Santa visits De Soto

Santa comes to De Soto every year to see all the kids.  Ryan and Daddy went last year right after Eric was born, and this year I was able to come along too!  Grandma Jean and Grandpa Leroy also came along for the fun.  It was great!  The high school band and chorus put on a little concert and then the tree was lit.  The highlight of the event was watching Santa arrive on a fire truck!

Eric's First Birthday Party

We had quite a full house for Eric's first birthday party.  It was great to have ALL of the grandparent's here to help us celebrate.  The party had a farm theme - complete with a cool rocking cow for Eric

We got Eric a big cupcake just for him.  As you can see he enjoyed it!  Quite different from Ryan who wouldn't touch his little cake on his first birthday (didn't want to get cake on his hands)

Snowmen reading music

Ryan loves all the cool singing snowmen that we have from Hallmark.  I think they are his most favorite holiday decoration we have.  Today he decided that they should have music to look at while they are singing, so he lined them up on the piano in front of the Christmas carol piano book :)

Messy Guy

I have to say Eric is NOTHING like Ryan in the eating department.  Most notable is that Eric actually eats... and eats... and eats.  The other major difference is that Eric is quite a messy eater.  Ryan is painfully clean and likewise... painfully picky!

Eric's First Birthday

Eric is ONE!  We gave him his new shopping cart before bedtime and both boys seem to think it is pretty cool

Thanksgiving at the cabin - Day 3

Sunday it was time to leave the Cabin.  Grandma and Eric were having fun in the kitchen

Thanksgiving at the Cabin - Day 2

We took our annual trip to the waterfalls on Saturday.  It was nice weather and the kids had a great time climbing on the rocks and trees.

We bought these inflatable superman shirts for Ryan and Jason - they are absolutely hilarious

The older kids pulled out the Twister game - I can't remember who won, but they had a good time 

Thanksgiving at the Cabin - day 1

The whole family went to the cabin for Thanksgiving this year.  My brother and his family was there as well as Javier and his family.  There were LOTS of kids to play with, so Ryan and Eric had a great time.  Sean and I enjoyed visiting with everyone and having a chance to relax.

Jason and Ryan found our old Stadium Checkers game - it was quite a hit

Playing May I - as you can see, Sean was not doing so well

Eric's first Thanksgiving dinner - he LOVED the cranberry sauce.  Mommy will now have to share.