O Holy Night

My absolute favorite Christmas song, it is so powerful and if leaves me in awe of my existence...

Hear Celine Dion sing it!!

O holy night!

The stars are brightly shining,

It is the night of the dear Savior's birth.

Long lay the world in sin and error pining,

Till he appeared, and the soul felt its worth.

A thrill of hope the weary soul rejoices,

For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn;

Fall on your knees;

O, hear the angel voices!

O night divine, O night when Christ was born!

O night, O holy night, O night divine

Merry Christmas!

Our First Tree!

Even though Jason and I have been married for 7 1/2 years, and Jackson is 3 1/2, we never bought a real tree. We have had a little fake 3 footer for the longest time, but nothing bigger. Sooooooooooo, we kinda went nuts with getting our first live, big tree. It seemed smaller at the tree farm... We have a 20 foot vaulted ceiling and it is about 2 feet shy of that.





A little explanation- we went to the tree farm intending to get a 6 foot or so tree. Chop it down, take a picture and tie it to the top of the Tahoe. When we arrived, there was this huge tree leaning against a barn with a price tage of $24. Surely not! Someone came over and asked us if we were interested. The deal was that someone had cut it down the week before and then changed their minds. They just wanted it gone. SOLD! We did go and hack down a little tree for memory's sake and put it in Jackson's room.





Christmas tends to bring out the kid in you, don't you think?

1 month to go...

... and Cooper will be a year old. A YEAR OLD!

Sadly, to mark his 11th month, today we discovered he has a sinus infection...



On the plus side, he took a pretty good nap today, and went to bed without screaming for an hour. This past week or so has been a bit hairy in the sleep department!

What has Cooper conquered???

Saying "buhbuh", which is southern speak for brother, if you didn't know
Going up the stairs
Slowly but surely knawing an escape out of his crib
Throwing full blown temper tantrums, with arching the back and throwing back the head
TOOK HIS FIRST STEPS!!!!

Bam Bam

Remember the little baby boy from the Flintstones? Well, that is Cooper, except he prefers to beat himself up, instead of others... He has more gotten bruises to his little noggin in a week, that most kids do all year!! I think he is still just trying to figure out the finer points of crawling, pulling up and cruising. He is looking a bit rough and I'm seriously considering buying him a little bicycle helmet!

Comfort and Joy

Cooper's comfort objects, up close and personal. Snapped this right before he drifted off to sleep.

Mommy's Takin' Us to the Zoo!

We had a great time at the San Antonio zoo this past weekend! The boys were such good buddies. Jackson couldn't wait to see the elephant, but got scared as soon as he saw it. The hyenas were making quite a racket and the lion was roaring at something. It was neat to see, but a bit scary too. Before leaving we took a ride on the train. Jackson was totally into it. We even went through a dark tunnel! Afterward we got to visit my cousin Megan and chow down on some pizza!! It was a quiet ride home, and I got to nibble on some yummy homemade fudge Megan made...

San Antonio Zoo Pics