Christmas 2015

December was so much fun. I love the anticipation before Christmas and the preparation.

Sam is now able to go down the stairs safely by himself! Yay!

So we don't leave the gate up much anymore at the bottom, and he loves to hang out

on the stairs next to the window.

Also, this happened the other day. There's only one other time that I can recall

when Sam has fallen asleep on the floor instead of his crib. So cute.

Sam loves to help out around the house. :)

I decided to make little treat bags for Christmas this year and had to document how many

treats we made. And it only took all morning. 

We've had a decent amount of snow this winter so far and I finally got Sam out in it.

He loved it so much!

Sam got special treatment because mom wanted to get home a little faster...

We love hanging out downstairs with the Christmas tree.

Christmas morning! This year was a bit more fun for us since Sam could open his own presents

and express more of his excitement at what was going on.

I got Travis a quad copter/small drone 

We found some British crackers while we were at World Market the other week and Travis

had really wanted to get some for Christmas day. I think he wishes we were British.

Our traditional matching Aggie shirts

And here's a video just for fun. 

November and a lot of Sam

Fall is officially over and winter has certainly set in here in Logan. 

Although I wish we had more snow.

So, every Monday morning when Sam and I go grocery shopping, as we go through the

checkout, a lady named Sue is sure to be there to give Sam candy. In fact, she's conditioned

him to expect candy at the grocery store. So pretty soon we'll have a years supply of smarties in 

our Tardis cookie jar because Sam gets at least 3 every week, but generally eats one

throughout the week. He sure loves to go shopping with me though.

And this is one of his new favorite places to play.

Sam loves to be a helper.

We also painted another wall in our house! I love accent walls.

Travis' cousin recently moved to Colorado and I got to watch his son, Madden, who was born

about 12 hours before Sam. It was fun to have them play together before they moved.

And it was honestly the best play date Sam has had when it comes to sharing and not

screaming at the other child.

Sam has also loves wearing our winter hats and I think it's adorable.

In November we were part of 2 different family photo sessions. 

And I got to wear the same thing for both of them. :)

We also got to go down to temple square and see the lights. We took Sam this year

and I think he enjoyed it for the most part. He really liked the fountains at city creek.

We met my cousin and his wife down there, it was great to catch up with them.

Watching the fish at city creek

I love my family!

I love this time of year, and it's fun to see things through Sam's eyes.

We watched the Christmas Devotional last night and this last photo makes me so happy.

It was such a perfect little moment in life.