Christmas Morning 2011

We had a great morning here in Oakland, at first Garrett was hesitant to come out and see what Santa brougt. He got over that quickly.

He LOVED the B-I-G firetruck that he specifically asked for from Santa. I think we have a life long Santa fan on our hands.

Santa left some crumbs from last night's cookies and Garrett promptly ate them.

All-in-all it was a magical morning, nothing would have made it better – except having you all here.

Love and kisses from this happy family.

Pre-Christmas in Austin

Garrett and I took a trip to Austin to celebrate Christmas a bit early with my family – Matt and I didn't realize until too late that we'd used up all of his 2011 vacation. *queue sad trombones*

We had a great time despite Matt not being there, and made it back to Oakland to celebrate Christmas as a family.

Laughing at videos

Spending time with Aunt Jenny laughing at old videos of himself.

Annual Cookie Party

Last night was our annual cookie decorating party, we had a full house - it was wonderful chaos!

The kids had a grand time decorating and devouring their cookies – we think Garrett ate 4 cookies in less than 5 minutes. Fortunately we avoided major sugar meltdowns and got to spend much needed time laughing and catching up with friends.

Christmas Tree

We set up our Christmas tree last weekend and Garrett had a lot of fun helping and decorating.