Christmas Morning

Christmas morning still wasn't quite as exciting as I thought it would be.  Chap got really excited when I brought all the wrapped presents upstairs and put them under the Christmas tree Christmas Eve morning, and all he could talk about was the Thomas wrapping paper:)

 First look Christmas morning.  He really wasn't very excited and he still only wanted to talk about the Thomas wrapping paper.  We have a video of him running into the living room and all he says is "Thomas".  Haha, I guess that't my fault:)  Santa came through with a tricycle and a rug with roads to drive on.  All month Chapter said Santa was bringing him candy, which was in the stocking, but Chap didn't really care about the stocking all that much.

 He warmed up to the tricycle though, and then we had a hard time getting him to stop long enough to open presents.

 He was very serious the whole time.  I wonder where he gets that from, Logan? :):):)

And I just threw this one in because Chap's face was hilarious.  All in all, Christmas was very good to us:) Chapter got lots of toys, the tricycle, a Thomas blanket, puzzles, etc.  Logan got an inflatable kayak, paddles, a pump, a dutch oven, a canyoneering rope, a harness, basically everything his heart desired.  I got a pair of diamond hoop earrings, lotion, and socks.

The next day when Chap woke up he asked if Santa had come, so I guess he kind of got it.

In other news, I got the flu the afternoon of Christmas.  So I ended up missing out on the Blake family CHRISTMAS dinner, and it was a really good one this year!  Logan and his dad bought a prime rib from Costco and Logan cooked it.  Some of the other items were stuffed mushrooms and waffle love dessert.  I don't really know the rest since I wasn't there, but I heard it was awesome! Oh well, maybe next year will be my year:)

Merry Christmas!

Chapter's Christmas Tree Pictures

We took a family picture a couple weeks ago for Christmas cards (just us with the tripod) but Chap was feeling grumpy and the shadow ended up being weird.  So I decided to take some pictures of Chapter in front of the Christmas tree for our card instead.  I decided to use the 55mm lens since we bought it and we never use it even though the quality is much better.  I took probably 50 pictures and got a handful of good ones (I never claimed to be good at it!) The results are just too cute and silly not to share.

And about that dang snowman shirt I made him.  Adorable.  But what the heck was I thinking making him a white Christmas shirt?  The first day he wore it he got fry sauce on it, too close to the orange nose for me to bleach.  I had to treat and wash that thing 4 times before I got it out.  He sure is a cute little monkey though, and he sure is making this the best Christmas I've had in years:)

27 Years

 Logan was a sweetheart and had this wrapped up for days before my birthday to taunt me.  I was so happy and surprised when I opened it.  Logan calls is a "Virgin Triple D" since there isn't caffeine:)  I enjoyed it very much since my last Dirty Dr. Pepper was in Lake Tahoe in July...

And guess who bought me this?  Me!  I think I buy little people more because I like them than because Chap does, but he did get quite a bit of enjoyment out of it as well.  Haha.  Someday I'll have all the holiday ones.  Someday when I'm rich...

Our Christmas Tree

This Christmas tree has been a year in the making.  In November of last year it became clear that our "normal" Christmas tree decorations wouldn't work since we have a destructive toddler now:) And I decided I wanted a Cat in the Hat tree. (Is anyone sensing a theme in my life yet?) Anyway, I didn't think of it soon enough to actually pull it off, so last year we had what may be the lamest Christmas tree ever.  Just a package of shatterproof balls and some ribbon.  This year however, all of my dreams came true.  I looked all over the internet for inspiration and I found very little that interested me as far as Seuss trees go.  There were very few period.  But then I got very lucky one day last spring when I was on a walk with my friend and found a yardsale that had a copy of the game "I can do that!" for $1.00.  It was filled with Cat in the Hat paraphernalia.  As luck would have it I was able to find 3 more copies of the game at DI over the course of the year (Logan says that must mean the game is pretty lame to play, haha).  We reused the coordinating shatterproof ornaments from last year and I bought some nice fat ribbon.  To top it all off we borrowed Chapter's Halloween costume hat.  Seriously though, this tree makes my heart sing!  I'm ridiculous, I know but I get so happy every time I see it!  I expect this to be in our tree rotation for many years so come.  And the best part is, Chapter loves it and it is completely unbreakable:)

Friends

This is Chapter and his best buddies.  They were watching Cars 2 (for about 30 seconds) and I thought they were so adorable snuggled under the blanket with their little bowls of popcorn.