As I mentioned above, it was one of the coldest days this month and look at whose not wearing mittens in the above photo. Hello!?!? To be honest, I am not good at keeping my mittens on and pitch a major fit if my hat lowers over my eyes. My parents have told me many times this month that Santa Claus is watching me carefully. I am not sure what that means, but it sounds kind of creepy.
We headed out to cut down our tree; this was one of my favorite parts of the entire trip. We rode on a wagon pulled by none other than JOHN DEERE. 
Oops (photos must have uploaded in the wrong order)...we are going to talk for a second about the very important guests who drove even farther than we did to get to the tree farm, Santa and Mrs. Claus. Most babies are scared to pieces when they see Santa for the first time, but not our Cooper. He was the biggest flirt and flashed his cute little smile. Once again, he is such a show off. How cute are we in this photo and LOOK, everyone is smiling and looking at the camera, priceless! I told Santa that I wanted a snowmobile and a chainsaw for Christmas. My parents wished they had this on video camera. Santa and Mrs. Claus couldn't believe their ears! How many 2 year olds are that specific about what they want??!?!?!? ME :)
Cooper cooed at Mrs. Claus and she just ate him up, not literally of course. He ended up in our car back home with us, but I think Mrs. Claus wanted to take him to the North Pole in the sleigh. I was very excited for that idea, but my parents poo poo'd it right away. I guess we will keep him another year.
The tree farm has a living nativity each year, so we made a very brief stop to see the animals. I cordially greeted them as I petted each one, "Hi goats, " "Hi sheep, " Hi llamas, " Mommy did not let me pet the llamas because this is the one animal she fears. She told me a disgusting story that they spit on people.
OK, back to the tree part of this trip. We headed out to cut down a tree for our house. The tree farm must have put us in the last tree lot, 2 miles (maybe a stretch) from where we were dropped off. We hurried as fast as we could, but the tree selection was not as good as "usual" according to my parents. They wanted to stop along the way for pictures, but as you see, I did not feel like doing this. I wanted in and out, just pick out a $)!_!+~( tree already. My cheeks were rosy red for a full day! Even Cooper had enough in the above picture, so Mommy cropped him out and used the photo below for one of the pictures on our X-mas card this year.
It was nice to have Grammy along to keep us boys warm while Mommy and Daddy ran around to find the most perfect tree. They found two (one for us and one for Grammy) and we were finally heading back to warm up. 
Do you see why I asked Santa for a chainsaw? We would have been done 3 minutes earlier if Daddy had brought one along. I noticed on our way out of the tree farm that they had many beautiful pre-cut trees right next to the parking lot. I am voting for one of those next year.
Mommy decided to play photographer because we were not able to coordinate pictures with Kristin before Christmas. We found a white sheet, were dressed in sweaters and made Mommy very anxious and disappointed as none of them turned out. Cooper was a ham as he wore the cute sweater and hat that Great-Grandma made for him.
As you may recall, I had to lay on the antique sleigh naked and here Cooper got to wear clothes. I still can't get over all of my rolls! 
Mommy and Daddy allowed us to play with our tree lights. Usually they do not allow electrical cords near my hands, but for the sake of our mock photo shoot, they allowed it. The picture ended up pretty cool, although Mommy wishes we would have smiled at the camera and she regrets keeping me in my dirty white socks.
Another kick-off event for the holidays was our town's Christmas parade. We had several families join us at our house for dinner and then we went to the parade together. It was a very fun and busy night, hence little Easton above who was caught eating Liberty's dog bone while playing with the salad spinner.
It was comical as the parents attempted to get us all to smile. And this wasn't all the kiddos... Chloe was downstairs and baby Lucy was at her grandparents. This is the best we could get.
Grammy was at the parade to see the hospital's float that she helped create. Cooper was cozy in his stroller for a bit, but then became Mr. Fussy Man, so Grammy took over. Yes, he is wearing a reindeer snowsuit, in case you are wondering what the heck he is dressed in (Go Badgers!)
I wasn't the happiest boy at the parade b/c I couldn't see the floats that well and I was having a fight with my hat and mittens. Daddy was happy to see his favorite float (he cut off the Clydesdales pulling the Leinie's float). We survived an hour of the parade and left 5 floats short of seeing Santa~why would any parade organizer put Santa at the end!?!?! 
