Christmas LONG OVERDUE!!!

So Christmas lasted for about a month for us. My parents came into town from the Big AZ (Arizona). We celebrated Christmas with them over the Thanksgiving holiday, it just lined up better for everyone and there work schedules.

We had Thanksgiving at our house with both sets of family. It was awesome.

On Sunday we celebrated Christmas. We went to church, put up the tree, had a really nice dinner and opened presents.

Peter snuggling on the couch with Paw Paw.

Paw Paw and Grand Mom Pedersen.

Paw Paw and Peter playing the ipad.

Grand Mom and Peter reading a story.

Peter on Grand Mom's bed in the morning.

This looks fun!!!

Peter did a great job decorating the tree. All of the ornaments were only 3 feet off the ground. But it was perfect.

After they went home we immediately left for a wedding in Amarillo. Jon was a groomsman and Peter was the ring bearer. My men looked so HANDSOME.

We stayed with one of Jon's old roommates from college Jeff, and his lovely wife Melanie. It was so fun catching up with them. It felt like old times again, only this time we had 2 1/2 year old entertainment. He was a "HAM" the entire weekend. Jeff loves doing photography, so after the wedding we had him snap some pictures of us. They turned out Great!

Family Shot

Peter being Cute....

.....and Silly!!!

Showing off his shoes.

I Love this handsome guy.

Peter and I spent a lot of time together at the wedding since Jon was a groomsman.

By the Christmas tree.

And in the midst of being so busy, I forgot to blog about the fact that I'm pregnant!!! Ha.

No hiding it here.

Here's our newest addition.

Well that's all for now. I'll post more about pregnancy soon!!! hopefully;)

Christmas 2010

We did Christmas first in College Station with the Seale side of the family. Grandma and Grandpa Brown came, along with Aunt Janie and Uncle Ralph, and Cousin Abby. We had a great time. Unfortunately I haven't taken the pictures off of my camera yet. It was very relaxing and a wonderful day. I wish every Holiday was that laid back.

Christmas in Arizona started with decorating sugar cookies.

Peter LOVED IT! And when Mommy wasn't looking he had his fingers in the RED sprinkles and was eating them. You know it only takes 2 seconds to have RED sprinkles down your arms, all over your face, and in your mouth. But they sure taste good.

Here's a picture of Grandpa Pedersen, his Grandson, and his dog. Grandpa was in Heaven.

Peter comfortable with Grandma Pedersen. He sat there a lot.

Peter got one of those hallmark recordable books from the Pedersen Grandparent's. It was called, Thank you God for Everything." Too cute.

We played at the park because Arizona doesn't really have cold Christmas's. So the weather was beautiful.

You should see him go down the slide. Hilarious.

We hung out with Great friends! I miss this girl.

Went to the Mormon temple to look at lights. Can you see the mass amounts of lights behind my mom and sister. My mom had knee surgery on the 13th, so we pushed her around with Peter in her lap. I think they both had a great time. And there was live music, which was cool. Peter clapped after every song.

We went to the children's museum, which is always fun.

We plan on going back every time we are in AZ.

Of course my child loves the music making things.

I LOVE that cheesy grin!

Peter Loves veggie tales. Here he is watching some that he got for Christmas.

And for the record, Yes he is sitting on Bongos. Ha.

8 Months Old/Christmas

Peter is 8 months old now. Where has the time gone? We have done a lot of things in his 8th month.

We rode on a plane again. It went much smoother this time because Daddy was with us. Grandma and Grandpa Brown drove us to the airport in Houston on Friday. After we said our goodbyes we went though security and headed to the gate. Upon arrival at the gate we discovered that there was a two hour delay, our flight now left at 8pm not 6pm. So we gathered our things and headed to Einstein bagels in the airport and got some dinner. I had planned to feed Peter during our travels anyway so we sat him on the table, (we didn't have a high chair) and he ate half an avocado and a couple bites of banana.

We finally got on the plane and Peter slept the whole time. He's a good traveler. By the time we got to my parents house it was 11:30pm (which is 12:30pm our time). I fed him and he went straight to bed. After spending 4 days sleeping in the same room with Peter, I was glad that he slept in his own room at home.

Christmas with my parents was a lot of fun. We did Christmas on Saturday. Peter got five little balls that all do different things, he loves them, and I love them because they don't require batteries. He also got a lot of books. His Aunt Banana started his sock collection. (if you know his mommy this is a must, she has quite the collection herself.)

Here he is taking a bath in the sink in ArizonaPeter and Grandpa Pedersen (do you see his cute Christmas outfit that Daddy picked out, good job Daddy)Peter with Grandma PedersenAfter too short of a visit we headed back to College Station. The travels back on the plane were much easier, no delays. We did Christmas with Jon's side of the family on Christmas Eve. We went to church first, where Peter wore his santa outfit. Then we went back to their house for gifts. Peter got a cute outfit from Great Aunt Janie and Uncle Ralph, and some bongos from Grandma and Grandpa Brown. He loves those bongos.Here's the santa outfit again.

Christmas was spent with just the three of us. It was nice to start celebrating Christmas as a family of 3!!!

Here are some of the other things Peter is doing right now.

Food...
He eats butternut squash, green beans, peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, zucchini, bananas, avocado, pears, apples and peaches. I have tried everything to get him to feed himself. Here's the order we tried. 1st was Bananas (which were too slimy). Then chunks of cooked apples (again too slimy). We tried green beans and peas, which were not slimy, he was just not interested. We tried avocado and still had no success. I would pick a piece of his food off of his tray and put it in his mouth, he knew it was edible. So he'd sit there with his mouth open, waiting for me to put another piece in. So I started picking up the pieces and putting them in my mouth. He still had no interest in feeding himself, just smashing it into his tray. Well on January 7th I put a pile of rice on his tray. And he got rice all over. After realizing it was on his hand, he put some in his mouth. Then he thought, "Mmm that's pretty good stuff." Hurray we finally have a "self-feeder!" Kind-of.

He has also started drinking out of a sippy cup, which he enjoys cold water. He also enjoys getting water from us at restaurants. He'll take it from our straw if we plug up the one side with our finger.

Crawling...
He is still not crawling, I guess because rolling gets him everywhere he wants to go. Although he did get a walking toy from his Godparents for Christmas. I'll stand him behind it and he lets go. He'll stand there for 10 seconds.

Sleeping...
He is finally sleeping from 8pm - 7:30 am without waking up. And he is still taking 2 naps. YEAH.

Books...
He loves to read books. I can sit with him on the couch and go through three books before he decides he's had enough.

Well that's about it for now, if I think of anything else I'll let you know.