Jelly Bean & Gus: Holidays

Jellybean and Gus' holidays began with a bang or more like a white out. One week before Christmas New Jersey was hit with one of the first and largest winter storms of the past few years. In the end Jellybean and Gus' area received over a foot of snow. What a way to start to festivities!

Here Gus contemplates the mountain of snow before him

And here are some icicles

After a week of digging out and around the snow it was time for Christmas!

Since Daddy is busy trying to finish all home improvement projects before Jellybean's big arrival Mommy and Daddy had no tree this year but luckily Grandpa and Grandma do so here is Gus with the Christmas tree

Presents from the family in Vermont (Daddy's uncle and cousin)

Daddy's special ornament...Gordie Howe

Mommy's favorite ornament...a glass seahorse

Daddy, Gus, and Emma

Look Gus made a new friend!!! Daddy got Mommy for secret Santa stockings and bought Jellybean this guy as well as some other things. Mommy was so touched that Daddy, with no registry list to assist him, went into a baby store and picked out items for Jellybean.

Jellybean's first Christmas gifts. There are pacifiers (Daddy), mittens (Daddy), Rutgers socks (Aunt Kim and Uncle Ben), 2 sets of toy keys (Grandma and Grandpa), a teething toy (Daddy), Gus' friend (Daddy), and wash cloths Gus is sitting on (Daddy)

Mommy also got gift cards for Babies R Us (Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Rob) and Motherhood maternity (Uncle Ben and Aunt Kim) which Mommy can use to get Jellybean and herself some new things.

Daddy also received an interesting gift from his Uncle in Vermont. Rock ice cubes. This of course had to be tested immediately. You have to use a straw cause there rocks!

The day after Christmas Mommy, Jellybean, and Gus were off to a baby shower. Mommy's best friend is due in March with her first baby as well. Mommy hopes that Jellybean and baby Dean Alexander will be as close as their Mommies are.

Here is Gus and Mommy at the shower

Here Gus gazes at the new mother to be over a veggie platter

Mommy, Jellybean, and Gus got baby Dean quite a few things but these two are Mommy's favorites.

It came with a tiny blue hat with ears!

Jellybean also has this toy as Mommy has heard it does wonders in lulling babies to sleep.. Also Mommy thinks its simply the cutest thing ever! Maybe Mommy's love of seahorses has something to do with that.