London Elizabeth at 15 months!

This past Friday was London's 15 month well-baby check up! Where does the time go? It was a great visit. She weighs 20lbs, 10oz. She is only in the 25% for height and weight. We met with our new Pediatrician here in Aledo. She is a super doctor and could be my bud! She recognizes the fact that I am a nurse and see all the horrible things possible with children. She is very good with me as a mom/nurse and is very attentive to London. We just discussed everything with London and after chatting about her speech, she decided that she was probably FINE! London is an extremely bright little girl. She understands everything you tell her and has her own way of communicating. She signs a few words and actually has about a 5 word understandable vocabulary. She is very inquisitive. She makes sounds for "cow", "duck", and knows where most of her body parts are. She is definitely learning so much right now. She is just like a little sponge, I see her wheels turning all the time.

Ian went with us to the Doctor's appointment and when it came time for her shots, I sent him to the waiting room. He can not stand to hear is baby sister cry. She did great and actually cried more about being held down than she did about the injection itself.

I will leave you with a few photos of London and Ian that Justin took this past weekend!

Hugs from the Jones'!

"WHERE IS LONDON?"

"THERE SHE IS!"

She has her skirt on her head. After Justin put her jommies on, he asked her to pick up her clothes and put them in her hamper. I guess she decided they needed to go on her head first. Not sure if she is trying to put them back on, or if she just wanted to wear a hat! :)


Got to love the pacifier! That is our next feat...one of these days!!!

Bubby just being silly!! :)

More Christmas!

We celebrated Christmas with my family January 3rd. My parents and LiLi came to our house for the weekend. Friday we spent the afternoon watching Texas Tech loose in the Cotton Bowl! (What a bummer!!) There is always next year right?!?

None the less, we were all decked out Tech style! Get your Guns Up!


Ian and London love the new picnic table from Grammy and Pop! We can't wait to use it more when it warms up outside! Thanks! :)

Saturday, Ian and London played Santa and helped pass out the Christmas presents!







London enjoys pulling her new suitcase and carrying her new bag from Grammy & Pop.


LiLi will be so hip sporting her new Uggs!


The Hotwheels suitcase and transforming car launcher was a total HIT!!! Ian has become quite the poser for the camera!



Saturday afternoon it was 89Degrees outside! Yes, folks you heard me 89 on a winter day in January! What crazy weather!! However, we sure took advantage of the sunshine and spent most of the afternoon outside playing! Here are a few photos of the kids enjoying the outdoors!



The next photo is my favorite of London in her hand-me-down bubble car!
Check out her hair! :)


Happy Hump Day to everyone!
Love,Mel

Our Christmas!

Christmas this year was spent in Aledo with just us...Mommy, Daddy, Ian and London! It was very nice. I worked the night of Christmas Eve. Ian slept with Justin through the night in anticipation of hearing The Reindeer on the roof top. Ian and I made cookies during the day and left them by the fireplace for Santa. Ian awoke Christmas morning around 6:45am and was sooooo excited to see if Santa "really" came and ate the cookies.

NOT SOOOOO FAST!!!

Justin had strict instructions from me to NOT let Ian and London see their presents until I returned home from work. I of course wanted to see their sweet faces and share in the excitement of "Christmas Morning". So there Ian was, kept in our room watching TV, mad, and not understanding why he could not see his presents. Terrible mommy, I know! Poor baby! Well, I arrived home around 7:45am and greeted Ian in our room. He was so excited to see me...of course he was...Now he got his presents!

I must say, he was the cutest thing ever! Ian totally "gets" the whole Christmas and Santa Clause thing. There he stood mesmerized by his gifts from Santa and all he could say was "Oh, My, Gosh!" We had really been talking to Ian about Christmas and the real meaning behind it and the birth of baby Jesus. We also talked a lot about being "thankful" for everything we receive and everything we have.

{Side Note} At one point about a year ago, I guess for his birthday, Ian had said something about not being satisfied with a gift he received from someone. It was not what he wanted. Well, I was appalled. From then on, I decided that this was something that needed to be addressed. We really try and stress to Ian the fact that we need to be thankful for everything we receive regardless of what it is. We consistently talk about how there are some people that are less fortunate and do not receive any gifts and how we need to be thankful for everything we have.

Back to Christmas morning...Once Ian had a glimpse of everything from Santa, he stopped what he was doing and said "Mommy, we need to say Happy Birthday to Jesus and be thankful for all this stuff"...I guess they do listen. :)













We opened our stockings then Justin and Ian passed out presents and we opened gifts from each other. After a couple of hours, I went to sleep and Justin played with the kids. I was also scheduled to work the night of Christmas day, so Justin spent all morning preparing our Christmas dinner. We had ham, broccoli casserole, home made {to-die-for} macaroni & cheese, okra and biscuits. It was so nice and just perfect. I then received a phone call from work giving me option to stay home. We had too many nurses scheduled that night. Of course accepted the offer and continued to play with Ian and London and all their gifts. It was a pretty perfect Christmas for us Jones family!!

A Special Treat...

On December 23rd, Mrs. Clause found time in her busy, busy schedule to come see all the kids at Ms. Mailea Stewart's school. (She is Ian's previous teacher in Keller, and mother to Ian's best girl friend Julia) We were lucky enough to be invited!

The children all gathered around the Christmas tree complete with a fire roaring from the living room and listened intently to Mrs. Clause. She read several Christmas books and ended with the story of Baby Jesus.







As you can see, London was not too thrilled with the idea of a photo with Mrs. Clause. Ian tried to make her happy, but the only way she was getting anywhere close to her was in her mommy's arms. :)




We stayed for lunch and most of the afternoon. It was sooo Great to catch up with Mailea. We miss her dearly!!!! Ian and Julia had a blast playing together with Cooper while London laid down for a nap. By the way...she is expecting her third baby!!! Yea for her and her family!