Christmas 2008

Our 2008 Christmas tree. Funny when we went to buy it Jim asked Nate if he liked that tree. He started freaking out screaming NO! We figured that he was upset to get a tree because I kept telling him Santa was going to leave presents under the tree for him. I guess in his world he figured if we got a tree, Santa might actually come to our house!!! :)

Christmas Eve...Nate was hamming it up with his cousins and aunt. He was giving kisses to all the ladies and was happy with himself after each kiss!!
Posing with the ladies!
Johnny got a nasty look for teasing him. Apparently he was calling him daddy. But I think he was calling him Danny. He calls Brian Danny and John and Brian do look a bit alike.
Then Santa came! Oh boy - he was not happy!

The presents are cool but seriously...get me off this guys lap!!!
We left Christmas eve dinner pretty fast that I forgot to double check that I had everything. Of course I left my camera so we don't have any pictures opening gifts Christmas morning. I did run over to pick it up on our way to my parents house. Nate though was really feeling crummy that he was not into opening his gifts nor take pictures. I was able to get this one with grandpa! They were checking out his new car!

Santa Claus

So today we see Santa at Church. He was very upset. He kept telling us he "no see santa claus" We decided to torture him just at the mall so off we went. He was so good waiting in line. He loves the idea of Santa Claus from a distance. He wasn't listening to me as we got closer. I said to him, Nate, Santa is watching you. I mean he's really watching you! He turned around and got his first glimpse of Santa and it was all over! He kept telling me "I go upstairs" Anywhere but near Santa. When it came up on our turn, he noticed the boys before him got a new coloring book from Santa. I told him I'm sure Santa would give him one too! So he sat there. He was not pleased but he sat. They had a nice conversation about his broken "Tow Mater" from the Cars movie!!

Later that night we went down to mom and dad's house for dinner. Here is Nate with his cousins.

Thanksgiving weekend

Our 2008 Christmas card picture. We could not get him to smile. But he does love Fire trucks!


This was a pre-cursor to what we could expect at seeing Santa at Church and the mall this year. He clearly was not having it!!
Looking for seals and bird watching with daddy at Bodega Bay.
I think this is my new favorite picture!!! We took this outside the house at the River. Couldn't get Nate to smile but I think the picture turned out good!