She is crawling

Caleb's surprise

For Caleb's Christmas present, I have been planning a surprise for him. He LOVES the 49ers and they are doing really well this season. A couple months ago, I decided I would get him a ticket to a 49ers game. He will be going to the 49ers/Steelers game in San Francisco. The game is just before Christmas, so I decided I would wait until the day we are going to the airport to tell him. I got his store covered and arranged flights and hotel. To tell him, I made a onesie for Lily. On the front it says, "Merry Christmas! Pack your bags. We are leaving for the airport in 1 hour." Then the back has a 49ers logo and it says "You are going to the 49ers game."




I tried to get his reaction on video, but the room was too dark. So here is a video of Lily wearing her shirt.



When he read the shirt....he got out of bed so fast. I haven't seen him move that quickly in the morning ever. I could hear him in the bathroom saying, "It's Monday Night Football...I am going to Monday night football. But it's Friday today. what?? what???" He was super stoked and had no idea we were planning the surprise.

His friend Darren that lives in SF, got a ticket for Caleb and him. He will go to the game with Darren. Lily and I are coming along for the trip too.

We are super excited about the trip...and excited to be somewhere a little warmer :)

Lily 7 months

Lily at 7 months:

-she is almost crawling. She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth. I have seen her take a couple little "steps", but she knows she is faster with the army crawl...so usually reverts to that.
-she is getting such a great personality. She is so happy just observing when we go out. I love it. She is an easy one to take places because she likes to look around...we are lucky there.
-she is 14.5 pounds
-she is starting to get attached to people she knows. She loves being with her mom and dad and is starting to notice is we step out of sight.
-she likes music
-she loves her tongue. she has discovered she has it and is always sticking it out.
-she knows when you are making a bottle and gets excited for it.
-no teeth yet :)
-she is babbling so much. She has so much to say...I wish I knew what she was thinking.

Paula in town

Paula came in to town for a couple days so we could work together. She had some meetings as well. We had such a great time. One night Jessica and I stayed over in her hotel room. We don't get to see her very often, but we are talking to her every day for work. When we get together...we are such great friends. we had a great time.

Festival of Trees

I went to the Festival of Trees with my mother in law & sister in laws. We go every year and have a great time. One of my favorite parts is the gingerbread houses.

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

My nephew, Oliver, was in the play "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse". It was so fantastic and he did a great job. He had one of the main parts. We enjoyed the play so much.



It was based on the Children's book by Kevin Henkes

Thanksgiving

This year we spent Thanksgiving at Caleb's mom's house. We had a great time. It was a small group. Us, Corinne and Trevor's family. (Stacie, Kyree & Ali). It's always great to be with family.