Breakfast with Santa

Last year photos were fun, this year I was lucky to get one!! I thought maybe he's sit with Preston, but no luck.  Cori got some better pictures, Easton giving Santa a high-five, but I haven't gotten them from her yet.  So you get the point ;) Preston was excited to sit on his lap this year, but wouldn't tell him what he wanted for Christmas, because it was a secret ;) Hope he writes him a letter!!

My photographer (Cameron) almost cut the one I wanted in the picture, off!! ;)

Christmas with Gma & Gpa Radtke

It was our year to spend Christmas with the Radtke's, but due to the holiday landing in the middle of the work week, and Mark not having any vacation left, we weren't able to travel to Denver this year.  And his parents didn't want to travel to Iowa during the holidays, so we celebrated early while they were here for Thanksgiving.  Easton was spoiled and sure does love his gifts!  Oh and we were spoiled too :) You'll notice the outfits & locations change in some of these pictures.  Grandma joked that it was the "12 days of Christmas" because he got a gift every time we saw them for the week they were here! 

Thanksgiving Night @ their house

Checking out the lights on Gma's tree.

Finding the loot in his stocking!

 

Oh Christmas Tree......

It's been a long standing tradition to cut our own Christmas tree down.  We've always gone to Riverview Christmas Tree Farm.  They usually have a great selection and maybe we were just late this year.  We found a tree, but seems to be a lot smaller than ones we've had in the past.  We went with James, Cori & the boys.  It was right around Easton's naptime, so he didn't last long . We let him walk for the first 15-20 minutes, but shortly after got the stroller!  It's hard enough for him to walk on even ground, so he kept falling.  It was a combination of the snow boots, winter coat, and of course rocky road. 

I found out fast that Easton isn't a fan of the "in person Santa", so I guess I'll save myself a trip to the mall this year!

Christmas Card photo shoot

I had many great ideas, but of course they don't usually work out.  I wanted to get a picture of Easton and Nelli, but trying to get both of them in the same spot at the same time was harder than I thought it would be! Maybe if Mark would have been there to help me, but with the weather and Easton's schedule I did this on a Saturday morning, so he was at work.  Again, all you need is a couple and I guess that's just what I got :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm so thankful for so many things, but most of all my family & friends.  I'm also thankful this year for a healthy pregnancy!  I can't complain, I've been feeling pretty good, of course tired, but no other complaints.  I have a great husband that helps out when I hit the hay by 8:00 PM, glad he understand "I'm making a baby in here"! I say that quite often ;)
This year we were blessed to be with both our families on this holiday.  Mark's parents came to town.  We spent the day at my brother James' house with my immediate family, my Grandma Joan and Aunt & Uncle from Rochester, MN.  It was a great day, full of wonderful food, and of course SHOPPING!  The ladies left around 7:30 PM that night, and returned by 2:30 AM.  It was a lot of fun, and we got some really good deals!

First Hair cut

It didn't take long, just a couple hairs off the back :) We had the pleasure of our friend Dayna doing it one night at Todd & Stacy's house!  It was fast and painless.  But once he figured out we were messing around by his ears, it was over. 

Sledding- Easton's first!

We got our first snow, and I had to break out the sled.  The temps were just right, and Easton really enjoyed it!  He didn't last long, as he kept falling off.  I found another sled that will work so much better, but we haven't been able to take it out yet.  It's been too cold, but we have plenty of snow! It will definitely be a white Christmas this year :)