More Christmas Pictures, Courtesy of Ryan Jackson Photography

Here are some pictures that Uncle Ry Ry took at Christmas.  As always, if you would like to inquire about his services, please check out his blog.

And We're Back.....

Elliot's first Christmas was a lot of fun.  Before we packed up to head to Amarillo, we had a small family Christmas at our house.  Elliot got her "Santa" present about 2 months ago, so we just gave her a couple of small things.  

The tip of the iceberg!

We arrived in Amarillo on the Sunday before Christmas to sub freezing temperatures.  No fun!  But in true A-town fashion, it warmed up in time for Christmas.  We spent Christmas day at the Jackson household.  We had 22 people in the house at one time.  Yikes!!

Elliot tearing into a present at Nonni and Pops

Cute family picture...

On the 26th, we had the Allen family Christmas.  Or day two of Operation:  Spoil Elliot!  It was lots of fun, and wrapped up with a mean game of Cranium (which Jennie and I won!).

Elliot taking on a present at Bunny's house

Of course, on the day we left to come back home, the weather turned again.  This time it was Elliot's first snow!  I'm not sure she knew what was going on, but she did know it was cold.

Who needs a coat when you have this kickin' hat and mittens?

Elliot rockin her new stylish boots

Elliot did roll over a few times while we were in Amarillo (once sans clothes and diaper).  But since we have been home she has been rolling over more often and is even sitting up on her own (kind of).

Getting a little wobbly here guys...

Timber!!!

Elliot playing in her new bath tub with her Elmo fishing rod

Elliot has also started to eat food.  Mom is even making some for her.  Here is a picture of Elliot in her new high chair (she got lots of new things) and enjoying some squash.

Really enjoying it...

So that is the latest updates, we will try to be better about posting.  Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!

Tis the Season...

Hello all of you Jackson 3 blog followers! Sorry we haven't updated the blog in a while, it's not that we have been really busy, we are just kind of lazy. If Elliot is asleep we are just chilling out or asleep as well, and blogging definitely falls below picking up the house or any other chores that we have to do (OCD!!). However, I did want to catch everyone up on what has gone on the past couple of weeks.

The big news is that Elliot got her frenulum (piece of skin under her tongue) clipped on Friday. (for more answers on why we did this, please consult Jennie as I don't think she wants it broadcast over the web.) She recovered like a champ and by Friday afternoon she was going to town in her jumper (I think it was harder on Mom and Dad). Saturday, Jennie tried to venture out to the mall with Elliot while Dad worked. Not such a great idea as Elliot started running a fever while she was there. Saturday night the fever was still there so we took her to the Pediatric Urgent Care Center to make sure that her tongue wasn't infected. Tongue, no.... Ear, yes... So Elliot has her first ear infection under her belt! She was a little fussy on Sunday during Dad and Daughter football day, but not too bad considering minor surgery with an ear infection on top! Now, she is doing great!

We are headed to the frigid plains of the Texas Panhandle for Christmas. We are looking forward to seeing everyone. She always seems to do new things in Amarillo (holding off for the grandparents, I guess), so hopefully we can master rolling over (back to front) while we are there.

We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and we will be sure to take lots of pictures.

Love,

Jordan, Jennie, and Elliot

Giggling Baby and Christmas Trees

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  Mommy had to work, so Elliot and Daddy packed up and headed over to have Thanksgiving with our good friends Amy and Andrew and their family.  And, yes, we brought plenty of left overs home to Mom!

The rest of the weekend, we took it pretty easy.  We did motivate ourselves to decorate for Christmas though (we missed you Sammy Christmas, but you are always in our hearts!).  We made a bold decision to leave the fake tree in the attic and on Sunday we headed out to the forrest (aka Lowes) to find our Christmas tree.  Below are some pictures of the finished product!  Also, check out the video at the bottom of the blog.  We had to do the sneaky camera angle b/c she would get distracted when she saw the camera. 

Elliot and Emory enjoying Thanksgiving together!

Thug Life!

Happy Thanksgiving!  If you see these two in a dark alley you better turn and run!

Going to the Chapel...

We have had a pretty busy last couple of weeks.  First off, we wanted to say congratulations to Elizabeth and Wesley.  It was a beautiful wedding and everyone had a great time!

We headed up to Amarillo last week for the big day.  It was a crazy couple of days as Jennie helped get everything perfect for the big day.  While there were some close calls, everything went off without a hitch on the big day.  Here are some pictures from the reception and the wedding.

Jennie and Berkeley (w/ Mia)

Daddy and Elliot partying the night away.  She still has some lessons to learn about being more lady-like!

Bunny and Nonni trying to get Elliot to go to sleep.

The Ryan Jackson photography team.  We will post some of their pictures when they are ready.

Uncle Thomas holding Elliot

Elliot is getting so big and finally growing out of her fussy phase.  All the hard work that we have put in over the last four plus months is starting to pay off!  She is a lot of fun and she is a very happy baby.  She is 13 lbs and 24 inches long.  She has started eating cereal every night before bed.  At first it was very messy (see below), but now she has this "eating with a spoon" thing down.  Everyday it seems like she is doing something new.  She is even starting to put herself to sleep at night.  So thanks for the prayers and support!  Here are some pictures from before we left town.  We decided to give Elliot an early Christmas present.  She still is a little small for it, but she is starting to get the hang of it.

I'm a big girl!  Daddy get out of the way!  I'm trying to watch the game...

I'm so pretty!

Here is Elliot trying to sit in her Bumbo chair.  Again, watching TV.

Here is her first cereal experience.  She is a lot better at it now!

Elliot's First Halloween!

We are not big on Halloween, but we couldn't pass up the opportunity to get Elliot dressed up in a cute costume.  We thought it would be weird to "trick or treat" with her since it would just be a shameless attempt to show her off, and we would have to be the ones asking for candy, so we just got her dressed up and took pictures.  The outfit was really hot and it shed really bad, so we have white fuzzies everywhere!  Including all in her mouth since she likes to eat everything!  Here are some pictures from Elliot's first Halloween!

This is her natural hair style, it isn't part of a costume!  We call it the "Aftershock" since it looks like she just got electrocuted...

Elliot as a sweet bunny!

She even had a little tail

What's up Doc?

Sleepy bunny....

The costume was a little big as you can see it fit Mommy (kind of)!  So we might have a little bunny again next year...