Abacus Jackson

Merry Christmas

My Mom would always take a picture of me and my brothers in front of the Christmas tree, so this morning we did the same with Annabelle. She went straight for the red ornaments.

Annabelle is loving the toy car she got for Christmas. We went for a walk down the block, and she was bouncing up and down the whole time.


And when it's too dark outside, you can always take a spin around the house.

Christmas Bread

For Christmas John made Pane Siciliano. I'm getting spoiled.

the night before Christmas

Christmas Eve we had a delicious meal at Karen and JR's. Annabelle was excited to get to play with Evan and Elia.

a little bit of Christmas cheer from Donna Jackson on Vimeo.

baking with Daddy

Annabelle's favorite foods (besides fruit in general): John's homemade pizza, french toast, and bacon.

Christmas in the Park

Tonight we went to Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose with the Sudres, a fun tradition we've been doing the last few years. Last year Annabelle was only two months old, and slept through the whole thing. Tonight she had fun looking at all the lights and people, although she did end up falling asleep when we stopped halfway through to listen to the brass band (pretty unusual for her, but she's been low on sleep because she's teething).

And, of course, the traditional family photo in front of the parachuting penguins:

the fridge

One of Annabelle's favorite things to do is to play with everything in the fridge while I put groceries away (hence the peanut butter ending up in the meat drawer).

soccer

These were taken a couple of weeks ago when we had a warm spell. Lately it's been too cold and rainy to play outside.

at the de young

a Happy Thanksgiving

Why walk? It's easier to carry stuff.

two reasons to love winter

Braising meat...


And making cloverleaf rolls...

more teeth

Annabelle has more teeth coming in- in this photo you can barely see one of the top ones on the side. Her two front teeth are also cutting through. She's been laughing a lot lately, and she really cracks us up when she laughs or grins so hard she has to close her eyes.

During meals now she gets her own spoon, which she's starting to use more.

John and two of his loaves

John baked his first sandwich bread today, and it was heavenly.

Halloween

This year we celebrated Halloween at the Wisselink's neighborhood party.

Our little rabbit...

On the playground...

Papa on the whirly seat.

At the kid's parade:

with Grandpa in SD

a couple of astronauts

October 22 (Annabelle's 1st Birthday)

champagne and birthday cake demolition.