A Busy Morning for Jesse

Ohhhh, Jesse is such the helper in the morning when there's things to be done! And his list of chores is long:

First, Jesse sweeps the floors.

Then it's time to unload the dishwasher.
Next he fixes things with his screwdriver.

I don't know how, but he manages to fit in a book or two.

And he's always keeping tabs on the dogs--whether they're inside or out!

See, such a big help...I don't know how I would get it all done without him!

We've been busy this past week...Garret's been wrapping things up at work before a lighter schedule starts next week for the holidays and I've had a FRG function every night this week. We're getting on the road to Minnesota for some of Garret's cousins' hockey games this weekend. Then I'm looking forward to a couple days of nothing before we fly out to Maryland. Whew!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

To kick the holiday season off we went to something called Bethlehem Revisited. It was so awesome...it was a 45 minute walking tour of the events that led up to Jesus' birth and the events that followed. The actors were great, they had live animals at all the "stations", and it was snowing, which made it seem so magical! Garret and I were shocked at how well Jesse did, especially with it being so cold out.

Fett Family all bundled up after our tour.

Jesse with a mouth full of cookies.

Jesse has always loved baths...but he REALLY loves them now that he likes laying back and kicking! I think he's going to take after his Daddy with his love for the water.

Showing off his kicking skills

Jesse's First SNOW!

Sadie was exited about the snow too! Trying out the new sled in our lovely fenced in yard!
Going for a walk.
Yummy! Not enjoying his first snow angel on dad's car.

Jesse's laugh is contagious in this video!

It finally snowed here in Kansas! We got about 8 inches today, and more is coming...along with 15 degree temps and high winds tomorrow. Garret had a "snow day", so we piled in the car for a trip to Target to stock up on all the necessities--hats, shovel, and ,of course, a sled! We played a lot longer outside than I thought we would, Jesse just loved it so much. He's getting used to being bundled up too...it's been a slow transition though. Enjoy the pictures of him loving his first snow :)

HALLOWEEN

We FINALLY made it to the Pumpkin Patch on Halloween day. We're actually really glad we waited because it was the perfect day for it...Jesse had a blast as you can see.

"How about this one, Dad?"

so many pumpkins...so many choices
I think I'll taste it to make sure this is the one...

weeeeeee!

"Faster Daddy, Faster!"

Then we decided to try some trick-or-treating. Jesse was a ham, of course, for all the neighbors and anyone that would pay him attention. He did really well walking up to a few doors and taking a peice of candy. A few places he even wanted to walk right in and play!

me and my monkey in front of our door

trick-or-treat! Daddy and his monkey

Family shot

October in Rewind 2

While Garret's mom was in town, Garret and I sneaked away for a little trip just the two of us. We had big plans of trying to go somewhere tropical...but in true Fett fashion we waited until last minute to plan anything and went to Estes Park, Colorado instead. It was a cute little town at the bottom of the Rocky Mountain National Park. We hadn't intended on so much snow our last day there though! We went to the Stanley Hotel for the ghost tour, walked around downtown, and drove thru the National Park. It was a great trip, our first one without Jesse!

Stanley Hotel

a maid haunts this room, Jim Carey only lasted 3 hours before he switched hotels when staying in this room

main lobby, is used in Dumb and Dumber and The Shining mini-series

lots of elk in Rocky Mountain National Park

elk buddies

October in Rewind 1

Garret's Mom, sister Cassie, and niece Alexis came down for a week at the beginning of the month. It seems like a long time ago now, but it really was October that they came. This was the first time the cousins met each other and they had fun...even got into a couple brawls over toys. We'll be getting together again in 2 weeks for an early Thanksgiving, hopefully they remember the other :)

Grandma Fett with the 2 cousins

hanging out

Smiling Cousins

Cousins babysitting the Anderson twins

The Fetts take on Pittsburgh

We flew to Pittsburgh this past weekend for the Steelers/Vikings game and a visit with our good friends from the Hawaii, the Junko's. Despite the Vikings loss we had a blast!

Ben and Garret before the Game (yes, my husband is still intoxicated at 8am)

the boys

Jesse figuring out a Power Wheels (he got it going FAST!)
Bath time for Devin and Jesse

Future Mozarts?

1st Haircut

I wanted Jesse to keep his surfer dude curls for a bit longer, but Garret insisted that this was his "domain" and that it was time for a cut...you see who won. Nevertheless, Jesse's new cut does look good and he was very good while the stylist was cutting.

Walking

Yup, life as we know it is over forever...check it out in the vidoes.

First Artwork

What do you think...do I have a future Picasso or what on my hands?

It was a rough day, so I whipped out some tub crayons for him to enjoy and at least end the day on a high note :)

What September?

Well, September came and has just about left with a bang! We started the month with the BIG project of putting up a fence around our yard. Unfortunately Garret has no one to help him and limited time, so it should finally be done this weekend. We'll post pictures...I think everyone needs to see Garret's hard work, plus it looks GOOD!

We had our first Delta Company "Roughneck Day" this past weekend for Garret's work and it was a huge success! We had over 200 people at the lake (state park) and everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves (which is huge, no one usually likes going to "mandatory fun" functions on the weekend). You should have seem me at Sam's Club trying to buy all the food and drinks though by myself with Jesse and just my car to load up...THANK GOODNESS the Fett's were coming to visit and timed their drive to meet me in Topeka where Sam's Club is! I must not have been thinking straight when I volunteered to get the food...not even half of it fit in my car! The other half had to go in the Fett's car and Mitch had to help steer the flatbed full of food and drinks in Sam's. I was a walking circus that day, seriously!

The weather is getting cooler every day...I'm not prepared for this winter thing! Our heat has even kicked in a couple nights already...what?!

This is what's new with Jesse:

-he waves (usually, not always still)

-he mimics what we say almost perfectly, intonations and all (don't know if we can count those as first words though)

-he is starting to "walk" back and forth between Garret and I...usually goes 3-5 steps before he crashes into our arms...those don't count as first steps yet...

-got his first bubble bath this month--was literally speechless he was so excited

-balls, drums, and books are his favorite toys

I've been bad about taking pictures this month...enjoy what I did take though. I'll write another update sooner next time, promise.

"And I gotta wear shades..." (Grandpa Fett's shades that is!) "I see you Grandma!" (in the bouncy house)LOVED the bouncy house
Bubble beard

Bedtime with Daddy

Tour of our Home

I can NOT figure out how to move the pictures around once they're downloaded, so they're not in the correct order for an actual "tour"...but here's our house anyway!

Front view

view from play area downstairs looking at other end
guest room downstairs (off play area)...I'm in the middle of painting

Another guest room downstairs (off of sitting area)...again, painting

storage room (and "safe room" for tornadoes)...off of sitting area downstairs

sitting area downstairs, angle is from where the tv is

Master bedroom (look at my headboard I have to put up still!)

Master bedroom looking into bathroom and closet

downstairs sitting area looking from stairwell

it's HUGE downstairs!

play area on other end of downstairs (garret wants to put a bar here eventually)

looking at kitchen from eat-in area

looking at kitchen from laundry room

Jesse's room

I LOVE his room :)

Office (same hallway as Jesse's room, opposite side of house from our room)

view from front doorway when you walk in

view from back door to yard

view from TV

looking opposite way of our bedroom at stairwell (office, bathroom, Jesse room)

another angle...

So we still have some work to do...but it's coming along! I can't wait until we have stuff on the walls, then it'll really feel like home I think :)

As you can see, we have lots of room...come visit!