Out of the mouth of my babe...

For some reason, Jackson has started calling Todd and I "honey". For example, this was what he just said to me when he was giving something back to me:
"Nope, no need that, honey."

This kid cracks me up.

Vogel Christmas

We spent Christmas in Sibley at Todd's mom's house with the rest of the Vogels: Randy, Ally, Ella, and Max and the STL Vogels, Tim, Lizzie, and Lilly. Jackson LOVES playing with his cousins so he was in heaven especially now that Lilly was big enough to play too! He's quite affectionate, as you can see from a few of these pictures! He shared the sit&spin with Lilly...

...and thanked Max for his Christmas present with a nice kiss! This is one of those pictures that will follow these two cousins for the rest of their lives. Love it!

And here's all of our sweet Vogel blondies: Max, Jackson, Lilly, and Ella before opening presents on Christmas Eve. We had a great time visiting with everyone and eating lots of yummy food!

Catch up

This post is especially for Erin and Lindsay who warned me that this blog was going to come off of their "must read" lists if I didn't update soon. And this picture is especially for my mom who asked for a picture of our Christmas tree this year. And yes, sometimes we let Jackson eat his dinner in front of the tv- mainly Tuesday nights when it's pizza night. You may remember this post about how Jackson always used to have his hands down his pants...well, things haven't changed that much. He took a nap in our "Big Bed" the other day and when I went in to check on him, this is how he had fallen asleep. Nice. Not sure what happened to the picture while it was uploading, but you get the idea.

And last, we have had a few inches of snow over the last couple weeks and the first snow-fall was a good one because the next day was nice and mild so Jackson could go outside and experience his first real play in the snow day. He had a fabulous time digging in the snow, eating it, and being pulled around on his sled. Hopefully we'll have a couple more days like that when it's snowy but not too cold.

I will try to be better about posting, but I make no promises- it's that time of year, ya know?!