Christmas #1

We had Christmas with my parents and sisters Saturday night. We made it there just in time i guess because about half an hour after we got there it started to get really cold, windy, and nasty out. My sister and her boyfriend were out in the country at his mom's house and got stuck trying to come home. They missed dinner-we didn't wait because Carter was STARVING and so was the 8 months preggo. So we ate and then waited a little longer for them to get there and then the power went out! So my dad had to go turn on the generator so we could have some light. Carter was getting really restless and wanted to open his presents so we just let him go ahead while we waited. They finally got there at about 8:30 or so. Then the rest of us opened presents. Later on we just hung out and watched Carter's new Thomas DVD and then he went to sleep. Then my mom, me, my sister Jolene and her boyfriend all played Pictionary. My dad was asleep with Carter and Brad fell asleep on the couch..lol. My other sister HAD to go out with her friends, so she missed out. My mom made us a great breakfast the next morning and i got to sleep in an extra half hour or so! Overall it was great! Here are a few pictures. I didn't get many though, dang it!

Opening presents with Papa:


Opening another present:

Sister took this lovely one of me:

My youngest sister Stefi:



Carter with aunt JoJo:

Sister Jolene and her boyfriend Bryn:

My mommy:

Carter in his Christmas PJ's:

Some Holiday Pictures

Here are a few pictures of our Christmas Decorations and a few of Carter.

Here is our tall table by the tree:

Shelf by our entertainment center:




Top of our entertainment center:

Our Stockings. I just wrote Carter's name on his today and baby doesn't have a name yet so his isn't written on there yet...



Christmas Tree. I'm not quite finished shopping yet. We still have to get Carter's "big" present and my parents, sisters, and Brad's brother and girlfriend.


You can't really see his hat but it has the Bears symbol on it:



Playing with Uncle Matt's dog Lola:

Christmas Picture

Well, i haven't decided if i'm going to use that picture for our Christmas Card or not. I just don't want Brad to be embarrassed at all if anyone mentions his lips being too red. We might just have to try to take another picture but i HAVE to get them sent out by this weekend or there's really no point in sending them out! Ahhh! Maybe i'll just try to take a better picture of just Carter and put only him on the card this year. Next year, i definitely want professional pictures taken of all 4 of us! I'm always afraid to try though, b/c i just figure it'll be a disaster and i'll end up paying tons of money for bad pictures. I imagine it'll be hard to get anything decent next year with a 3 year old and a 10 month old. (Seriously? This baby will be 10 months old this time next year...crazy!)

Annual Christmas Picture

I have taken a picture of Carter under our Christmas tree every year. This year, he didn't cooperate very well. I'll probably try again in a couple days but here is what i got this morning as well as the pictures from previous Christmases.

Carter's first Christmas:

Carter's 2nd Christmas:


And this year. His 3rd Christmas: