Gingerbread House

Wyatt made his first gingerbread house this year! He loved it and had a blast putting candy on the roof!

Downtown Portland

Every year since I can remember we have taken a family trip downtown a week or so before Christmas. We take time to enjoy the decorations around the city, the tree in Pioneer Square, a little shopping, a visit with Santa, and some lunch. I am happy that we are able to keep this tradition going with Wyatt. While Wyatt was not interested in sitting on Santa's lap, he did give him a big wave!

Santa

One of Wyatt's new favorite things to do is pose for pictures. He will literally go and get the camera and ask to have his picture taken. It is so funny! My Mom has this stuffed Santa and Wyatt decided to put it in his dump truck and then wanted to pose for a picture. Here is just one of the many taken at this photo shoot!

Making Christmas Cookies

Wyatt had a lot of fun helping make Christmas cookies this year! He enjoyed pushing the cookie cutters into the dough, but I think his favorite part was dumping sprinkles on the cookies!

Wyatt's Winter Party

We had a small birthday party for Wyatt this year. We invited some family and friends to come help Wyatt celebrate turning two! I decided on a winter theme and had "snow" balls for the kids to play in, snowflakes hanging from the ceiling, and all the kids got to make an ornament for their Christmas tree. Wyatt had a blast and loved having hot chocolate and cookies with his favorite people!

Our Christmas Tree

We had fun cutting down our Christmas tree this year and the weather was beautiful. Wyatt loved romping through the tree farm in his boots and helping us pick out the perfect tree!

Wyatt Turns 2

Wyatt had a great birthday this year and really got into opening his gifts. He was more excited about the paper than what was inside but of course he loves all his new toys now! He even ate his birthday cupcake this year after blowing out his candle all by himself- such a big boy now!

Family Picture

We enjoyed our Thanksgiving at home this year and managed to get a pretty good family photo taken!