Christmas Eve

This year we spent Christmas Eve at Grandpa & Grammy's house (Joe's dad & stepmom).  Their family tradition is fondue for dinner.  It is always a fun treat!

We did some fun pictures of Kamden in a box with a lot of wrapping paper and bows.  Lets be honest, he IS the best present ever :)

He was pretty spoiled!  Lots of presents including that great Mizzou chair he is sitting in.

Grandpa & Kamden

Aunt Shelly & Kamden

Pre-Christmas in Destin

My parents were not going to see us on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day so they decided to spend a few weeks in Florida.  Their gift to us was having their kids and grandkids join them.  It was quite the adventure!

 Kamden did great on his second flying trip.  Maybe not quite as easy as the first but still impressive.

Ready to hit the beach...

 

We had a beautiful 3 bedroom house that was just a short walk to the beach.  It had balconies off of each bedroom and a wonderful deck.

The grandparents with the 2 youngest babies

 

 Baby O - just 4 months older than Kamden

O & Kamden

We went over to Seaside, FL one day.  "Beach" Santa made a visit for the kids!

The W family (minus baby O)

 

 The grandparents and kids in their Christmas PJs

Happy 2012!

I have a lot to catch up on from the holidays but here is a little card we emailed since we never got around to making Christmas card :)

Sneak Peak

We just got back from Florida!  More details and pictures to come...

Yummy

At Kamden's 4 month appt, we got the all-clear to start eating solids.

Today we tried a delicious brown rice cereal.  I am not sure much made it in his mouth :)

Holiday Decor

Not a very exciting post but I am bored :)

I was playing with my lovely camera in an attempt to take a cool *sparkly* picture of the tree.  I like how it turned out... maybe a little blurry but a work in progress.  I probably need to put it on something solid instead of holding it.

I revamped the mantle this year and am really happy how it turned out. It was mostly inspired by pinterest.  I don't love the swag thing on the wall but I can't find anything I do love.  I was considering doing a BIG letter "M" but couldn't commit.  The only things I bought new were the little bit of greenery at the bottom, red spray paint for the wine bottles, and silver/gold stuff in the wine bottles (and it was all 50% off).  I already had the reindeer, ornaments, and the upside-down cake stand cover that they are held in. 

My super-crafty, sewing specialist, mother has offered to make stockings for the family.  They won't be done this year but next year we should have matching stockings.  For now, Kamden is using "mine" from last year and I am using my childhood stocking stitched by my grandmother.


On a sidenote:  My 4.5 month old child might be wearing 12 month pjs tonight.  They are a little big but I didn't want to buy the 9 month size that would only fit for another couple of weeks.  Lord help me!

4 Month Update

 

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