YOU

Wes sometimes gets overshadowed by Jackster, but he's got plenty of personality of his own. He does a lot of funny things. He points at people with his index finger. We had a lot of fun with this yesterday while listening to the Runaway Bride album. There are several songs that say you in them, and he and I kept pointing at each other and laughing. Speaking of laughing, he likes to tease people by pretending he is going to give them something. Then, he takes it away and laughs. His laugh is so contagious. I love it when he gets it going. The other day he couldn't stop laughing. Ty is especially good at making him laugh. He can also make Wes growl. They like to growl at each other.

Just Breathe

I'm going to capture more of the funny things that the kids do all day long (as long as this 2nd trimester nauseousness and exhaustion doesn't overtake me.) Jacki is an entertainer and a talker. She talks nonstop and asks questions all day long. Aunt Megan was over here the other day and pointed out something that Jacki does when she talks. She doesn't stop to take a breath. Now that she pointed that out, I notice that Jacki does this ALL OF THE TIME. She has no idea that she does this because when I tell her to breathe and then talk she asks me how.

Oh Baby It's Christmas

For my mom's birthday, which is two days before Christmas, she wanted to go to Christmas village. Since we had been wanting to go anyway, it worked out great! We promised Jacki that we would take her to see Santa. She told him that she wanted instruments for Christmas. He asked her what else she wanted- she said a recorder. I told her that she might have to wait to get the recorder until her birthday. She was insistent that she get it for Christmas, so Lauren was nice enough to donate hers to the cause (I wasn't about to fight the shopping traffic to go find a recorder two days before Christmas.) Wes was oblivious to most of the Christmas craziness. He was excited about the candy cane that Santa gave him. Jacki calls them "candy cans" and says she doesn't like them (that's because she's only tried the peppermint kind. After she had that kind, she wouldn't try any of the others.)

At the annual Richards family Christmas party, Jacki played the part of the camel during the re-enactment of the Nativity. She didn't pay too much attention to the story being told---she was more focused on sticking her tongue out at different people.


Jacki woke up on Christmas morning at 7:30, which is just about perfect i.m.o. (One of my friends has older kids. She had to wake them up at 8:30. My nieces and nephews like to get up around 5, but they aren't allowed to open presents until 6.) She was excited that it was finally Christmas- time to open presents.



Jacki liked Wes's busy ball popper better than her sit and spin. Wes liked the music on both of them and caught right onto how to get the music to play. We had a good time, and then we went up to mom's to have the traditional Murray omelet breakfast. Ty and Zach cooked them for us. Jord added smoothies to the tradition, which were declicioso!