Catch Up

I am sorry but I have been a total blog slacker the past 2 months. I think with the holidays and my mom moving back to Texas, things have been a little crazy around the Noble household. Here are some pics and some major events that have happened in the last 2 months.

Christmas!
Jackson was so excited for Christmas this year. We tried really hard this year to help him understand the reason why we celebrate Christmas. I think it started to sink in. He keep running around shouting Merry Christmas and telling us that it is Jesus' birthday. Maybe he will understand it more next year. At the last minute we decided to go to Washington to spend Christmas with Dan's family. I will post pictures from that later. Since we were flying we had to open some gifts before we left. And of course we had to open presents with my mom before she left for Texas. Jackson was so excited to open presents. Half the time he didn't care what was in them, he just loved unwrapping them. Luckily Taylor had no idea what was going on because Jackson wanted to help her open all of her gifts. Here are some pics of the week before we left for Washington for Christmas.
Jackson with Santa at the neighborhood Christmas party

Jackson and Taylor in their Christmas PJs. We opened them early so they could enjoy them longer!



Jackson opening his gift from Grandma (my mom)

My mom opening her gift from us, a snuggie. This was not a gag gift. She really wanted one.

Jackson helping Dan open his gift.

Taylor and Jackson with Santa at the ward breakfast. Can you tell Jackson loved it!! I don't know why he was scared of this santa and not the other.



Taylor Turned 4 months Old!
On December 8th, our little girl turned 4 months old. I can not believe how fast the time has flown by. She is such a wonderful addition to our family. She is always smiling, except of course when she sees the flash on the camera. She loves her Dad and brother so much. Whenever she hears them she smiles. I think she can watch Jackson play for hours, and no matter how upset she is Dan can hold her and immediately calm her down. She has stolen her daddy's heart. I can't even imagine what it will be like when she is older. She can roll from her front to back and is working on rolling form her back to her front. She has found her feet and loves putting them in her mouth. They have become automatic teethers. She loves chewing on anything in sight. We think her teeth or either moving or one is near the surface. She gets a lot more upset when her gums hurt than Jackson ever did. She is working on sitting up by herself and I think she will be doing it soon. We are so blessed to have her in our family. Here are a couple of pics and her 4 month stats.




Weight- 13lbs 7oz - 40.9 percentile
Length- 24.13in - 38.9 percentile
Head- 16in - 35.7 percentile


Thanksgiving
Since we decided not to travel for the holidays this year, we had Thanksgiving at home. Well, that was before Dan's mom called begging us to come and offering to pay for our plane tickets for Christmas. This was the first time Dan and I made an entire Thanksgiving feast on our own. I found this great Barefoot Contessa recipe online for our turkey. It was pretty easy and turned out great. I was so proud of our meal. Dan's brother Rob joined us and we even broke out our wedding china for the first time. Both kids were napping when the Turkey was ready, so I was able to eat my entire meal without holding a child or gobbling it down because someone else crying or needing to be feed. Here are a couple of pics of what the table looked like before we started eating.