Family Pics

Here is what taking family pictures looks like ; ) We tried!!

Christmas Cookies

We had our neighbors over to decorate cookies that Caden & Kristin made.

Starbucks Junkie

Madison got her ears pierced!

Steven and I had a chance to get some Christmas shopping done minus a certain 3 year old and while we were at the mall realized now that Madison is 3 months old we could get her ears pierced! It wasn't as bad as it could have been but I was sweating in my boots! Glad it's over and glad we did it when we did so her ears will be healed before she starts realizing where her ears are!

Madison ~ 3 months old

December 11th marked Madison's 3 months of life. We finally took her to get some professional shots taken! What a doll she is and such a photogenic baby! These kids do not get it from Mama! ; )

Gingerbread Houses

We made Gingerbread Houses this year with Mr. Caden ~ Thanks to the kits that Target sells ; ) When I asked him if he wanted the single house or the train, he spotted the VILLAGE!! and wanted that one and insisted on getting that kit! Too funny. Daddy built the structures, Mommy iced the roofs and Caden did the decorating. We had our hands too messy to get any shots during the process tho.

2nd Photo Shoot

Here was another attempt at getting some cute shots of the kids together!! Talk about hard work ; ) Mr. Caden is quite the goof ball these days!

Holiday Workshop

Our MOMS Club had a Holiday Workshop to kick off December. Caden and Mommy had a fun time making a Christmas tree ornament, a wreath, decorating cookies, reindeer candy canes, and cotton ball santa's!

O' Christmas Tree

We went out to a local Christmas Tree farm here in Hollister to get our Christmas Tree for our first Christmas in our new house...(How many times can I say Christmas in one sentence?! LOL) We went during the week, so we had the whole farm to ourselves...apparently on the weekends is when all the action happens. Will plan accordingly next year. Caden had a blast running between the rows and rows of trees much to Mom's frustation...3 year olds need to be in sight at all times ; ) We got our 8 foot tall tree and drove it home. More to come on our first tree in later blogs.

Christmas Photo "Shoot"

Here are some shots from Mommy's 1st Christmas Photo "Shoot" with 2 kids ; )
We did end up with one! I know I'm the Mom but I think they're just adorable.

Meeting More Family

While on our Thanksgiving visit to Ventura, Mommy's cousin, Heather, Uncle Ralphie, Heather's boyfriend, Anthony, and her daughter, Autumn, came up to meet Madison. We had a great visit and a yummy lunch.

Madison ~ 8 weeks old

Here's our little princess growing up faster than we'd like!! Caden just loves her to pieces and jumps in pictures any time he can...seems to be the best way to catch him for a good picture tho!

Halloween Evening

Our neighbors had a big Halloween Bash and we tagged along with their entourage for some serious trick-or-treating. Good thing I brought the sit and stand stroller because Caden's toe hurt from all the walking ; ) and so he wanted door to door service! He got a whole pumpkin carrier full of candy after huffing around the neighborhood.

Halloween 2009

We started Halloween off with Trunk or Treat ~ Caden got into his Spiderman costume and we headed over for some fun games in trunks and got some sweet treats as prizes! Next year, we'll have a trunk of our own to contribute ; )