Kerri, Mommy, and Laurie Jo enjoyed the parade and the hot drinks they brought from home :)
It took much longer this year to get our decorations up, but we did it! The house has pretty lights on it (this picture does not do Daddy's job justice), our tree is up, stockings are hung, and house is festive. The only thing missing...holiday treats! Mommy says she is not wanting to bake this year since they (Mommy/Daddy and Daddy's side of the family) will be heading to Jamaica in a few weeks for Uncle Matt and Auntie Jill's wedding!
The tree farm has a living nativity each year, so we made a very brief stop to see the animals. I cordially greeted them as I petted each one, "Hi goats, " "Hi sheep, " Hi llamas, " Mommy did not let me pet the llamas because this is the one animal she fears. She told me a disgusting story that they spit on people.
OK, back to the tree part of this trip. We headed out to cut down a tree for our house. The tree farm must have put us in the last tree lot, 2 miles (maybe a stretch) from where we were dropped off. We hurried as fast as we could, but the tree selection was not as good as "usual" according to my parents. They wanted to stop along the way for pictures, but as you see, I did not feel like doing this. I wanted in and out, just pick out a $)!_!+~( tree already. My cheeks were rosy red for a full day! Even Cooper had enough in the above picture, so Mommy cropped him out and used the photo below for one of the pictures on our X-mas card this year.
It was nice to have Grammy along to keep us boys warm while Mommy and Daddy ran around to find the most perfect tree. They found two (one for us and one for Grammy) and we were finally heading back to warm up. 
Do you see why I asked Santa for a chainsaw? We would have been done 3 minutes earlier if Daddy had brought one along. I noticed on our way out of the tree farm that they had many beautiful pre-cut trees right next to the parking lot. I am voting for one of those next year. 
Mommy decided to play photographer because we were not able to coordinate pictures with Kristin before Christmas. We found a white sheet, were dressed in sweaters and made Mommy very anxious and disappointed as none of them turned out. Cooper was a ham as he wore the cute sweater and hat that Great-Grandma made for him.
As you may recall, I had to lay on the antique sleigh naked and here Cooper got to wear clothes. I still can't get over all of my rolls! 
Mommy and Daddy allowed us to play with our tree lights. Usually they do not allow electrical cords near my hands, but for the sake of our mock photo shoot, they allowed it. The picture ended up pretty cool, although Mommy wishes we would have smiled at the camera and she regrets keeping me in my dirty white socks.
Another kick-off event for the holidays was our town's Christmas parade. We had several families join us at our house for dinner and then we went to the parade together. It was a very fun and busy night, hence little Easton above who was caught eating Liberty's dog bone while playing with the salad spinner.
It was comical as the parents attempted to get us all to smile. And this wasn't all the kiddos... Chloe was downstairs and baby Lucy was at her grandparents. This is the best we could get.
Grammy was at the parade to see the hospital's float that she helped create. Cooper was cozy in his stroller for a bit, but then became Mr. Fussy Man, so Grammy took over. Yes, he is wearing a reindeer snowsuit, in case you are wondering what the heck he is dressed in (Go Badgers!)
I wasn't the happiest boy at the parade b/c I couldn't see the floats that well and I was having a fight with my hat and mittens. Daddy was happy to see his favorite float (he cut off the Clydesdales pulling the Leinie's float). We survived an hour of the parade and left 5 floats short of seeing Santa~why would any parade organizer put Santa at the end!?!?! 
Kerri, Mommy, and Laurie Jo enjoyed the parade and the hot drinks they brought from home :)
It took much longer this year to get our decorations up, but we did it! The house has pretty lights on it (this picture does not do Daddy's job justice), our tree is up, stockings are hung, and house is festive. The only thing missing...holiday treats! Mommy says she is not wanting to bake this year since they (Mommy/Daddy and Daddy's side of the family) will be heading to Jamaica in a few weeks for Uncle Matt and Auntie Jill's wedding! We hope you are enjoying December as it flies on by. Mommy hopes to update the blog very soon with last weekend's photos and this week's. Currently, the camera is MIA and she does NOT want to add a new one on her X-mas list. Happy shopping, decorating, eating, wrapping, and whatever else your heart desires :)
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