2009 Christmas decorations

Every year I try to do something different decoration wise. Different colors, a new tree, new decorations. This year the color scheme ended up being brown and blue with an accent of gold. The blue ended up being teal but I really like it. The tree its self turned out elegant with a touch of whimsy and fun.


Of course this is mainly how the tree looks with all the bows and ribbons tucked up and out of Graham's reach. The bottom has a few decorations which spend most of their time decorating the floor around the tree. I am however glad that Graham is so enjoying his first Christmas tree.

The center piece I think turned out amazing. I did all white flowers with a few pieces of greenery. The gold sprigs added a bit of whimsy to both the flower arrangement as well as the tree. I took dried mesquite tree branches and spray painted them teal to tie in with the colors on the tree and did a chocolate table cloth. Hanging candles were added to the branches. It looked just amazing. The best part is I did not manage to burn the house down with them which was a bit of a concern.

Helping Hand

Sometimes a baby just needs a little help from an older, wiser cousin. Thanks Dakota for taking such good care of me.

Who needs toys?

For about two weeks after halloween. Graham had a new favorite toy. His trick or treat bag filled with Reese's and Snickers bars. He would carry them all around the house, toss them, chew on them, sit on them, and pull them all back out as soon as I put them away. Luckily they started to slowly disappear. (Daddy and I have no idea how that happened.) Next year I am sure you will get more toys and you can help make them disappear. Till then maybe you can play with your real toys or your food jars in the kitchen.

The Force is With You

Deciding what Graham would be for Halloween this year was pretty easy. He makes this face that totally reminds me of Yoda. It is something he has done since he was just a few weeks old. He looked pretty cute in his costume. I loved his little green face even if I had to sneak in the bathroom to put it on him. Poor little guy was pretty tired though maybe next year he will be able to stay up later and enjoy it a bit more.

Jack-0-Lantern

Obviously I knew Graham would not be able to carve the pumpkin with us this year but I never imagined he would sleep through the whole production. I drew the pumpkin's face on it and Tyler did the actually carving. I think it turned out cute. Graham did really like it when he finally saw it all aglow.

Fall Adventures

What an exciting and exhausting day. Teri, Dakota, and Dylan had come to Tucson for Nonnie's birthday weekend. We had quite the adventure. First we went to Papa's work. Graham and Dakota enjoyed watching Papa in the big tractor. Dakota even got to ride in the tractor with Papa.






Dylan didn't enjoy it nearly as much. Then we were off to lunch at Maynard Market. We enjoyed watching the trains come by while we ate our lunch. After that we were off to Wilcox and more specifically Apple Annie's.
We loved seeing all the pumpkins.

It was hard work checking out the rows and rows of pumpkins. We picked out some really nice ones.

We also checked out the hay, farm equipment, and sunflowers.

We had so much fun.

We also got to meet (great) Aunt Suzie and Uncle Gene for dinner.
At the end of the day we had 4 perfect pumpkins, one imperfect pumpkins, 3 pooped little boys, 2 exhausted mommies, and 1 pair of worn out grandparents. What a great day.

First Tooth

Graham got his first tooth just 4 days shy of being 8 months old. Let me tell you this boy worked hard for this tooth. He chewed on me, the coffee table, my cell phone, and just about anything else he could get his mouth on.

He looks pretty cute with his one little tooth.

One down many many more teeth to come. I am so getting a new coffee table when this is all done.