Christmas 2011

Christmas Eve:

My parents came over on Christmas Eve for round one of Lucas' Christmas extravaganza. I'm so sad that we did not get one picture of Grams and Papa with Lucas. You can tell from the picture that he was extremely spoiled by all the generous presents.

Dinosaur from Toy Story...he makes this neat "roaring" sound when you squeeze it.
Presents, presents, and more presents

37 1/2 weeks pregnant





Christmas Day:
Christmas morning Lucas came downstairs to see that Santa thought he had been a very good boy this year.

Thanks Grams and Papa for the special Christmas pajamas!

Getting ready to go downstairs to see what Santa has left.

First up, to look inside Lucas' stocking

Next up, presents!!!

Christmas Afternoon:

Mike's family came over to celebrate Christmas afternoon with us and bring Lucas more presents.

We had a great Christmas!!!

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

We were so lucky to have Santa Claus come visit our home a few days before Christmas.

What made it even better was Grams, Papa, and the Arnolds came over too!!!

Lucas, Papa, Lily and Beck
37 weeks pregnant

Uncle Gannin, Santa, Beck, Lily and Aunt Lisa

Lucas loves Santa!!!

Orange Peeler

I can peel oranges all on my own!!!

O' Christmas Tree

Part 1:

We started our Christmas tree shopping on Friday Night at Lowe's. Unfortuntely, the size tree we wanted there was little selection so we decided to take a ride to Home Depot and see what they had. Well, they too had little selection and told us to return tomorrow morning when they would be putting out more trees.

Part 2:

We started day two of the Christmas tree search with a stop at McDonalds. Lucas loves the hotcakes.

We learned last night that Lucas wanted to help cut the twine from the trees so today we came prepared with kids scissors.

Watching the end of the tree trunk being cut off.

Papa and Lucas

35 weeks pregnant

Gingerbread House: Take One

My mom brought over a gingerbread house to make with Lucas. It was the first gingerbread house that he has made. Lucas was so excited to see all the candy and to get started. Gingerbread houses are definitely a challenge to make and we learned that next year we will buy a house that is already put together and all you need to do is decorate it with frosting and candy. Lucas spent half the time decorating and half the time eating the decorations. I think he did an incredible job and his first gingerbread house turned out perfect.

Christmas Card Preview

Thanks to Julie for taking our Christmas card photo and Rachelle for entertaining Lucas so he would look at the camera :)

35 Weeks

35 Days to go...

Lucas Lightyear

I can not believe that Halloween and Thanksgiving have come and gone and Christmas is right around the corner. I figured it was time that I upload all the Halloween pictures so I can work on my holiday blogging next. Lucas was Buzz Lightyear or "Lucas Lightyear" as I liked to call him. It was the first Halloween where he really understood and was excited to get all dressed up and go Trick or Treating with the neighborhood kids. We had the best time! We thought that Lucas would last a few streets...Boy, were we wrong. Lucas just keep going and going. Mike and I were exhausted by the end of trick or treating but were so happy to see Lucas having such a great time.Grams and Lucas

"Lucas Lightyear"
Our neighbor Rod as Harry Potter and Lucas.




Our neighbor Tay and Lucas.

Lollipops were Lucas' favorite candy.

Papa and Lucas.

Organizing his candy, aka looking for lollipops

Beck (Woody from Toy Story) and Lucas.

The Arnolds...Lisa, Lily as Jessie, Gannin and Beck as Woody