On the Nice List

Tristan had a very merry Christmas!!  

Santa must have thought he was a very good boy this year 

because it took days to open presents.  

peek a boo...i see you!

First we opened gifts with our favorite friends The Sieves. 

Then our little family Christmas opening of which Santa brought

3 gifts... a kitchen, a recliner (just like daddy's), 

and a big stuffed dragon along with a stocking.

Then we opened presents with Grandma + Grandpa S at Uncle Tanner and Courtney's place.

(Tristan playing with Uncle Nate)

Then we spent time at Grandpa and Grandma K's house.

It just wouldn't be Christmas without a little cinematics.  

Luke had to test out "the force" of his new black leather gloves.

Christmas this year was sweet and snuggly.  

Baby It's Cold Outside!

This year we have had fun putting little snow pants and boots on to

 go outside.  We have had an unseasonably cold December having many -30 degree 

temperatures but when it's nice ( we're talking at least 20 degrees ) we are having 

fun in the snowy backyard.  

Eating snow for the first time.

I found this classic coup car this summer at a garage sale for $3 and

I like it better than a new one.  Can you guess why?  Yes!  Because the 

wood vinyl sides.  It just takes me back to the good old days.  Until he can get the use out of it next summer I thought it would be a fun photo prop to copy a pinterest pic I came across.

And of course we had tons of fun with this baby toboggan.

It can be so fun living in a winter wonderland.

Countdown to Christmas

Well, we are done celebrating Thanksgiving.  

 And I really dropped the ball on 

taking pictures of that event this year.

None-the-less, I was thankful for...

a happy, healthy, and smart little boy

a handsome, supportive husband that is a better father than

I could have dreamed he would be.

a job (that I had to go to on the holiday) but still a job I love 

with co-workers that make it feel less like work and more like 

hanging out with an extended family. 

And family that no matter how hard you try you just can't 

seem to spend enough time with.  People that make your heart happy

the minute you are together again.  

We did manage to take one big family pic this year...

So now we are ready for Christmas and all the joy and celebration that comes with it.

We got Tristan's picture with Santa and Mrs. Claus...

We decorated our tree and set up our new nativity scene.

Tristan got a new pair of Christmas pajamas and we got out all of 

our favorite Christmas books to read.  

These are the cutest dang pajamas I have ever seen!

And the cutest little boy!!

I love this time of year!!!

Walker Texas Ranger

Well it finally happened...Tristan

walked unassisted...not holding mommy's hand or 

pushing a walking toy or walking along the couch.  He just let everything go and took that first courageous step into a vast open world.  

We have come to find with Tristan 

that he doesn't do things until he can do them well.  

So it was a light bulb that went 

off this weekend and he decided to 

walk across the living room.  

It started last Friday evening by taking

...running 4 or 5 wild steps in row.  

Sadly, I wasn't home from work yet but

Luke sent me a video and I raced home as fast as I could.

Since then he has been practicing like crazy and its amazing how quickly kids learn new things.

So proud of this little boy we now have nicknamed

Walker Texas Ranger!

leaf pile

Our warm fall days are limited so we are getting in all the

leaf pile fun that we can.

Love those eyelashes!!

I think my days of Tristan cooperating with pics and looking

at the camera are coming to an end too.  If you were watching me take these photos it would

have been quite comical as I set him down...snap a quick pic... as Tristan flips from sitting to 

super crawl speed... me lunging to grab him before he gets passed me... sitting him down....

and repeat.

Lets just say I deleted a lot of pics of blurry feet crawling away.  And imagine me doing this with a big camera around my neck.  Like I said...comical right?