christmas eve evening 

we went to d's dads house

for whole pracht side of the family.

i really wish we could have stayed longer

but parker goes to bed so early

which is usually super nice

but as much as i'd like to think he is adaptable to different situations

he really is a 'routine' kinda guy and

it's very obvious when he's tired and ready for bed

 even though the pictures don't show 

how crabby and sleepy my little man was.

oh, and his dads house has very poor lightly 

because they like to live in a cave in the dark with no light of day :)

i haven't had the time to edit them.

so they are all really grainy because i had to raise my ISO so high

because i didn't want to use my flash.

the photo gods will forgive me.

 this pic of braden is my fave!

so we changed park into his pajamas

thinking for sure he'd fall asleep on the way home.

not so much!

but he did pracitcally lunge out of my arms

diving head first into his bed.

two down,

two to go!

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picture heavy post

christmas eve morning we started off with our usual

bananas and waffles.

breakfast of champions.

and then went to my parents house

for more present opening

and food consuming.

 somebody was way more interested in

climbing the stairs.

who might i add STILL isn't walking :)

 clapping for himself

so humble.

 found out somebody loves white choc

covered pretzels almost as much as his daddy

 the proud grandparents.

off to church 

and then next family gathering!

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Christmas whirlwind

this will be the first of many xmas posts.
consider yourself warned.

it came and it went.

so fast.

it happens every year.

all the anticipation and planning

and excitement built up

and just like that, it's over.

parker thoroughly enjoyed himself

and was way more into opening presents than i predicted.

even trying to open many that were not for him.

we were so beyond blessed

with the amount of gifts being passed around.

so we started letting pj open some of gifts christmas eve eve.

the pool and balls was a b-day gift
but throwing the balls has become a very popular activity these days.
and we had to kill some time til daddy got home.

and shove our face over the vent.

 onto the present opening.

 a mr potato head
some new books
and clothes to complete
our xmas eve eve.

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iPhone

I'm getting more technologically advanced every day. Ive just discovered I can do posts from my phone! Score! So here's some recent pics I've taken with the 'ole iPhone.

alittle early prez

i'm such a little kid at heart.

and so is my hubs even though he won't admit it.

we are the worst at keeping secrets

and surprises

and presents from each other.

last night we  i

let parker 'practice' opening a present.

seriously folks,

he took like 10 min slowly picking off all the wrapping paper.

if we save them all for christmas it will honestly take HOURS.



d  got me a new lense for my camera

which i promptly 'unwrapped' it after the nice fedex guy left it

on my doorstep.

why would we waste pretty paper and not get to use

the new lense AT christmas.

duh!

and being the nice hubby he is

i convinced him what a great idea this was and he agreed :)

and he's my sweet p the night i got to try it out.

3 days

8 hours

42 min

and 21 seconds.....

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tradition

i'm all about family traditions this year!

and another one that we've done since i was born

was going and cutting down a real christmas tree.

and since d and i have been married,

we've always done the same.

parker enjoyed this year much better than last.

wow, what a quiet

teeny tiny

little sleeping angel baby

 he used to be.

(and i can't believe people let me wear that hat in public)

this year was slightly different.

i got this 'hip hammock' from a girl at work.

it should be mandatory for all moms with

1 yr olds that don't walk.

i love it.

riding in a sled is WAY

more fun than riding in a stroller. 

nu-nu showing p how it's done

 

 

 

and there you have it folks.

another tree

fullfulling it's christmas destiny.

carpe diem

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