Christmas with the Alford's

We had a busy but fun weekend. Mommy's break actually started a little early because of a late night ER visit with baby boy. Wednesday night Tuff woke up about 45 minutes after he went to bed, screaming. He acted like he was in so much pain. This continued for 2 hours before I finally decided to take him to the ER. Turns out, he had an inflamed ear. He's had quite a few ear infections in the past, but never one that caused him to act like he was in that much pain. Poor buddy. A finger prick, antibiotic ear drops, pain drops, and another antibiotic later, we were headed home. Buddy snuggled right up and went straight to sleep. Since we were out so late and didn't get back to bed til early morning, I stayed home Thursday. He seemed to be feeling better once he woke up Thursday morning although he had pain drops to keep his ears from hurting him. Thursday night we headed over to Baba and Poppys house to hang out with them for a while. Friday we got up and got prepared for Tuff's friend Easton to come over and play. We had this for lunch...

Taco Ring

I found the recipe here. It turned out great. I have tried the same thing before with chicken and it wasn't so good so we never had it again. But when I saw the same recipe with hamburger meat instead, I had to try it out. I really enjoyed it and everyone else seemed to enjoy it as well. It was very easy to make and will definitely be made again at our house! :)

Tuff wasn't so sure about baby Easton. He does so good with Ada and he did very well with Little Miss last weekend as well. I'm starting to think he knows the difference between a little boy baby and a little girl baby. He ended up warming up a little more mid way though their visit but he never showed as much attention as he would have towards a baby girl. I told Jordan we better have a girl next because I think Tuff prefers a baby sister. Haha.

This is the best picture I got of the 2 of them. Tuff looks so big next to Easton.

Friday night we went to the candlelight service at my sister's church and then back to my aunt's house to exchange gifts. Jordan and I got gift cards to Red Lobster, McDonalds and Walmart. Tuff racked up on a few outfits, cute pjs and a CUTE hat from Aunt April. We had a wonderful time eating, opening gifts and enjoying each others company.

Me and my Boogies

Our sweet family

Once we left my aunts house we headed home to get ready for Santa. Tuff was full of excitement that night. We bundled up in our Christmas P.J.'s, took some pictures infront of the tree, and baked cookies for Santa.

Tuff was up bright and early Christmas morning at 6:15. He was so excited to see all his toys from Santa.

I think he was pretty pleased with all his presents. He wasn't too into opening them this year. He pretty much made me and Jordan do all the work and then he wanted to play with everything after it was opened. Santa brought him a 4wheeler, a tool table, and a football. Mama and daddy got him 2 puzzles, ABC blocks, flash cards, 2 movies, a vacuum cleaner/ironing board, a flash light, and several coloring books with crayons. He's really been enjoying all his new stuff. :)

Christmas Day afternoon we headed to MeMe and PaPa's for Christmas dinner. We had ham and all the fixings. Yum. Then we stopped by Jordan's Nanny's to see his family. Yesterday we met up with Jordan's mom, dad and his sisters/their families at Outback for lunch. (This was Jordan's moms gift to all of us). We had a good lunch and good time. Afterwards we headed home to relax for the remainder of the day and night. Tuff didn't get an afternoon nap and Jordan and I only got 4-5 hours of sleep the night before so we were all in bed and asleep by 8 last night. It was a much needed night of rest. Now I'm back to work for the week. Jordan is off this week so Buddy stayed at home with him today. They are enjoying a nice daddy/son day. :)

Hope everyone had as wonderful of a Christmas as we did!!!! I sure am blessed with 2 wonderful boys, great family and great friends!!!! I couldn't ask for more!

Thought I'd leave ya'll with a picture of our family last Christmas!

Isn't it amazing how much baby boy has grown???

The Alford's