Jalen and Elliot

Stephanie and I have been friends since we were 2 years old. We've seen each other through every milestones...the first days of kindergarten, junior high, high school, and college, new jobs, new homes, and marriage. One of the most amazing milestones we have ventured through together is motherhood. I can't believe we are now parents and watching our own children play together! It's so fun to see Jalen and Elliot interact. Here are a few shots of our visit over x-mas break. Thank you Stephanie for a great breakfast and morning together.

Getting Ready For The Holidays

The last few weeks have been very busy for us as the holidays draw near. We had fun decorating the tree and house, shopping for presents, and preparing for our trip to Idaho. We joined our mommy & baby friends for a little x-mas party, attended work x-mas parties, visited Santa with Drew Reinke, attended Jalen's daycare x-mas program, and went to the Portland Zoo for their "Zoo Light" display with some friends.

Zoo Lights - waiting for the train.

Santa was so nice to work around our busy schedule...he dropped off Jalen's present before we headed to Idaho.

Jalen was so happy Santa cam to visit!

Shopping after seeing Santa.

Enjoying lunch with the Reinkes.

Jalen did a good job sitting on Santa's lap (sneaky little thing though, trying to snatch a candy cane from Santa's basket).

Jalen and Drew weren't too sure about Santa.

If you look closely, you can see Little Santa had something to say...he had enough of the picture taking.

Jalen with all his buddies.

Happy Birthday Grandma!

My mom's birthday was Friday Dec. 18th, but we celebrated on Monday when we were all together. It was great to see everyone and play with the kids. Happy Birthday to Auntie Annie as well, they were gone in Atlanta for the weekend, so we hadn't seen her yet.

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Auntie Abbey and Auntie Ari getting their snuggle time with Jalen.

Uncle Dan and Auntie Aubrey with Jalen.

Raindeer Ayden

Grandma with her two grandboys.

Ayden had Jalen laughing all night.

It didn't take much for Ayden to get Jalen laughing. He would just smile and play with him a little and Jalen started his "old-man" laugh.