Christmas Time

We've had lots of fun being in Fayetteville over the break. In fact, we've stayed so busy that I've hardly had time to get on the computer. It has been so fun spending time with family and friends, seeing James' little sister get married, watching Jesse experience the Christmas season for the first time, and getting to go out on a date for the first time in a couple months. Here is a little update on the festivities so far.

On Monday Jesse and his cousin Ben got to hang out for the first time since July. They had a blast...that is, until Jesse started playing bully (he doesn't understand that his "pats" on the head are a little too rough).

Here they are playing in Ben's tunnel:





Riding Grandma's rocking horse:



and playing with Ben's latch box:





James and Jesse had fun crushing peppermints for candy cane cookies:



Tonight we had fun eating dinner at Hugo's with my parents and seeing the lights on the square. Jesse had the time of his life at Hugo's. He became good friends with an older couple at a table close to ours. He kept looking at them and smiling and giggling and offering them pieces of his food (and of course, they were smiling and laughing, too). He was much more sedated on our walk around the square, but seemed to like seeing the lights and ponies.




He was so wound-up after our outing that we let him stay up a little later to burn off some energy.