It's the Holiday season....Late November/December 2013

Well, it IS the Holiday season!! I love this time of year! This year is turning out to be particularly special for many reasons: It's our first year in our new home in Canyon (we were here last Christmas but were living with my parents') and I love the fact the Edward is old enough to understand much of Christmas! Let's start with Thanksgiving. We went down to Granbury to spend Thanksgiving with the Emerine's. We had beautiful weather, lot's of yummy food and lot's of play time with cousin Chandler!

Here are a few things that have been going on:

• Edward saw his first Santa for the year, at Home Depot in Granbury and would not sit on his lap, but did manage to ask for Santa for what was on his list "train" and was very happy to accept the candy cane.
• On December 2nd we went to Lowe's to pick out our tree, Edward loved pushing the big cart around and Eli was really good at crawling all over the floor and getting real dirty :)
• Around December 3rd Eli began taking sliding steps on the floor and now on December 19th he is taking 4-6 steps at a time! He also began climbing up on his sitting toys/cars and climbing up on Edward's 'bear chair' which he also managed to fall off of!
• Eli is so silly and funny and smart and slobbery! He is completely wonderful! He loves books and prefers them almost over anything! He will "uuhhh, uuhhh" with a book in hand until I come and read it to him! He will clap if the book says clap, wave, and cough when the limo in "Little Blue Truck Leads the Way" breaks down.
• On November 27th we took Edward to "Sesame Street Live" it was our first time to go to a concert, movie etc and we had a blast!
• Breakfast with Santa at the Discovery Center on December 7th was filled with crafts, food, fun and a long Santa line. We did however manage to get a decent family photo with Santa, we all had to be in the picture because Eli refused to sit on Santa's lap, but Edward was much more open to him this time round.
• We also went to the Panhandle Plains Museum on the 7th and got to do more Christmas Crafts and decorate a cookie!
• Jingle Jam and lights at the botanical Garden was a great way to spend a special evening as a family.
• On December 14th, we left Eli with my mom and took Edward to a "Safari" night at the Amarillo Zoo! The zoo was decked out in lights and décor and the lions were "roaring" and putting on a show! It was a great time! Right before this Edward got to go pick out his own toy for filling up his marble jar :)

I just feel completely blessed for having TWO amazing little boys and don't want to ever forget all the memories that we are making together!