Christmas Day

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!! We woke up on Christmas morning to beautiful snow, it was so pretty! I am pretty sure it will probably never happen again, at least not on Christmas morning. We haven't had a white Christmas in years. We had a wonderful Christmas day with our families. We spent Christmas morning/early afternoon with my family, then we went over to Mike's parents house for late afternoon/evening. Will got lots of great gifts, and so did we. We are blessed to have such amazing families that we love so much. Will's favorite gift is probably the new kitchen, he went nuts when he saw it and was super excited. He loves playing with all his new stuff and thinks Elmo Live Encore is hilarious.

Christmas Day Snow (view from our front door)

Will LOVES his new kitchen

Reading with Kara and John

John and Kara got Will a tricycle, such a cool aunt and uncle! :)

Opening gifts

Some of his Santa gifts

With Coach (Mike's Dad)

Elmo!

Christmas Eve

My parents got here on the 23rd and my Mimi was able to come down with them and spend Christmas with us this year. We had fun being with my family on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, I wish my parents could have stayed longer. We had fun cooking, wrapping last minute gifts, and Mike and my dad got to spend a couple hours putting together Will's new kitchen from my parents. I know they had a blast...ha ha! We went to the early Christmas Eve service this year and Will did really well. I think he enjoyed the Christmas pageant and all the Christmas music. Here are just a few pictures from Christmas Eve......I wish I would have taken more, I don't even think there is a picture of me, Mike and Will at all! Oh well.

Checking out some gifts

Reading with my Dad after church

Playing with my Dad in the kitchen

SNOW!!! Christmas Eve SNOW!!

Christmas at the Gaylord Texan

Earlier last week we took Will out to the Gaylord Texan Resort to see all their Christmas decorations, the trains, ICE, etc. I highly recommend it, we had a great time. We will be going back next year for sure. Will loved all the trains, big trees, gingerbread houses, the Grinch, and much much more!

Checking out the trains

Big Trees
Riding the train to see the Grinch

With Gran and Coach (Mike's Parents)

Me being silly

Huge Gingerbread Men

Will is loving it!!

The Village at Allen

We took Will to the Village at Allen on Saturday to see the reindeer and play in the little village. We took him last year, but this year he was much more into it. He had fun running around the little village and looking at the huge Christmas tree they have set up. He also liked the reindeer a lot more this year. I am pretty sure he called Donner a "dog", just like he does with most 4-legged animals he sees.

Will and Donner

Playing in the little town set up at the Village

Checking out the big tree

Meet Charlie

Yesterday my brother John and his wife Kara adopted a precious golden retriever from the SPCA. He is about 6 months old and his name is Charlie. We went over to their place to meet him and he is adorable. He is very good natured and is one of the sweetest dogs I've ever met. He even let Will give him hugs and pets. John and Kara have another dog, Finn, so now Finn has a new buddy! I know he is super excited! :) Will had a great time playing with Finn and Charlie.

Will and his buddies, Finn and Charlie

Playing with Finn and Charlie

Will thinks Charlie is great!

Will is giving Charlie a hug

Sweet Charlie

Will and the dogs...

Best Friends Forever!

Colorado

Last Thursday we flew to Colorado to stay with my parents and ski. Well, Mike skied with some friends of ours in Breckenridge, but Will and I did not ski. We had a great trip! Will did awesome on the plane and was a very good traveler. Friday night Mike and I met our friends Rusty and Ashley in Boulder for dinner, then Saturday we all drove to Breckenridge to shop and Mike skied. I also got to meet up with my good friend Nataly in Breckenridge and Kara, another friend from college. It was fun to see them and I am glad they got to meet Will. Will had a blast at my parents house, my mom got him a bunch of toys and he was loving it! He also liked the snow and was constantly begging us to take him outside. Colorado was awesome and I can't wait to go back in February, I know Will is excited to go back too. Here are a ton of pictures, and they are all out of order, please forgive me!

Waiting with Daddy at the airport

With Thomas and Rusty in Breckenridge

Playing with the tupperware

Sledding

Not sure about the snow

With his new singing Elmo

Watching Elmo on the plane

Wanting to play with Jack in the snow

Nataly, Me, Will and Kara

Happy to be in Colorado

Wanting to play in the snow....

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thursday morning we loaded up the car and drove up to Arkansas to be with my family for Thanksgiving. My grandfather (Mom's dad) passed away on Monday and the funeral was Friday morning. I miss my Papa so so so much and Thanksgiving was very hard without him, but we are thankful for the great times we had with him. I am very thankful that he got to spend time with Will, I will hold those memories close to my heart.

Will had a good time in Arkansas and had fun playing with all of his relatives. We stayed at my grandma's house and he loved exploring in the backyard and picking up leaves. I wish I would have taken more pictures while we were there. Will got to spend time with both of his great-grandmothers....and all my aunts and uncles on both sides of the family. I am hoping we can go back up to Arkansas to see everyone again around Christmas.

Being cute at Great Grandma's house

Great Grandma got him a new toy!

Will and John in their matching sweaters

Playing football at Mimi's house with the boys

Reading at Mimi's with Daddy

Decorating Weekend

I am very happy that we are finished decorating for Christmas and Will has not pulled the tree down yet. We got everything out over the weekend and Will helped a lot. :) We ended up getting a smaller tree to use for the next few years. The one we usually put out is at least 10 feet tall and 6 feet in diameter at the base. It is just way too huge for this year, I am afraid if Will pulled it over it could do some major damage on him. The smaller one is great and much safer....and we put the gate up around it so Will can't pull it over on top of him. He doesn't seem very interested in the tree....so that is good. I put a 4 ft. tree in his room and he hasn't touched it either, I am very proud of him. Here are some pictures from our busy weekend of decorating and getting ready for Christmas!

Helping Dad with the new tree

Ready for Santa

Checking out the tree

Looking guilty!