We have had a great holiday season so far and Christmas hasn't even come yet! We are getting ready to go to Oregon for Christmas and are so excited to spend a week with family!
We have been busy, busy and doing all sorts of fun things:
Blake isn't quite sure what to think of solids yet, but he does like playing and making a mess!
He seems to be a bit picky about eating really pureed foods and food off a spoon...if I mash it and then finger feed him, he gobbles things down much better!
Landon is in love with his older cousin and constantly wants to spend time with her. He actually had his first sleepover at their house so we could go out for our anniversary...he had a BLAST! They even slept in a fort (what a fun Aunt and Uncle)!
Kirsten is really good with Landon, she was a sweetheart and helped him decorate his gingerbread man on Thanksgiving
We celebrated 9 years on December 6th! We are hoping for a tropical island next year when we celebrate the big 10...who knows but we can dream!
I'm as thankful as ever for the man God gave me as a husband. It was fun to look back and reflect on our life over the last 9 years!
This year we went out to a fabulous dinner at a restaurant we had never been to. The food was unbelievable and Jared said the soup he had was the BEST he has ever had!
Unfortunately we took no pics until our way out :(
After dinner we went to the mall and picked out clothes for Jared's work Christmas party. It was so fun to shop just the two of us and something we haven't done in forever.
We also made sugar cookies to deliver to our neighbors...I had never made sugar cookies from scratch. They are A LOT of work! Holy cow, it took forever, but it was great delivering them as a family and we got to meet some neighbors we hadn't met before!
Landon is always the helper in the kitchen...this time the powdered sugar was his favorite!
Blake continues to grow, change and be as sweet as ever!
We took the boys to look at lights...both loved it!
Although Blake didn't make it all the way home before having a slight meltdown!
We didn't visit Santa at the mall this year, but we did visit him at my work.
Landon was really excited to see him, but was sooo quiet around him.
We have also had lots of photo shoots the last couple of weeks. I am trying to get better at using the nice camera since I am the one home all the time.
In my opinion Blake is much easier to take pictures of right now
Landon is cute but moves a ton and smiles like a cheeseball about 90% of the time!
Last but not least, Landon had his Christmas program today at school!
He was so cute and did a great job sitting up front with his class like a big boy!
He got to be a cow and loved his hat so much he didn't want to take it off!
And I FINALLY got a picture of him with his teacher Mrs. McConnell!
The comment I got today is a speech therapist's dream comment!
(Terrific verbal skills :)
We are so thankful for the year we have had and feel more blessed than ever!
I had hoped to send Christmas cards out this year, but that will have to wait until next year :)
We hope that all who read this will have a very blessed Christmas and experience the love and joy of Christ this holiday season!
