Merry Christmas!!

I am a little behind on my card sending this year, and with Christmas only a few days away, I don't see myself getting caught up... especially since the little man woke up sick this morning. I am hoping to get him well by the time the jolly man comes on Friday but this is Cade's first cold of the season so I guess I should be thankful he's been so healthy to this point.

ANYWAY... for those of you who haven't received a card from us, I am VERY sorry... I thought I'd share our cards here...

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Love...

I LOVE my new Nikon. I love PSE7. I love warm days in December. I love being able to take my little boy outside with just a jacket. I love getting these shots.





































I think I love ^him^ most of all!

Cade and Santa

Cade visited Santa last night at the mall. He wasn't very impressed and was so funny, turning around looking at him like, who are you and why are you holding me? But, he didn't scream or cry, so I guess he did pretty good.

And here is the pic... not the best but they took a few and this was our favorite. For one thing, Cade doesn't look totally distressed... and Santa's expression is pretty funny too!

Pictures... pictures... pictures....

So I have been practicing and practicing with my new camera (Love it by the way)... and I think that Cade has finally had it! I made 3 attempts at Christmas pictures of him, in front of the tree, dressed up... blah blah... Well, it went something like this... Attempt #1... I put a white sheet up in his room, dressed him up in his Christmas outfit and proceeded to take around 150 pictures of him. He was so good, even looked at the camera for about 10-15 shots. But when I put them on my computer, I did a mental head slap... I used flash, inside, and the shadows were just ridiculous... so we'll just try again, right? Well attempt #2, the next day... put him back in his Christmas outfit, and instead of doing the white sheet in his room, that gets very little natural light, I opened up the front shades in the living room and attempted to get some shots in front of the tree. Terribly blurry, just not even usable. So I adjust the settings on the camera and sit in the floor for one more attempt and by this point, he is annoyed. He turns around and is pulling ornaments off left and right and before I could get up to stop him, he pulled the tree down... on us. It was a disaster... tree parts all over the living room... the top of the tree actually bent. Was really great. Thankfully it was nap time for Mr. Monster and so he went straight to bed and right to sleep. I spent the rest of the afternoon picking up the mess, rewrapping torn gifts & destressing. This is the picture that I snapped right before he pulled it down...



Third attempt... today... and I am so happy that I finally got some pictures that I loved. Because this was seriously going to be my last attempt at pictures in front of the tree. So here they are... :)

Cade's 1st Christmas!

As expected, Cade's 1st Christmas was a blast!!! So much fun & so memorable! I kept hearing over and over about how he wouldn't care about anything but he seemed thrilled with some of the toys he got... he was (usually) totally uninterested in the bows & paper and he seemed to really take it all in. He got a ton of toys & goodies... and yes, our house looks like it might explode! I am not sure how we will survive with the contents of the toy aisle spread across our living room floor... but I guess as long as he has fun, that's all that counts.

Of course, we have pictures... LOTS of pictures!!!

Christmas Eve morning... in the jammies that his great-mamaw gave him! And posing with a present!


So happy, I love that smile!


Okay, seriously mom...


Ha ha, my rotten boy!


Hard to hold him still for a good shot!


Our little family!


One more... look at the camera!


Opening presents at home... a flashlight, some little cars...


And a BIG BOY car! He loves it... I think he must feel so big!






I think he wanted me to get in with him... he kept pulling on me.


Christmas at Grandmomma & Papaw's... he did pretty good opening this one!


His Sing-Along Stage... one of his favorites! Great toy!


Trying to play while it's still in the box... and see the toybox in the background? Dad made that for Cade... It's AWESOME! (thanks again Dad! "Cade" really appreciates it!)


Playing us a Christmas carol...


And now tasting the keys...


This is Cade's new favorite thing to do, and he did it plenty over Christmas... Waller Mommy!!!




Seriously, sometimes I'll just lay down in the floor & let him climb all over me.


Looking BIG with daddy's help!


Playing with Brady on Christmas Eve...


Opening a gift on Christmas Eve... this was probably the ONE bow that he was really impressed by... he played with it for a long while... which was great because it kept him mind off of being drop dead tired!


Christmas Day... sitting in front of his gifts from Aunt Court, Uncle Adam & Brady


Another gift!


Wow, just what I wanted!


Woo hoo! My musical table!


Well that's it for now... There will probably be more to come :) I've got a super cute video of Cade & Brady so I'll post that as soon as I get it uploaded.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Cade sure did!