Merry Everything

I can't believe we are already a week into December and 2016 is within sight. Christmas has always been my favorite and now with a toddler and wiggly, almost-nine month old it is SO much fun! Our halls have been fully decked since the first week of November, and we got our tree right after Thanksgiving. Here are some pictures of what we've been up to..

Starting with Thanksgiving in Aiken...

 I made it a point to get a few pics of Ryder seeing as how it was his first Thanksgiving.

 This would be the face Finn makes when he tried to pick Ryder up.

 The best I could get with both boys sitting still.

 Just a teenager and his guitar.

 Somehow this is the only picture I managed to get of our Oprea Thanksgiving. These two are going to be trouble.

 We picked out our tree the Sunday after Thanksgiving and Finn ran from tree to tree yelling "yook! tees!"

 Don't let the fleece fool you. It ended up being 70 degrees.

 "hi buppy!"

 And we started this on December 1.

 This one wants to read The Night Before Christmas everyday.

 And he met his new friend and named him "Eddie"

 Wearing Finn's old bear hat and showing off the Oprea large forehead.

 We went to the Vinings Christmas tree lighting and it was COLD but Finn loved the "ites" and riding the "choo choo".

 Too much fun for this one.

 We built a gingerbread house while Ryder took his morning nap.

 Because everyone builds a choo choo for baby Jesus.

 We watched some Charlie Brown.

We're only a week into Christmas fun with a lot more to come. Also, hopefully I'll be able to get Ryder's 8 month post up before he turns 9 months...