Christmas

Zander loved his stocking that my mom made. She followed Erik's mom's stocking pattern. It was exciting for other reasons too--Zander got three teeth. Sing "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!"

We all wore orange to support Bobby's hometown team of Clemson. What a fun football game!!!

We had Meredith, Bobby, and Gregg here.

Let it Snow

Had snow in Portland...it only lasted two days, but wow driving because crazy!!! Aiden had a great time playing in it!

Aiden & Zander see Santa

Took Aiden and Zander to see Santa...Aiden even had about 5 minutes to really talk to him and ask questions (e.g. Where do you live?). This was our first year seeing Santa without tears. Granted, I didn't put Aiden on Santa's lap this year (that would have caused different results).

New Table

Erik refinished a table we bought on the cheap. We purchased new chairs to go with it. It is wonderful to have furniture in our dining room and living room now!

Christmas Tree Selection

We cut down our own tree this year! What fun!

Thanksgiving

My parents and niece were here for Thanksgiving. We made Turkey hats (see my mom modeling).

Fall Party

Erik and I had a shopping extravaganza today; we shopped for fall decorations and Aiden's birthday. We came home ready to celebrate the autumn season. We made an apple crisp, drank hot apple cider, and made decorations for the house (we made these with the help of Keli and her 3 boys). We decided it was a good time to try on Halloween costumes. Aiden really likes his Spiderman costume! The fake muscles are really funny. Aiden told us that his peck muscles are like breasts--I'm still laughing!