Action Jackson

Man, am I in for trouble!!!!  Jackson began sitting up and crawling all in the same week when he was six months old.  He has also pulled up to standing a few times.  I know....I can't believe it either!!!

The above photo was taken when he was just beginning to sit up on his own.  {Also, please note that he has on the most adorable baby leggings ever!  LOVE them.} 

He is teething big time.  One of the top teeth has just broken through and is on it's way.

He has now mastered sitting up (and looking completely adorable).

Tackling Tattie! 

His sweet brother likes to crawl behind him when he starts to go to too far or get into something so that Jack doesn't get hurt.  He is crawling ALL over the place. 

It's sort of weird for me because Austin did not crawl this soon nor did he crawl on all fours.  Had a monkey/handicapped crawl.  There is no stopping Action Jackson.  He won't even stay still long enough for me to hold him. :(

The Latest and Greatest...

Cookies!!!  These are some of the most recent...

For my niece Donna who graduated from dental school.  Congrats!



For a faithful Aggie's 70th Birthday

  

The faithful Aggie from above also celebrated his 25th wedding anniversary





For Vance's 1st birthday




Happy birthday Captain Vance!




For an awesome bowler on his 8th birthday



For sweet Presley



These made a great addition to her "fashion diva" birthday party




With a house full of boys, I LOVE making cookies for girls!




Happy 5th Birthday Presely!!!!

Thank you everyone for allowing me the opportunity to make these awesome treats for your special occasions and milestones.  I promise to share some exciting news about these cookies soon!  ;)

In the meantime, check out this blog for a sweet little message about my sweet little family.



Several new posts!  Enjoy!

2010 Year in Pictures

2010 has been an awesome year for the Heflins.  There were several milestones accomplished (mostly for Austin). 

Austin celebrated his 4th birthday.  In a few months he will be FIVE. {Sigh}

We celebrated Granny being 50 and fabulous!

Austin went on an airplane for the first time.

We spent our final hours as a family of three...

...and became a family of four.  Jackson Kendell graced us with his presence on June 14th.

Austin got his first bike and learned to ride it.

Aus and Jack went to the beach for the first time this summer.

The boys visited our friend Amber at the fire station.

Austin got to ride in a big rig at Grandpa's work.

Austin caught his first of many fish.

Austin took swimming lessons and is now floaty-free.

I drove both boys to Oklahoma to visit family and participate in the Race for the Cure in memory of Grandma Ables.

Austin received his second soccer trophy.  He improved a lot this season.

Mommy caught the "baking bug" while on maternity leave and has turned it into something amazing.  More to come in 2011!

Jackson has learned to crawl! 

And finally, Daddy started his second season of coaching lacrosse. 

2010 has been amazing!  Can't wait to see what is in store for us in 2011!

Christmas Wrap Up

Our Christmas was wonderful but went by WAY too fast!   

Austin is a big believer in Santa, which is awesome but it is getting hard to keep up what I have told him about the North Pole and such.  He is too smart for this to go on much longer so I will soak it up while it lasts.  We started out on Christmas Eve morning with cookies for Santa.  I gave Austin complete control over this process which as really hard.  {I am learning that I am kind of a control freak.}

Okay, I did help him ice a few.

The finished products were might tasty!

Then it was off to Aunt Debbie's for kids activities.  Every year, my cousin Dodie plans activities for the kids on Christmas Eve.  Austin always looks forward to this.  This year, we made cookies, reindeer food, ate cake and sang happy birthday to Jesus.

The kids are making a cookies for Santa.

Austin is becoming a pro.

Here they are making reindeer food.  This is such a fun idea.  They mix together oatmeal, sugar and glitter.  Thanks Aunt Debbie and Dodie for having us over and for always thinking of the kiddos! 

From there, we went back to the house to gather up all of our stuff (in the pouring rain!) and headed to Grandpa's and Tatties for the night.

Speaking of Santa...here is my munchkin in the Santa suit that Tattie got for him.

It didn't take long to get the boys in their snowman pjs.

Austin went outside in the freezing cold to sprinkle his reindeer food in the grass.

A toast by Grandpa with his homemade Irish Creme.  YUM!

A virgin shot for Aus.  :)

Austin and Donna Dean

Aunt Shawn and her baby

Grandpa and Tattie

Austin's loot.

I ordered these super cute Santa gift tags from my favorite ladies at Anders Ruff.

Jackson's gifts from Santa.

Tattie's beautiful Christmas tree.

 Wonderful Christmas with wonderful family!