Merry Christmas x 2

Well, we are finally done traveling this year. We had a whirlwind Christmas in Tucson and another Christmas here at home with my folks. We feel so blessed to have such wonderful families. This has, truly, been the best Christmas yet. I could ramble for days about everything we've done in the past week, instead I thought I'd list some things that we don't ever want to forget (in no particular order):

• Christmas shopping with the Pratt ladies.
• Decoration shopping with my mom.
• Decorating the Christmas tree.
• Watching as James saw the lit tree for the first time.
• Jimmy putting up Christmas lights on the house.
  
• Teaching James how to rip off wrapping paper.
• James not really caring to rip off wrapping paper.
• James playing with each toy as it was unwrapped and not knowing there was a whole tree of presents waiting for him to open.
• Jimmy getting frustrated by James not wanting to tare through all the gifts.
• James walking around the airports.
• James making friends with all of the other toddlers in the airport.
  
• Baking cinnamon rolls with Sandra.
• James walking around my parents house not caring that there were tons of presents for him to open.
• James' curly red hair that looks really good with his red sweater.
• Watching Christmas movies.
• How happy Bob was about his secret Santa gift.
• James playing with Mom's feather dusters.
• James' little blue shoes
• Krista's Christmas frog.
• James and Eric playing together.
  

• My Dad's laugh when James does something cute or funny.
• Doing scratchers tickets after Christmas dinner with my family.
• James never wanting to be held, despite everyone's undying need to squeeze him tight.

• Beautiful snow in Tucson.

• James and my mom playing in the tee pee.

I'm sure there is more, but that's all I can think of right now. Merry Christmas and may everyone have a blessed New Year.

Party Time

aWe had such a fun day today. James and I loaded up the car and headed to Round Rock for the Bartholomew Family Christmas Party. We went a little early because I had some last minute Ikea shopping to do before we left for Tucson. James and I got what we needed from Ikea and got to Grandma and Grandpa's house just in time for a quick/not really existent nap before the party started. James had plenty of friends to play with this afternoon. Seems like a lot of people had babies this past year. I could kick myself for not having the camera (I left it in Tucson), because it was just so fun to see the kids. James was worn out by the end of the whole thing, and we left at about 7:30. We had a great time, and hopefully this party becomes a tradition!

Home again, Home again

We are back from Tucson. It was a whirlwind weekend, and we're happy to be home. We'll be heading back in exactly 7 days for Christmas. James was ill for about half of the weekend, so hopefully next week will be a little less hectic and more relaxing for him =)

We are almost ready for Christmas. The tree is trimmed, the stockings hung, and lights are up on the house. Although James doesn't quite get the concept, we can't wait for Santa Clause to visit our house.

Oh the weather out side is frightful...

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow.

Living in Austin comes at a price. No snow....or so we thought!




Oh and PS-We are finally walking!!!

Chuy's Parade

On Saturday we all loaded up and headed down town for the Chuy's Children Giving to Children Parade. James had a blast. He had his eyes glued to the floats and the animals and the kids and the bands the whole time. He was happy the entire time. All in all it was a super fun event for a really good cause.

Gobble Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving! It was just the three of us this year. I was super excited because Jimmy and I have never spent a holiday on our own. It was really nice. I prepared most of the dinner on Wednesday so I would only have to throw things in the oven and not have quite so many dishes to do. That ended up being really good because Jimmy and I seem to have come down with colds, and I would not have wanted to all of that cooking when I was feeling under the weather.

We spent a good amount of the day walking laps in the driveway with James. He's so close to walking on his own, but he is still a little timid, so we held his hand. We watched the neighbors put up their incredible light show. We watched a little football. And ate some turkey!

For some strange reason James (my Irish son) does not like potatoes (unless in the french fry form). What is up with that?! Anyway, he liked the turkey and the rolls. And while he enjoyed the green beans, they were a little stringy for him, so he didn't get too many.

All in all it was a wonderful day. Happy Thanksgiving to all of those who we couldn't be with this year!

Lunch time

Here is James enjoying a turkey on whole wheat with a side of edamame.



Notice our handy food sweeper's nose sticking in there. Shaymous is always there when we need him!