Christmas is Here!

I love love love the glow of Christmas lights! They're just so cozy and make everything around them beautiful. These pictures aren't super clear, but I love the light in them. I love Christmas time so much.

Here's our giant tree.

Here's our mantle.

Our stockings are ready for Santa.

One of my favorite new ornaments.

Justin made the front of our house beautiful.

Dear Family and Friends - Have a very safe and merry Christmas!

Ornaments

I thought I better post something new so that awful picture of Natie's eye wasn't the first thing you see on our blog! Her eye is looking a lot better, by the way.

So here are a few pictures of when we decorated our tree a couple weeks ago. We tried to show Natalie that you put the ornaments on and then leave them, but she still insists on yanking them off. So we moved the fragile ornaments up above her reach and put some unbreakable ones down at her level. I've also caught her twice now trying to unwrap the presents under the tree. Christmas should be lots of fun this year!

Here's Justin showing Natalie her new ornament.

Here she is putting it on.

And here she is running away with it after pulling it off.

Eye Injury

Natalie had her first bloody injury yesterday. She banged up her eye. It looks pretty bad, but thankfully, she doesn't act like it bothers her much. All I want for Christmas this year is for her swelling to go down.

I took this picture about an hour after it happened. I was trying to get a close-up of the injury so the flash was pretty bright in her eyes, which is why she looks totally wiped out.

Doesn't look much better today.

Soon she'll be healed up and look like her sweet self again (took these a few days ago). :)

Climbing the Stairs

I took this video this morning of Natalie climbing the stairs. At first, I started recording because she was saying "Daddy" over and over again. If you listen close, you can hear her say "Daddy" at the very beginning, then "Poppy", then "Baby", then a bunch of babbling, then "Mimi", then "Mommy", then "Nana", and a bunch more "Mimi"s. She covered a lot of people in under a minute. :)

Here's one of Natalie enjoying Nana's Chex mix the other day.

And here's one more. I love the look on her face when I ask her where her teeth are.

I finally ordered our Christmas cards (thanks Jenni!) and I can't wait to send them out later this week!

Say Papa

Click HERE to see a video I took the other day while Natalie was having lunch. She's been saying some new words lately and this day, we were working on "Papa". A few days ago, she said "ham" and yesterday she said "Elmo"! Its been so fun to hear her figuring out sounds and words!

Santa

We saw Santa on Sunday. I guess this reaction was to be expected. :)

Beach

We spent Thanksgiving in Pacific City with Justin's family this year. Rachel cooked us another fantastic turkey dinner. Her warm, homemade rolls are heavenly! It was really nice to spend a few days away with our family and Natalie especially had fun with her cousins!

It finally stopped raining on Friday, so we decided to walk a couple blocks to the beach. The sun was peeking through the clouds, but the wind was strong and COLD. We stayed for about 2 minutes and immediately headed across the street for some hot coffee!

Quick, take the picture, we're freezing.

Natalie doesn't like the wind in her face. :)

Minnie Mouse

Dear Isaac, Reiley, and Jackson,

Thank you for thinking of me while you were in Disneyland! I love my Minnie so much!

Love,

Natalie

I Roll

This onesie was one of the gifts that my brother and sister-in-law gave Natalie when she was baptized a few months ago. It cracks me up...especially since its tight on her little belly!

She was being silly...spinning around, making herself dizzy, and then falling down.

I said "Let me see your shirt" :)

She's taking her kitty's temperature.

Pigs

Natie's hair is getting longer and looking messed up and crazy most of the time...especially since she doesn't want me to put clips or ponies in her hair. I managed to get these in yesterday though! :)

Trick or Treating

We went to the Carmons for Halloween to go trick-or-treating with the cousins. Natalie was oblivious to the trick-or-treating and didn't want anything to do with her bucket, but she had fun walking through the neighborhood with the big girls. We called it a night when she started taking off her costume a few blocks from home. :)

Here we are getting started...

Here's Riley in her pirate costume. It was so cute on her.

Riley was running so fast between houses that her candy kept flying out of her bucket!

Here are Kennedy and Peyton, looking beautiful in their costumes.

Natie and Riley loved this witch that was lit up.

She had fun in the candy bucket.

Riley found a yummy sucker.

Happy Halloween

Here's our little pumpkin....

Halloween is scary

I'm a bumblebee!

Bzzzzzz

You can't see it, but there's a little stinger on the buns.

Sending a Halloween text.

Nana and Bee

Time to take this thing off. Its hot.

Everyone have a safe Halloween tonight. Go DUCKS!!