'Tis the Season

To Party!!! We have been going to so many Christmas parties this year. This picture was taken at Cole's Med Group Christmas Party, where Santa gave Chase a present. It was the blue Dinoco car from "Cars" that Chase has yet to put down, except when we take it from him when he goes to bed. Chase actually did pretty good with Santa, he wasn't really scared. But their were too many kids in line to get a real good shot with Santa. We also went to our Branch Christmas Party this past Saturday, and last week was our Neighborhood party which was a blast. We rotated homes around the neighborhood for the different courses and picked names for gifts for the kids and adults. Chase just has a blast now when other kids come over to our place. Wish I had taken some pictures that night cause all the neighborhood kids looked so cute in their Christmas outfits. We had the appetizer portion at our place, and I made a artichoke dip that turned out really good. And our sweet Japanese neighbors, The Tuckers, gave us two Japanese paintings to put on our walls, that are really cool and very Japanese.

Chase having fun coloring while skyping with his Grandma Dawn.
Chase enjoys opening his 12 days of Christmas presents that his Grandma Dawn sends him. Can't go wrong with a car or truck gift this year.
Countdown to Christmas has begun for Chase as well as the countdown to becoming a Big Brother. (Although, he still doesn't get either one.) But the other day I was getting the infant car seat out and ready, and Chase tried to crawl in. And I told him it was for his baby brother in mom's tummy. And he came right over and kissed my belly. So maybe he does know.
Chase helping his Dad put ornaments on the tree. Cole picked out a good looking tree this year.