Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Holiday cheer!

We kept busy, the day after Thanksgiving. I dragged my mother-in-law out with me at 4am for some black Friday Christmas shopping. Later that day after Ryan came home from work we went and picked out a Christmas tree to decorate. This was Sean's first trip out of the house!! Alyssa had been counting down the days till we got to decorate for Christmas (she is definitely her mother's daughter) .





Alyssa showcasing the tree after we got the lights on. She was so excited to finally have the tree up and decorations around the house.


During the week we got to take Alyssa to the toy store for good behavior. She picked out this tent to sleep in. She was letting grandma sleep in her bed and thought this would be really fun to have.
The tent came with matching pink and purple blankets, matching flashlights and 2 sleeping masks. Everything you need to have a little sleepover. She loved sleeping in there and it was much easier talking her into going to bed!



The weekend before Grandma Gillan went home we drove out to the mall so Alyssa could sit on Santa's lap. This mall was especially fun because they make it snow inside the mall. Alyssa thought that was the coolest thing ever!

She loved meeting Santa but she loved the prize she got even more. We forgot the camera so this picture is done with our phone and isn't the best quality.


Sean also hit the 2 week mark last week, and we are just happy we are all still able to function.
We are feeling very sleep deprived still and Sean is getting pretty fussy. He cries a lot and seems very uncomfortable and gassy. Hopefully this will pass soon!

Here are his pictures and stats from his 2 week apt.
Height: 22.25" 90th%
Weight: 9lbs 9.5oz 75th%
Head: 14.25 90th%




We had a fun time with Grandma Gillan and are so grateful to her for coming out to help us after Sean was born. We were sad when it was time for her to go home, but we are glad she gets to come back to visit us on Christmas with the rest of her family.

5 comments:

Kristol said...

Hi G's. Your tree looks pretty! I've tried to get Spencer to get out and get our Christmas decorations out of our storage the last three days, but it hasn't gotten done yet. Definitly tomarrow...he just promised. Your Thanksgiving dinner looks yummy. Your pie is perfect! I have never made a pie. One of these days I'll have to try it. I'm glad Alyssa is excited about decorating and Christmas. Very cute. Hope your surviving 2 kids and getting lots of rest!

Andrew & Naoko said...

somehow we just dont have the same ferver to get a tree. I think howie would probably freak out and who knows where we could fit it. not to mention we have no where to put any decorations after the time of decorating.

Kimberly said...

What a cute little family! I can't believe you went out on black friday - you are crazy! Mike wanted some things from best buy and at 3:00 in the afternoon on thanksgiving day there were about 30 people in line already. CRAZY.

Hazen said...

We are gonna miss getting a tree this year. last year with the vaulted ceilings we went all out and got an eight footer. We are allowed to have a real tree here but you have to take it out before leaving for the break so we would only have it up for like a week. Oh well we will just ave to enjoy your pictures.

Hess Clan said...

Hey your little family looks so cute. Christmas is such a fun time of year--I bet Alyssa is especially excited this year--I know Jaxon is. I need your family's home address-could you email it to me daizybritt@hotmail.com--Thanks