It's Christmas It's Christmas It's Christmas!

Okay I may have taken a break from blogging, and am extremely late with this post, but the enthusiasm remains the same!! We loved spending Christmas in Colorado and having so much time with family.

For our own Thompson family Christmas we spent the day at the beach in Santa Cruz. Callen loved feeling his hands and feet in the sand and would squeal every time he dug deeper.

I think next years present will be a sandbox!

Our little Christmas baby!

This was Callen's first Christmas and Josh and I couldn't have been more excited to share our love bug. Christmas Eve was spent with the Weslings. As my nieces get older, they get more and more into the holiday spirit and into presents!! We started our day celebrating Julie's birthday, made Gingerbread men, and then continued opening stocking stuffers. Next was the main event - the presents under the Christmas tree!!! It was so fun to watch the girls tear into their gifts and then want to play with everything. Having all the kids around, really brings magical spirit back into Christmas!

Warning: there were lots of photo shoots since Josh got me a new lens for Christmas. I am hoping by next year I will have this photography thing down!

My bro and Julie were good sports!

The girls decorated Gingerbread men

Callen loved the attention from his cousins and boy do they sure love him!

The next day was spent the day with the Thompsons. We started the morning at Josh's mom's for a delicious breakfast, continued on to the Springs to Josh's aunts for an amazing lunch, and came back down to Castle Rock to see Josh's dad's side of the family and had dinner. We were so happy to get to see everyone and very glad we got to see Josh's Uncle Tom one last time. He was an incredible man who will be sorely missed.

Callen loved opening his presents!

Callen snuggling his Uncle Zach

We also made it to the WOW museum. It is so fun to watch Callen start to inquire about his world and play with toys.

Lastly, I couldn't conclude without including a picture of Tucker, our adopted dog during Christmas. Our friends Jason and Julie allowed us to stay at their house while they were away. Not only did we get a great house to stay in, but we had an amazing furry companion to keep us company.

It's the most wonderful time of the year …

I love Fall and everything this season includes; the weather getting cooler, leaves changing, flavored coffees, and Halloween! My favorite holiday was made even better by celebrating with our favorite monster. Callen was the cutest little Franken-baby, pumpkin, and farmer.

We started the season by visiting the pumpkin patch with our neighbors and then again with friends. Right now everything seems like it is more for my entertainment then Callens.  At Spina Farms we rode the rickety train through the sun flower fields, climbed on the tractor, and of course picked our pumpkins. I chose a giant white pumpkin and Josh took home a traditional orange one. And of course we couldn't leave without buying some delicious pumpkin bread. Overall Callen liked holding the straw, but I am sure could have done without posing with the pumpkins.

We also had a Halloween party at our house and LOVED seeing all the babies dressed in their costumes. Josh and I feel very lucky to have such wonderful people in our lives.

Future Halloween enthusiast!

Quinn! My favorite toddler!

Christina and Mila

The cutest vampire family!

Keith and Sadie

Ben, our favorite little neighbor :)

Hunter is Callen's almost birthday buddy and they will be great future friends!

Matt and Stella!

My main men!

I also am apart of a South Bay moms group. The organizer hosted an amazing Halloween party for all of the families. I just can't get enough of babies in costumes!!

Josh and I went as Frankenstein's Monster and the Bride of Frankenstein. Callen was our little creature!

Pretty incredible way to display meat!!

It was just a sea of adorable children trying to play despite their costumes. I am so impressed with what kids will put up with to make their parents happy :)

Photo booth with grandpa and grandma Georgia

Colorado

Over the Labor Day weekend Josh, Callen, and I loaded up what felt like all of Callen's belongings and boarded a plane headed to Colorado. Callen did great, which was a huge relief! During our flight we fed Callen on the way up to help with the potential pressure on his ears, we sang a few songs, and then he was out for the rest of the trip.

We had such a great time with both sides of the family. Callen was able to meet his extended family on both sides and spent some much needed time with grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. Josh and I were so impressed and incredibly grateful to everyone near and far who came to meet our favorite little man.


This trip was especially hard because I realized how much I want my baby to grow up and feel like he knows his family. I want him to be good friends with his cousins, have a special bond with his aunts and uncles, and of course I want him to be surrounded with love from his grandparents.

Callen with his Magra and Papa, auntie and unkie, and his cousins! 

Callen with the Little Ladies! You can tell he is well loved. Both Brooklynn and Chandler like to help feed Callen.

We so appreciate Aunt Jan and Uncle Forney making the trip to meet our little man.

All the grand-babies

Callen looks huge in his Magra's arms!

He just loves his Papa!

Callen hanging with cousin Paula! He seems to have found a perfect arm rest :)

Josh and Damon back together again!

Callen passed out in Uncles Forney's arms for about an hour. Uncle Forney was good to let him sleep there :)

Could this boy be enjoying his bath anymore??

Just chatting!

Aunt Caity is helping Callen ride his rocking horse from grandma.

Callen just hanging with grandma...

... and grandpa ...

... and his uncle Ben. Callen just loved coo'ing at and talking with his uncle Ben!

We are very appreciative that Aunt Sue came out to meet her great nephew!!

Callen making faces with his cousin Beth

Uncle Zach looks like quite the natural :)

We also got the chance to meet our good friends and their little boys. Ev, Harrison and Callen will be great friends!