Party Hardy

We always go to St. George for the UEA break in October.  Adam's parents were supposed to leave on their mission in September, but they were called to Brazil and right now a Brazilian Visa is pretty hard to come by so the church moved their departure date to December 9th.  This meant they would be around for our annual October visit after all. Always a plus.  We arrived late Wednesday night and by breakfast on Thursday Bonnie was already on the phone with her party planning daughters planning a cousin Halloween party for that night.

 

 

This is Adam's sister Jaclyn. If party planning were an Olympic sport, she would be a gold medalist. She loves to plan parties so when cousins are in town she pulls out all the stops.

 

Jameson checking out a decorated table in the back yard.

Walking into Jaclyn's home this time of year is just like walking into a Halloween boutique.  She has more Halloween decorations than anyone I've ever met.  I didn't get any good pictures but this one gives you an idea.

 

It was a costume party so the cousins dressed up.

 

 

 

Jameson wasn't sure about the Halloween piñata at first, but he liked it when everyone cheered him after he tapped it with a stick.

 

 

Halloween is synonymous with sugar and he was definitely a fan of all of the treats. This picture just says it all.

 

As part of the party they sang to me for my birthday and gave me a few presents.

 

 

"It would be sooo funny to put a BYU football helmet by her in a picture!" hee hee  Yeah, that's hilarious alright.

 

On the last full day of our trip we went to Jumpin Jacks with cousins.  It was late on a Saturday and we practically had the place to ourselves.

 

 

Bethany and Jaclyn

 

It was the perfect activity and they even had some new stuff since the last time we were there.  The kids really loved being able to play with cousins and I loved that it wasn't crowded at all.

 

All too quickly it was time to head home.  Jameson doesn't have a great travel record, but we were pleasantly surprised when he slept for 3 hours on the way home.  Ahh, that was nice.  He did much better on this trip than he has in the past so I'm glad things are moving in a positive direction when it comes to travel.

 

Now that Jameson can get in and out of his crib at will it's hard to keep his room clean.  For the most part he likes sleeping so putting him down and night and for naps really isn't a big deal.  We haven't gotten his toddler bed out yet because he will stay in his crib most of the time. On the days when he doesn't feel quite ready to sleep, however, it gets a little crazy in there.

 

 

When I opened the door yesterday, this is what I found.

And this is what his room looked like. Drawer pulled out, clothes all over, books scattered and diapers laying around.  He loves to jump in his crib and crawl out to get toys and stuff and then crawl back in. This was actually the first time that he fell asleep without crawling back in. During all of this non-sleeping time he doesn't usually cry for us to come and get him. In fact, I've opened up the door a few times to check on him and he just smiles at me, climbs back in his crib and lays down like he is suppose to. Silly boy.

 

His vocabulary is finally starting to expand and each day it seems he is trying to say a new word.  He has around 20 words right now like bubble, apple, car, cheese, dog, stinky, and baby.  Every time he sees a train he says, "Choo Choo!".  He has really become a fan of Thomas the Train and loves to play with trains and cars.

 

BFF's Jameson and Jenna