Christmas, 2 months, old houses

What a great Christmas we had!

We went to the Christmas Eve service at church and Jake was a hit, everyone that saw him made a comment on how cute and adorable he was. Here's a picture...

My brother came from Chicago for almost a week. He came on Christmas day just in time for dinner and then we opened presents. Jake slept in Chad's arms during the presents. It was just so great to all be in the same in room together!

The few days after Christmas we hung out around the house and went to the movie "Yes, Man". Jake did great at the movie, he slept in the Baby Bjorn on Chad the whole time.

On the 28th Jake was 2 months old. I can't believe that it was 2 months ago that we were in the hospital meeting our son. Sometimes, it seems like yesterday and other times I can't remember life without him! One big thing that happened this week was that we decided to switch to formula from breastfeeding. I was very hesitant, but with my infection (it's painful) I was stressed out and getting slightly depressed about feeding and the infection. It was the right move for us. The cool part is that other people can feed Jake...like his Uncle Frank (Shortly after waking up)!

Frank, my brother, mom, and I went for a little adventure in the woods around our house. A few months ago my mom was walking and saw a some old abandoned houses in the woods. We can see them now that the leaves have fallen. So we decided to explore. The first few little buildings we hiked to were just sheds. But then we came across 2 houses. The roofs were sunken and the floors were gone. We didn't go in them, but it was interesting. On the houses were notices saying that a hearing over the property is coming up. Apparently, the property was owned by Ira and Peggy Hoyle Pigford. I'm guessing they have passed away and left the property to no one. I don't know how it would happen, but it would so fun to buy the property and eventually build my parents a house on it. Then, they'd live just down the road. But I'm dreaming and assuming that by the time we have a 2nd kid we won't be living in the same house with them.

Frank got me a Kitchen Aid stand mixer for Christmas...it's awesome! We decided to make scones. We had a lot of fun doing that. We kinda missed a part of the recipe... we were supposed to combine the eggs and cream together and then add to the other ingredients. We didn't do that and the dough was much sticker than it should have been, but they tasted good and we had a lot of laughs through the process!

Well, Happy New Year to everyone! We hope to be sleeping through the coming of the new year!