This year, Ryan and I packed up the kids for the long trek to get our Christmas tree... and then an hour later we were home!  We still got to cut down our own tree, but it didn't take a three hour drive to Utah and a half a day walking through knee deep snow.  Don't get me wrong, that has it's perks... but this was SO GREAT!  Especially with two babies!  We went to a Christmas Tree farm and walked up and down rows of trees that were made just for the purpose of being put in your living room.  Oregon is the number two state in the country for christmas tree production (I'm sure that statistic is at least close to accurate!), so they definitely know how to make em' up here!  We spent the day decorating and listening to Christmas tunes.  We also tried, unsuccessfully, for the PERFECT picture for our holiday cards.  This proved to be fairly difficult so we called it a day and spent the rest of the night inside!

This weekend Ryan and I got to go on our first date since moving to Portland!  We had some friends come over and watch the kids and we went to a play.  It was fantastic and wonderful and so nice to get out of the house by ourselves.  We even spent a good portion of the night talking about things besides kids!

Olivia is getting so loud now that we have trouble having conversations when she is around.  When we put her on the floor, she rolls over almost immediately to her stomach, but then realizes she doesn't actually like it there and starts to whine.  She lifts her head and her feet (imagine the boat pose in yoga) and rocks from side to side.  It's quite a predicament for her as she obviously likes to roll over just because she can only it is just not the position she wants to be in long term! I will post some videos of her doing this soon.

We have talked to Santa about all of the necessities for this Christmas and while the magic hasn't faded, I understand a little bit more about the stresses of being one of Santa's elves.  As I type, Ryan is diligently working on some decals for a toy for Cooper.  I think maybe we'll look for things that are already assembled in the future... I mean, that exists right?!?!  Cooper was eating dinner last night and he looked up and said, 'Trick or Treat is all gone... now it's Happy Holidays!'  The best was the other night when our friends were over, he picked up his drink and said, 'Cheers! Happy Holidays!'  If only we had a video camera constantly going at our house, we'd edit the boring parts and just let people hear what he says!

~Ahna

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