Peterson Family

Just a couple of pictures. Crue sees my clothes hanging on the drying rack and likes to pick up anything on the floor (that's where I put things that need to be washed that I don't have a basket for) and hang it up to dry. What a cute boy!

We were really excited about our tree this year. After last year, it wasn't too hard to get a decent tree (last year we had a Charlie Brown tree - it was really sad). This one was really full especially in the bottom. I was able to use more decorations than usual and more lights.
We've gotten about a foot of snow between a few storms lately. It's been pretty fun. Jared doesn't like it as much but I love it. I'm hoping it sticks around (or that it snows more) for Christmas!

This is a picture my cousin took of my entire family. We've grown quite a bit! Kylie, you did an amazing job! It's awesome!

This is the last post for today. It's pretty cute though so I wanted to tell about it. Crue talks a lot but the only words he actually says are "mom" and "mama" (I think sometimes mama means Grandma). The rest is baby talk. Lex put our lights up for me one Saturday since Jared has work all the time except at night when it's freezing cold. I showed Crue the lights and he loved them. I didn't turn them on each night until after we got back from Arizona. He goes crazy when he sees lights! He started saying "ites!" for all the lights. One day I turned them on as someone was leaving our house (we have a switch inside for all the Christmas lights which is really nice so we don't have to go outside to plug/unplug them every time) and when I closed the door he started screaming. I showed him the lights through the front window and he was happy again. It's so cute to hear "ites! ites!" all the time. He says it over and over and points at all the lights. I can't wait to get our Christmas tree so he can have lights in the house to look at!

My cousin, Kylie, took family pictures while we were in AZ (both of our little family and my entire family). She's still working on the pictures but she had posted this one of Crue that she got done. I think it's such a cute picture of Crue. He didn't have a nap that day until later so by the time we were starting to get family pictures (the Little family) he was screaming and not wanting to be there. Good thing Kylie is amazing at Photoshop! I'll post a few pictures when we get them of the families.

My cousin gave us coupons so a bunch of us went to a place called Amazing Jakes. They have a salad and pizza buffet with a bunch of rooms that you can eat in. We sat in one that was pretty nice - where adults would eat. They also had a movie room that had three different movies going. I can't remember the other rooms. Then at the other end and through the rest of the building was a mini amusement park. It was really cool. They had bumper cars, arcade games, mini golf, bowling, go carts, and just a bunch of stuff and rides mostly for kids but some for older kids. We had a lot of fun.

This year we went to the desert in Arizona for Thanksgiving. My mom's family goes every year and we used to go all the time when we lived closer. They take horses and they used to have 3 wheelers when I was younger but those have been replaced by two off-roading golf carts my uncle brings. They have a feast and then you just snack all day long. They have a fire in the evening and everyone just hangs out and has a good time. Last time Jared and I went a lot of my cousins weren't there. This time there was more of them so he finally got to meet them. We were really lucky this year too because a mile away there was a downpour and thunder and lightening but we didn't get anything except a few sprinkles until we were packing up and leaving.

Crue had been playing on a trailer with a couple of other kids. I think one of them was Wyatt and they were pretty cute together but of course by the time I got over there, Wyatt was done and I missed getting a picture of them together.
I can't say I'm anxious to do the long drive again, especially with a 14 month old. But it was sure fun (except for Friday - Jared and I got sick and were quarantined in our room all day).

Crue got his first kiss the other night and with an older woman! We were hanging out with some friends of ours and one of them has a little girl that is about two I think. We got them to kiss and then I pulled out the camera to try to have them do it again. They did but when the camera wasn't fast enough and they were already pulling away. They had so much fun playing together the entire night. It was cute.