Brunch with Santa

We went to WCCC for Brunch with Santa last Sunday. It is always a nice event and a great opportunity to get pictures with Santa. Morgan told us that she would sit with us for a picture and that she didn't want to sit on his lap so that is what we did. One of these days (probably a long time from now) we may get a picture of Morgan and Santa but until then we keep taking family pictures with him.



Graham's 1st Christmas and 1st visit with Santa.



The kids are very excited about Christmas and Santa. Morgan and Graham received personalized letters in the mail from Santa which was very cute. There was a bag of reindeer food to spinkle on the lawn on Christmas Eve so that Santa can find our house. We will make sure to do it because these kids have been so good all year and Santa will be good to them. Hope you all have had a chance to visit with Santa. He will be heading this way very soon!

11 months old

Our baby is growing up too fast. Before we know it we are going to be celebrating his 1st birthday.

Here are a few new pictures of our little boy.









Some of his 11 month facts...

He drinks 3 bottles a day.
He has 8 teeth.
He still eats some baby food but likes to feed himself real food.
I am guessing that he has outgrown his milk allergy because he loves ice cream.
His little ears have been giving him trouble. He has been on antibotics for awhile now. :(
He still takes a cat nap in the morning (30-45 minutes) and a good nap (about 2 hours) after lunch.
He is not walking yet. He stands on his own at times but hasn't taken any steps.
He claps and waves Bye-Bye.
He says Mama and Dada and babbles a lot.
He is wearing 12 month clothes and size 4 diapers.
He weighs around 22 lbs. It is almost time to move to his big car seat.
He did great sitting on Santa's lap this year. Pictures to come soon.

Thanksgiving 2010

What have I been so busy with lately that I am just now getting around to blogging about our Thanksgiving??? Let me think...decorating for Christmas, chasing the kids around, Christmas parties, baking yummy treats, working on Santa's list and lots, lots more! :)

This Thanksgiving we stayed in town and spent this special time with Bryan's family. Bryan's brother Blake and his wife Danyelle and their kids, Austin and Callie came to Texas for the holiday. It was so fun to have the entire family together. Morgan and Graham don't get to see Austin and Callie much so they loved every minute of their time with their cousins.

Bryan and I started Thanksgiving Day by running the Walnut Creek Country Club Turkey Trot. We planned to push the kids in the stroller but it ended up being too cold and baby Graham had an ear infection so we dropped them off with Gammy and Pops. It was a cold and windy morning but still a great way to start the day!!



Then we headed to Uncle Brent's and Aunt Julie's for Thanksgiving lunch. Here is one pic that I got of the 4 kiddos. They were pretending to be on a train ride. :)

Morgan - almost 3, Callie - almost 2, Graham - 11 months and Austin - 3 1/2



Callie and Graham coloring...

Morgan enjoying some laughs with Aunt Danyelle



On Friday, Judy had a Baughman get-together at her house and invited all of the extended family. There are so many grandkids and she thought it would be fun to get all of them together to play and it was indeed!!

Morgan loving on baby Callie...



Bryan's grandmother and all her great grandkids that came over to play...



Morgan and Briley...The two monkeys playing on the bed....



Bryan's grandmother with her grandkids that were there...



Morgan and her Uncle Blake...



Austin and Morgan playing....They were best buds...



And giving hugs...



Graham and Callie...



Later that day we got the kids in their reindeer shirts and got a picture of all of them with Pops and Gammy. So sweet!!



It was a great, family filled weekend and I was sad to see Sunday come and Blake's family head back to FL.

We are so thankful for all of our family and friends and all of the great times like these that we share together!