Christmas Day part 1

Aaron in his new Cardinals chair
Kaden playing with his train set from Santa

The boys in their Christmas Eve pajamas

I got a new camera for Christmas and took the rest of the pictures on that. I have yet to download them and will post more pics of Christmas day later.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve we were with my mom's side of the family. We had dinner and did the traditional white elephant game. We were not allowed to spend money this year on white elephant gifts so we had to come up with stuff around the house to give away. The hot items this year was a Christmas tree box filled with candy (Aaron ended up with that), my dad's homeade cinnamon raisin bread and apricot jam, and the bun and thigh roller (that has been sitting in our garage for years). It was a fun evening.

Shumway Family Christmas

We had Christmas with my parents on the Sunday before Christmas. We had a nice thought from my Dad and opened presents. When Kaden was opening his presents he kept saying "it's my birthday party, it's my birthday party." It was so funny. We ate a delicious meal prepared by my mom and dad. My mom decorates the table really nice each year and it always turns out so beautiful. It has been a tradition for the past several years to hunt for the pickle ornament on the tree. We all decide an appropriate time and get out of the room while my mom hides the pickle ornament. We then race to find it. The first one to find it gets a treat and an ornament to hang on the tree that declares them the winner for that year. It is fun. Sarah won this year. She is officially a Shumway. We always go Christmas caroling to families that my dad home teaches so we did that as well. It was a long day, but very fun. I love Christmas time!

Christmas Sunday

The Postons

Quite a few posts ago I talked about being in Utah for a week and seeing some friends, the Postons. Ashley and I were due a few days apart from each other and we got belly shots of us in September. They came down to visit family for Christmas and we were able to get pictures of the kids post-womb.

Their little girl, Addison, is so long!! They are both very tall and she is definitely going to be tall as well. She is so cute! I hope I am blessed with a little girl someday.

Curiosity killed the cat

Well, as you can see, my son is very very creative. This is the epitomy of my life with this child. I was in the bathroom for less than 5 minutes and this is what he accomplished. I had been burning the candle for a few hours. He climbed up the cupboards with no assistance (no chair or box of any kind in sight) and onto the stove. You have to hand it to him though, I would have never thought to put a wire wisk and a fire starter in together. Maybe he will like eclectic art someday...

Seeing Santa

Aaron's aunt does a preschool in her home. They had their Christmas program today. I took Kaden and Brendon and met some of Aaron's family there. Santa came. Kaden had already sat on santa's lap this season so he was prepared to be brave on his own this time around. He asked for a train. I love Christmas time. It is a crazy busy time of year, but always filled with lots of fun memories to cherish for years to come.

A good time

We went with some friends to a park nearby that was putting on a winter wonderland celebration. They had snow and games and a train ride. Kaden loved the snow.

More pics of the boys

Kaden absolutely adores Brendon. He is such a good big brother. He is always willing to help. He loves to talk to him. Kaden always says "him loves me, mom." Brendon is very aware when Kaden is around. You can tell he already knows and loves his big brother.

Okay so there were some pictures that I missed posting because of the arrival of Brendon. Here they are now...Enjoy!

Natalie Montez (http://photosbynatalie.blogspot.com) took our Shumway family pictures on October 18th. Here are some of my favorites:

(two weeks 'til delivery)

We took Kaden to the park for his birthday. Yes, the turtles are "wrestling." Kaden at Peter Piper Pizza with his friends on his birthday. Kaden's family birthday party.
Kaden was a monkey on Halloween.