Christmas morning is exhausting

Opening presents with Mason on Christmas morning

Goofy from Daddy! Thanks Daddy.

Opening presents Christmas Eve at Nana and Papa's!

Gabby and Peyton playing together.

This Christmas we were fortunate enough to spend the holidays with ALL of our family. Tony and Julie came up with Gabby, which was so exciting. We have not seen Gabby since Peyton's 1st Birthday. The girls are growing up so quickly. It was great to see them interact and play together. Peyton was of course spoiled by her grandparents and aunts/uncles.

SANTA!!!

Not real sure about this Santa thing...

She stopped crying but wouldn't budge on a smile.

Christmas Tree O' Christmas Tree

We went to Loch Lolly Christmas tree farm in North Plains today. This is going to be our new tradition. On top of having Christmas trees they had ducks, reindeer and SANTA! We were able to visit Santa and get our tree all in one day....

Peyton and Daddy cutting down our tree

Such a big helper

Given daddy some kisses before he gets to work on cutting down the tree.

Santa's reindeer warming up for Christmas Eve!

POTTY!!!!

We are not officially "potty training" Peyton at this point but she does have her potty chair in the bathroom and sits on it periodically throughout the day. She is getting really good at telling us after she has gone to the bathroom. However, last night while getting ready for bed she wanted to sit on the potty. She plopped herself down and immediately went potty! I think we were almost more excited about this than we were when she first walked!! We were so proud of her. I know we have a long road ahead until she is potty trained but this was such a huge achievement it may be something we start doing on a regular basis!

Snow Day!!

It snowed a dusting overnight and the roads were icy this morning. In Oregon this means everything shuts down! Peyton and I took this opportunity to bundle up and get outside. It was cold but at least it was dry. Peyton got to wear her snow bibs for the first time. She looked hilarious in them!!

SMILE!!!

Trying to figure out how to run in those clothes.

Wow the slide is fast when it is covered with ice!

Due to the excessive clothing Peyton got stuck while trying to climb up to the slide!

Warm and ready to play!!! Bring on the snow....

Fall leaves and play time!

The apron Peyton is wearing was mine when I was a little girl, made for me by my Grammy! It is still a little big on Peyton but looks cute none the less. 

I have a feeling this face will allow Peyton to get away with a lot! =)

Fall is officially here and so are the leaves! We got bundled up in our rain boots and everything to help rake the leaves up. This will be one of many leaf raking adventures this fall. 

This girl has the CUTEST bootie in the entire world!!!

As you can see Peyton was hard at work raking the leaves. Good thing we have Dominic around to really do the dirty work for us!!

Happy Halloween!

Trick or Treating with Nana...and the SCARY spider!

Our sweet little giraffe!

It is hard to believe Peyton is actually old enough to go Trick or Treating. She wasn't very excited or interested in it though. We originally bought her a really cute lion costume but she wouldn't have anything to do with it. So we settled for a sweet little giraffe. She looked adorable! We only went to a handful of houses before we went home and handed out candy to Trick or Treaters. All in all it was a fun night. And a glimpse of what many more Halloweens will be like!