Mr. Naughtypants on Christmas

Dawson played with his favorite present most of Christmas day, which was an alphabet train he could ride on and push around.


However, he still found time to sneak into Zeus's room and eat some of his dog food before we could stop him (yuck!).
And then...I found him putting his hands in the toilet and splashing toilet water all over the place (double yuck!).
Scott gave Dawson a haircut in the afternoon because it was starting to get so long. He ended up taking off a lot more hair than he wanted to and giving Dawson a very short buzzcut. It looks cute but Scott and I both miss the mohawk. You'll notice we had to change Dawson's clothes a few times today...



We had a yummy Christmas dinner with our closest neighbors, the Gales and Schenks, at which time Dawson decided that playing in one toilet today wasn't enough. He managed to sneak into the Gales' bathroom and splash around awhile before we caught him in the act. After we cleaned him up we all played a fun game called "Three Buck Chuck" followed by "Celebrity". We're lucky to have such great friends that live so close to us. Dawson was pretty worn out from all of his naughtiness by then so he fell asleep on my lap and didn't wake up until we left. It was snowing pretty hard when we left so we were glad we only had to walk across the street to get home.

Here are some random Christmas day pics...
Zeus chewing on his new Christmas toy

This is the gingerbread house I made (with a little help from Martha Stewart)

Dawson playing hide-and-go-seek behind our towels...

Christmas Eve with the Parkers

We always celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve with Scott's family because his sister Kathy was born on Christmas (poor girl!). We had Scott's parents and his sister and her family come over to our house for dinner and then we all exchanged gifts. We also invited Suzi, Chuck and Ander over since they didn't have any Christmas Eve plans. After we opened our gifts all of the kids wanted to take a ride on Scott's 4-wheeler, which looks like a dune buggy and has two seats in it. Dawson got really upset that he didn't get a turn so we bundled him up and took him out on it. He loves riding through our neighborhood in the four-wheeler while I hold him. He and Ander were wearing the same shirt so we got a few pics of our little "twins".
Grandma & Grandpa Parker

Steve, Kathy, Alicia, her fiance Richard, Katie, Emily, Mikey & Marcus

Dawson draping his new shirts all over himself

Dawson and Ander putting on a show for the rest of us

Everyone there commented on how good Ander was at sitting still while secretly shaking their heads at Mr. Can't Sit Still for 2 Seconds (Dawson)

Ander and Suzi

Our Hoodlum

Scott getting Dawson bundled up

Dawson and me on the four-wheeler

Chuck and Ander returning from their ride

The Aubrey Family Christmas Party

We had our annual Aubrey family Christmas party last Saturday night at my brother Jon and his wife Becky's new house in South Jordan. Their house is brand-spanking new, spacious and absolutely beautiful. We all appreciated Jon and Becky offering to host our party there and providing a scrumptious turkey dinner for all 26 of us as well. We missed having my mom & dad there but we all got a chance to say "Merry Christmas" to them on the phone after we ate dinner. We're so excited that they'll be home in April (right before my birthday!). It was so much fun exchanging gifts with everyone and chatting. I feel so lucky to have such a great family and am so glad we were all able to get together to celebrate Christmas.
I took pics of each of our families so that my mom & dad could see them and feel like they were there with us.

Me, Scott & Dawson


Troy, his girlfriend Nicole, her son Chaden and Troy's son Dylan


Jon, Becky, Jack, Mattee, Stockton, Sammee and Davis


Leslie, Brad and Taylor


Chris, Mari, Andi, Alex, Ariel and Adam


Scott & me (notice the gorgeous kitchen in the background)


Suz, Chuck, Ander and the little fetus

My Son....Amy

Yesterday I asked Dawson what his name was and he gave me quite a surprise when he said "Amy". I've asked him his name about a dozen times since then, hoping the answer would change, and his answer is still "Amy", even when I say, "No, your name is Dawson." It's the funniest thing, because Dawson doesn't even know anyone named Amy (at least that he sees on a regular basis).
Anyway, we'll just keep calling him Dawson in the hope that he'll eventually figure out his real name.