Delta Gamma Christmas

Before we headed out of town, we were able to get together with most of the DG's and their babies. We had a difficult time getting photos of the kids...they didn't want to sit still. Well, some did, but Andrew did not! We had a great time catching up and meeting Charlie for the first time!

Mary & Matt, Amanda & Adalyn, Andrew & I, Amanda & Harper, Audrey & Charlie

Group Photo

Matt, Harper, Charlie, Adalyn & Andrew

Andrew smooching Adalyn.

He loves baby Addy!

SNOW!!!

It finally snowed! We were able to put all of the gear on and head outside to shovel and sled!

All bundled up!

Hmm...what is this stuff?

I finally get to use my new red shovel!

Little Lambs Christmas Party

Not so sure of Santa.

Dancing at the party!

Gingerbread House

I'm not sure it is a good idea to make the entire gingerbread house with an almost 2 year old...unless you build it first and decorate later. The instructions say to put the walls together and wait 2-3 hours before decorating. That is after you get the first set of walls up and wait 1 hour! So the 'engineer' decided to use these strip tie things. Regardless, Andrew loved decorating...and eating gumdrops!

Mac n' cheesy face from dinner + frosting = delicious!

"Cheese!"

"I try it."

Notice the wall support.

Finished!

VIsit with Santa

Waiting our turn...

First 'up close' look at Sanata!

A little unsure...

But not a tear shed!

And then a few pennies in the fountain!

I love throwing money into the fountain!

Photo Card Attempts

I'm not going to post the final photo card picture until I actually mail them out...but it did take a lot of photo attempts!

Including some bribery...

This turned into another 'redecorating' of the tree!

Decorating the Tree

We are decorating the tree in stages...and Andrew loves to help!

Chopping Down the Tree

We had a perfect day to go get our Christmas tree! I overheard someone saying that they thought it was a better day than when they were picking apples and getting their pumpkins! I have to say it was about the same...but it was nice and sunny to say the least! Andrew loved riding the horse drawn carriage out to the field! He loved their "jingle bells." He even got to pet Jane after we got off. They were beautiful clydesdales hard at work! I felt bad for all of the trips they would have to make that weekend.

Andrew watching the clydesdales on the way out...

This one is so sunny but you can kind of see how big of a smile he has! He loved the saw!

"Me do it."

Timber!

Thanksgiving Day

This year, we spent Thanksgiving Day at my grandma's house. We had a great day! We finally met my cousin Jessica's baby, so cute! Andrew didn't take a nap...he was too busy chasing my cousin Allison around. He passed out on the way home and I thought he would never go to bed that night....he requested bed time himself that night!!!

I tried to re-create last years pic in front of the fireplace.

Giving baby Jackson a kiss!

So sweet to the baby.

Finally ice cream before heading home. Notice the pants are gone...at this point there wasn't a point in arguing!!! He was a champ without a nap!

Thanksgiving Vacation-Zoo Trip

A much needed week off for Thanksgiving...finally here! On Monday, we headed to the zoo with Matt and Mary. I only took these two pics (not good) in the gorilla house. We were the only ones there and all of the chimps/gorillas were inside. It was so fun to watch the baby being passed around!

It's hard to see but Andrew was watching the baby and momma!

Mommy gorilla snuggling her 15 month old baby.