Post Christmas Thoughts..

Christmas time last year I was single (well not married anyway), childless, and my biggest thought was what I was going to get for Christmas.. Boy did that change!! Now I'm married, have a Son and a 6 year old Step-daughter, and now I am Santa. Talk about a head spin!! As you get older, it seems that the "magic" of Christmas dwindles. Less excitement, presents, and imagination.. And more reality. I have to say that this Christmas proved to me that the magic never really goes away.... It's just magic in a different way. True, I won't ever get to be a little kid leaving cookies for Santa and waking up at the crack of dawn to run down the hall to a tree FULL of presents again, But what I get now is better. Now I get to be the one who creates those memories for Gage. Sure he wont remember this Christmas or even the next few to come, but I will. Any who, here are the pictures I took this year:





His first teddy bear that Jimmy and I made for him at Build-A-Bear and his swing from Grandma and Grandpa Richeson. He got both of those presents before Christmas but I decided to put a bow on them anyway:

I realize that he can't open presents and doesnt really care/know what they are now, but what a great feeling having my Son on my lap opening presents on Christmas morning:
He wasn't sure what was going on, he's giving his dad the "Stink eye" in this one haha:


Waking up on Christmas morning with his stocking, He was in such a good mood. No fussing at all!:


Santa Suit! He wore this on Christmas eve AND Christmas day, SO CUTE!:


Our family on our very first Christmas =] We were on our way to go visit Jim's cousins who also have babies celebrating their very first Christmas!:

Relee & Adam, Terry & Logan, Jimmy & Gage. It's all of their first Christmas, how rad is that?:

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, wherever you were, with whomever you were with. Maybe in the near future we can get EVERYONE together for a big family christmas! We love you all! <3>

Okay, So Gage is getting so big sooo fast, I cannot believe he is already 7 weeks. I love watching him grow, watching him recognize things, and watching him laugh (It's the funniest thing). Jimmy gave him the nickname Gage-a-saurus because he tends to sound like a crazy teradactyl when he grunts and laughs. Here are come recent pix of the little guy:


First time visiting Snta (Who did not flippin understand that Gage cant hold his own head up):


Wearing the cutest onsie ever courtesy of Melissa:

Holding his head up (Very Bitter-Sweet):

He's getting really long:

Wearing the adorable Santa outfit from Uncle and Ger.We're still going to get a smiley picture in the suit, I promise =]:

Speaks for itself:

Caught him laughing, best thing ever:

At GGma's house for our early Christmas dinner:

In his new swing:

This one makes me laugh, not sure why though:

I hope everyone is well, enjoying the holiday season.. We love you all!!

Almost forgot..

.. Here is a photo of our first holiday as a Family. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving 2009!! Loves <3

More pictures..

I know I don't talk much on the blog lately, but I guess pictures are worth a thousand words at this point. Not much to say except I LOVE LOVE LOVE being a wife and a mother. It makes the simplest things, like trips to the grocery store, change from boring to fun.. It's crazy. Here are some more pictures from the last week or two..

Gage is here!!!!

Tons of more pictures to come.

Pumpkin Patch!!

We Went to the pumpkin patch today to look for some pumpkins (of course). We found a pumpkin patch that also has animals to pet, a corn maze, and some swings and things for kids to play on. Really cute place, glad we went there instead of just going to Vons =] Apparently it's also a christmas tree farm in december with lights and other fun stuff so im sure we'll be back.

Elise petting the very dirty sheep:

The Pumpkin Patch:

Feeding the super rad llama:

Riding the bull made out of hay:

Swinging:

Mocking the chicken that almost attacked us:

Hanging out with mr. llama again:
I love doing family things like this, im so excited that gage will be here for the rest of the holidays, it's going to be a blast =]

Baby Shower #2

My mom threw me a Baby Shower on Sunday the 18th of October. We had a blast and played a lot of cute games. Here are some pics, which turned out to be all of me oohing and awwing over the super cute gifts I got =] :

Workin' Folks

Jimmy recently got hired at World Market (Cost Plus) as a supervisor =] It was a long search but it seems to be a great fit for him. I took this pic of him in his apron and name tag right before he headed off to his first day. I know, I know... Im a sap. What he doesnt know is that I balled like a baby right after he left. HAHA =] :

And just a week after he got started, I went on my long awaited maternity leave! Other than

the fact that im going to go crazy being home with nothing to do, I am soo excited to not be on my feet all day. One of my barsitas wheeled the office chair out onto the front floor for me on my last day and Carlyn took this pic =] :

Baby Shower #1

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We had our co-ed baby shower yesterday on the 11th. It was really rad to have good friends and loving family hang out and have such a good time. Here are some pics:


My dad can suck beer through a bottle faster than you:
He'll prove it too:

Me judging the homeade diaper contest:

Yes, this is a pic of grown men in diapers:

haha:

Super rad towel...and jimmy:

Jimmy was supposed to get a pic of my crown:

Dad having a good time: