Blake Marcus Jastifer

Christmas Eve was very memorable this year with the birth of our third son, Blake Marcus. He weighed in at 8 pounds 8 ounces and was 22 inches long. He is so precious and we feel so blessed! A wonderful Christmas gift!

We are so blessed by these three boys!

Playgroup Christmas Party

Our playgroup had their Christmas party a couple days ago with good food, friends and of course a visit from Santa where all the kids received books and a candy cane! Ethan was super excited asking Santa how he got there and where his sleigh was parked. He even told Santa that he could hear his reindeer up on the roof. It is so much fun to see the excitement and joy on the kids faces in awe of the big man in the red suit! Santa just showed up and the kids did not know what to think!

Ethan about to get his gift from Santa :)

Christmas Cookies

Yesterday the kids decorated Christmas cookies and enjoyed cutting the cookies out, frosting them (of course, licking the frosting off their fingers), pouring on the sprinkles, and the best part of all....eating them!

Gingerbread House

Now that my kids are getting older, I find it fun to get creative, especially around Christmas time! This year I bought a gingerbread house for the kids to decorate all on their own. My hope was they were more interested in decorating with the candy than eating it and for the most part, Ethan did. Caleb on the other hand could have eaten it all! They had fun and surprisingly worked well together since I only had one house for them to decorate. Ethan told me tonight as I was putting him to bed that he hopes the candy is still good after Christmas so he can eat it off the house :) Like I said, Ethan wanted to eat it afterward!:)

36 weeks & 5 days Belly Picture

Almost there!

December Happenings

Playing in daddy's hunting blind
Playing outside
Bubble wrap!
Ethan LOVES reading to Caleb

...and Caleb loves listening! Jumping on daddy, one of Caleb's favorite activities!
Decorating Christmas ornaments :)
...or if you were Caleb, playing in the glitter!
Eating Christmas cookies
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Ethan the Climber

Ethan came up to me and said "Dad, you know that picture of you hanging from the rocks? I can do that". I didn't so he found me the picture....

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Getting ready to decorate!
Up goes the tree!
Oh to be a kid again at Christmas!