and have finally been plowed out this morning. I am yet to go outside in the cold, but Peyton and my mom were brave and we let Pey go out for about 10 minutes yesterday as she needed some fresh air! I definitely haven't missed the freezing cold!

Christmas cookies

Starting last year (or the year before) Peyton and I started making Christmas cookies together...it always sounds so fun before we start, but 6 hours later and 6 different kinds of cookies later we're both pretty tired!! Of course today Peyton wanted to make more cookies as we didn't get our gingerbread men done--I told her we needed to take a little break though!

I'm 1 month old!

He's still pretty good at sleeping during the day, most days!

He has big, bright eyes and loves to watch everything.

Its hard to believe Jackson is already 1 month old!!! He seems to be growing like a weed and finally fills out his 0-3 month clothes. He started smiling around 3 weeks, you still have to work pretty hard to get him smiling. He's a strong little man and can stand sometimes when we hold him, loves to grab things, and is really squirmy, especially in bed...one night he even got himself undressed from his head to his waist! He's also pretty noisy when he sleeps and definitely lets us know he's still next to us :-)

Shucking Corn

Grandma Lorna and Jackson

Who would have thought shucking corn was so fun?? After the combining was done this year Jason would take the kids out to the cornfield and they thought is was so much fun to pick up the ears of corn they missed and would come home and take the corn off the cob! Seems funny to me that such a simple thing can be so exciting!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

The boys

Jackson's 1st Thanksgiving

Peyton's contribution to Thanksgiving-her "pie"

Grandma Lorna and Pey making a cherry pie

A few pics from preparation for Thanksgiving and after eating

Jason's excitement

Jason was excited as he shot this 17lb racoon! He's enjoying working on the farm and everything that comes with it:-)

Bath Time!

Jackson "enjoying" his bath as usual :-)

We got this cute towel from our friends Paula and Katrina

Jackson pretty much screams during his entire bath--its one of the times he really likes to let us know he's here. Hopefully he'll start liking his bath more soon :-)

Cousins

Peyton, Blake, Brady, Jackson

Peyton and her cousins....every year we take a picture of them with their heads together..its been fun to see them grow--Jackson looks so tiny compared to everyone! Peyton has had lots of fun playing with Brady and Blake again!

First Day of School

Yes I'm slowly getting caught up on my pictures and have lots to post--Peyton had her first day of preschool the week Jackson was born. She attends 2 days/week for 3 hours. She really likes school and wasn't hesitant to go at all (not surprising).

Life with Jackson and Peyton

Peyton and her guitar--ready to go shopping!

Proud big sister

Jackson---getting bigger and weighed 6lbs 12oz on Monday

Life with two kids has been busy but good. Jackson is a pretty easy baby so far- he pretty much is awake for a few hours in the morning, sleeps from noon (waking only to eat of course) until about 6/7pm when we wake him up to be awake for a few hours before bed :-) At night he wakes up every 3 hours to eat, just like Peyton did.

Peyton is doing well with Jackson overall, doesn't seem jealous; she has had a lot of changes in her life in the past few weeks so I'd say she's doing good for the most part! She has a lot of distractions with school and grandma and grandpa to entertain her so that has been good for her as well.

Jackson William Meyer

Jackson is here!

Yes we had the baby. On Nov. 15th we went in to have a non-stress test and they decided to keep me to induce me. Everything went well- I was in labor about 8 hours and was able to have a VBAC which I really wanted.

Jackson William Meyer was born at 7:44pm, weighed 6lbs 3oz and is 19.5inches long. He has dropped weight (which is normal) and it back up to 5lbs 15oz, so he is really little and of course is swimming in his 0-3mo clothes! He looks just like Peyton when she was a baby except less hair. He's a very sweet baby and really only cries when getting his diaper changed or really hungry. We've of course have had a few rough nights, but are getting a bit more sleep now. We had to stay in the hospital a little longer (came home Monday) as we've had to treat him for jaundice so he's had to be strapped to a bili-blanket for two days in hospital and at home(we didn't know they made them--but its pretty cool) ...we'll have his follow up Monday again. In the next few days I'll update with the story of his birth/more pictures. For now we are loving having a new baby, enjoying every change that comes with a new baby, lack of sleep and all! Peyton loves her brother which is good and wants to be a bit too motherly :-)

Fashion Tips from a Farm Girl!

Fashion lesson for those of you who have never been to a farm or visited a farm:

When you move to the farm you're not as fashionable as you'd sometimes like to be--you have to have farm clothes and regular clothes---as you can see farm clothes consist of anything you can find around the house that somewhat fits!! So it may be your cousin clothes (who happen to be boys)-but they do the job---don't worry we don't leave the farm with these clothes on--but you really don't want your nice clothes getting stinky/muddy :-)

Peyton has been sledding and loves to carry around the cats!!

Road trip

After almost 30 hours Peyton has gone a little crazy :-) Finally South Dakota!