Merry Christmas!!!!

To all our friends and family we wish you a

very Merry Christmas.

We hope you will feel the joy and peace this season brings.

Love,

Ryan, Ashley and Nathan

Happy 1st Birthday Nathan!!!

Our little boy is now one. I can't believe how fast he has grown and developed into this little person. We had a great day. My sister shares the same birthday (December 11th) with Nathan so she came to celebrate with us along with my mom. We made two cakes and had lots of presents and fun. We did a dinosaur theme this year. Nathan had a Dinosaur cake and we went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point. It was a lot of fun and Ryan enjoyed the museum just as much as Nathan. Nathan was given a lot of nice things. He enjoyed ripping open the presents. It took us a long time to open them all up because Nathan wanted to play with each toy he opened.

The Birthday kids! I have always been excited about Nathan experiencing his first cake but when it came time he was not impressed. He didn't want to have anything to do with it and was really upset when my sister tried to "help" him make a mess of it. He hated having the frosting on his hands and flung it all on the floor. We learned that the whole cake was way too overwhelming and he didn't know what to do with it. Once we removed the cake and just gave him chunks of it is when he really got into it.

Our Birthday Boy!!

Happy Birthday Nathan! You bring so much joy to our family. We have enjoyed watching you learn and grow and look forward to many more fun years. We love you!

It has been a while since we have posted anything. We sure enjoyed the fall season. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. We enjoyed many fun days in fall... play dates out to Wheeler Farm and the pumpkin patch, Nathan's first Halloween, trips to Gardner Village and of course hiking in the beautiful mountains. We got to take a trip to San Diego earlier in November and Nathan enjoyed his first Thanksgiving with cousins.

Another favorite time of year for me is Christmas!! I love Christmas time and it is ten times more exciting when you have a curious little boy. We put up our Christmas decorations last weekend and Nathan loved exploring everything. He especially liked the lights on the Christmas tree. Christmas is such a magical time and a wonderful time to remember all your blessings. I think Christmas will always be a special time for me because last year at this time we were very excited to be expecting Nathan. Now, almost one year later he has grown so much and brought so much joy to our life.
Watching Daddy put up the lights.

Nathan's First Sucker

In November Nathan and I took a trip to San Diego. We had a great time seeing family, going to the Wild Animal Park and enjoying the warm weather. But I think Nathan's favorite activity was trying out his new big sucker that grandma bought him. It was quite entertaining to watch. I have never seen anyone enjoy a sucker as much as he did. He of course was a sticky mess after but it was worth it. He even thought it was fun to stick it on his forehead.

What a funny little guy!

What a face!