Tree and Elf

 This year we really got into the Christmas spirit. Nash was counting down the days to Christmas months in advance so much so that did end of getting one of the the count down things so we could actually count down the month of December til Christmas.
He was thrilled to put up the tree. As soon as it came out of the bag, he said "It's beautiful" "we have the best tree ever". Griffin liked it too.

 Espeically getting the ornaments.

 We also decided to do the Elf on a Shelf thing this year. I honestly have had the thing for at least a couple of years and haven't done it because I didn't want to mess with it and thought it was kinda dumb and time consuming but due to all of Nash's enthusiasm I got it out. We named our elf Yoshi. We read the book. Watched the tv show. It really was a fun thing to do. I started it and Chris quickly jumped in and  took over. Chris did amazing with the Elf. It got to be so fun. First thing in the morning Nash would want to find the Elf. He would go to the place it was the night before and when it wasn't there he would start looking for it. It kinda got fun for me too because after the intial just making sure it got moved I started looking forward to seeing where he would be in the morning. Here are a couple of good ones.

The Elf also took a bath in Marshmellows, hung from the ceiling fan, worte "Stay Classy Nash" on his magna doodle, rode a rain deer, got into Nash's apples, made a sugar angel, and much more.

Christmas Play

 Nash was in a Christmas play at our church. It was a play involving ornaments. Basic story line were they were all in the ornament box and were fighting over who really is a part of Christmas and who shouldn't be. Then of course the manger scene was there and then they realized the true meaning of Christmas and how they were all important.
 Nash was a "non-traditional" ornament a scare crow. He didn't have a speaking part. He basically got to stand there and look cute and sing some songs which he mastered quite well.

 dress rehersal

 He was not happy to have to put on make up but seriously how cute is he?

me and him goofing off back stage.
I help direct the kids which was no easy task as there were many small children with zero attention span. So they ended up staying on stage for more parts then originally planned because it was too hard to get them on and off so quick. By the end Nash was dancing and twirling his string belt around on stage. He did a really good job. He loves to sing so I see many more performances in his future.

11-30-12

 

On Griffin's acutally birthday, Friday 11/30/12, we went to The Wonder Place. It was his first time going and he throughly enjoyed it.  His favorites were splashing in the water.

 

 

 Playing with the balls..

 eating the produce..

and watching the ball float in the air.

The Big One Yr Old

 Griffin the big one year old. What a sweet and fun baby. He's pointing, cruising around, stands up on everything, has to hold on to stuff to walk around. Shakes his head yes or no. He can say dada, mama, bubba, and ball. There's other things he says we think he's saying something but not quite sure. He's been such a joy and the past year has gone by way too fast. So glad he's happy and healthy.

Thanksgiving 2012

 Nash and Griffin had a great Thanksgiving.

 It was this guy's first Thanksgiving and he was at a good age for it because he was throughly enjoying eating table food. He ate his plate and off his brother's.

 Nash had a Thanksgiving feast at school with this friends.

Nash and Kekoa

 

And my favorite...Our family picture taken by our cousin Kayla Bradford.

Halloween 2012 (superhero edition)

The boys looked adorable and did great. Griffin was good while we went to a carnival at school and just took it all in while Nash had a blast playing playing games and trick or treating with his friend when we got home.

My 11 Month Old

 So this guy is 11 months and I can hardly believe it. I have been in denial for quite a while. I would start planning his birthday party and stop because I just couldn't take it. He's doing good. Eating good. Trying new things. Really liking more table foods and feeding himself. He started to have some formula and seems to be needing more than I can give him so we are backing off some on breast feeding. He's got three teeth now. Two on bottom and one on top. He's crawling all over the place and pulling up on things. He sleeps through the night other than when he's cutting a tooth. We did have one sick dr visit where he had an ear infection but even with that he really is happy most of the time. He got to go on big brother's field trip to the pumpkin patch and one family trip to the pumpkin patch. He likes to clap his hands and dance to music. He likes bath time and splashing in the water especially when he gets a bath with brother.