The Udells have been super busy lately. We are in the process of trying to buy a house. This is our first time, so we had no idea it was such a rollercoaster process. Jesse is now 17 months old. He is a big boy and saying all kinds of new words. Here is a recent picture.
Jesse got a new chair! I have seen this chair at Target for nearly a year and thought it would be so cute for Jesse. It's big enough he can use it for the next 5 or 6 years. Well, I went in to finally buy it and God smiled on me. It was on Clearance! When I took it up front in the store another shopper was eyeballing it and it was so obvious that he was wanting it. This chair is a mini version of my office chair.
Jesse and his Great Grandma Marj taking a nap on the couch.
My little man is growing up!
On Sunday, Jesse and I visited PaPa and MeMa's church. Jesse wanted to be up front and preach with PaPa.
MeMa and PaPa bought them matching baseball PJs.
I know it has been a long time since I blogged. Life has been busy. Jesse is 14 months old now, and learning all kinds of new words. He can name most of the facial features and point to them. He also knows belly button and toes. He has a tiny bit more hair, but still is follicley challenged. He loves to look at books and gets very excited at "bap time." Jesse is starting to feed himself with a spoon. He is also getting some new teeth. He has 12 teeth and has 2-4 more trying to make there way through. Jesse has been sleeping all night in his crib. We finally cut out the habit of letting him cuddle with us if he woke up in the night.
In other news, I have started working full time. I was working part-time for a little over a year after Jesse was born. Full time includes 30-40 clients per week and about 15 hours of paperwork. But Josh and Jesse have been great through the adjustments.
I will try to post some cute pics or a video soon. Jesse fell asleep sitting up leaning against the couch this morning just before his nap time. I think the time change caught him off guard. I wished I would have had the camera handy.
Jesse got a new toybox from his Mommy's Uncle Mike. I know what Jesse was thinking, "Hey mom, I need some more toys to fill this thing." It was handmade with lots of love. Mommy got a new solid oak file cabinet too.
Jesse has a little red wagon that his Mommy's Uncle Mike made for him. It is usually full of colored blocks, but Jesse has currently scattered them throughout the house. He has really been excited to pull the wagon, stand in the wagon, or flip the wagon over lately. Thanks, Uncle Mike!
Jesse loves to Dance! I think he has inherited his dad's love of music. As soon as he hears a beat, he starts to bounce and then spin. Since his dad always has music playing you can just imagine all the exercise Jesse gets with dancing.
We had a wonderful Christmas and a fun New Year's Eve. I had the bright idea of starting a new Christmas tradition this year. Instead of rushing back and forth between the Udell and Nelson homes on Christmas Eve and Christmas day, I decided to plan it where we would get lots of time at each house. We celebrated with the whole Nelson bunch on Dec. 23 and then stayed the night and pretended it was like Christmas Eve. Then woke up on the 24th and did our Christmas. We had an awesome breakfast and then opened our stockings. We played games and watched a movie. Then it was onto the Udell family for the evening of Christmas Eve. We had a big dinner together of the traditional potatoe soup and oyster soup. Then we watched the movie, The Nativity Story together. Jesse tuckered out before the movie. Then we spent the night and woke up the next morning to do Christmas with the Udells. It was fun to watch Jesse play in all of the wrapping. Then we had a Christmas brunch with Trish's famous cinnamon roll Christmas tree. Yummy. We then spent the day playing Rock Band 2 and playing board games. I hope we can carry this tradition out each year so we get plenty of time both places without rushing back and forth. Here are a few pics from the holidays.
