Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning

Shawn's little cousins (Jack and James) were very entertained by these boxes during our Christmas Eve family program. (Background: Allison, James, J.P., and Jessica)

Grandpa, Grandma, James, Amy, Jenae and Austin


Christmas morning with my family. Nobody is looking at the camera, but I love how it shows everyone sitting everywhere.

Jon wanted a picture to show what kind of day it was that day. We could hardly get anywhere, the roads were so bad.

My dad opening one of the gifts. Sitting next to him is his fiancee, Robyn. Then the partial shot of Amy and little James.

Christmas Afternoon

We spent Christmas afternoon with Jon's family at his uncles house. We played games for prizes and had lots of yummy food.

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This is where Shawn finally learned to go down stairs on his own

Shawn's Christmas outfit that says "Santa, I really tried this year, honest"

Zoo Lights

We went to the zoo lights with my family one of the nights we were there. We were surprised at how many lights they had up. Almost all the animals were asleep or not in sight. Good thing they had a whole bunch of fake animal light displays.

Grandpa trying to keep Shawn warm

Aquarium

We went with my family to the aquarium near my dad's house. It has been there for years and we have never gone before. I thought it was fun and interesting, maybe $5 interesting, not $8. Hey, I think that is what we paid to get into the Seattle Aquarium. Hmmm, not really the same.

My attempt at a fish face

Jon's attempt at a fish face

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This is what my dad's backyard looked like the day we left. It was such a perfect day.

Christmas came early this year to our house since we will be with our families on Christmas. It's nice having a young child who doesn't have a clue if it is really Christmas or not that day. It was a lot of fun having our fake Christmas. We only got Shawn a few presents, but he loved what we gave him.

The room before we started opening presents

These are the matching pajamas I made for us. I finished them about an hour before we took this picture. :)


This is Shawn's new lawn mower. He loves to push it around the house. After listening to it for a couple days I am beginning to wonder if it was a smart purchase.


The two of us spend a lot of time together


I wish you could hear the grunting that went along with this picture. Apparently unwrapping presents is a lot harder than it looks.

Shawn used most of the presents as a seat. Probably should have just given him boxes to sit on.

This boy LOVES chocolate and I just can't figure out where he got that from. :0

This playset we got him comes with two tunnels, a tee pee, and a tent that all hook together. It's loads of fun, but will be more fun when it isn't sitting in my living room.

Family Photos

We had our family photos taken about a week ago, as you can tell from the gigantic picture at the top of the page. Here are my favorites.

We couldn't get Shawn to smile for the posed pictures, but the smile sure came out when he saw his teddy bear.
Several people have told me that this is their favorite picture. It would be mine too...if my bum wasn't in it. :)

Not afraid to go off alone

Oh, how precious :)

Now that is a handsome kid if I do say so myself.

This is what happens when you have Christmas decorations at a low level and then take your eyes off a 16 month old boy.

The other day Shawn got into my drawer, pulled out my fuzzy socks and begged me to put them on him. He left them on for about three hours that morning, which is a lot longer than normal socks last on him.