I have a little Santa addict

Christmas is huge in our house. We absolutely love this holiday. Sophie is kind of oblivious this year as she's still little. She loves trying to pull bows off the presents though. :) Christopher is a Ho Ho (that's what he calls Santa)addict. We've seen him several times and Chris gets completely star struck every time.

Every year starting around Dec 1, one of our local firehouses dresses up one of their rigs and Santa, Frosty and Rudolph go visit every neighborhood in our town. Chris loves this! Every couple days we will find out where they are and hop in our truck and track them down. This year, we actually got a pic with Ho Ho after their run.

Every year Keith's department does a Breakfast with Santa that's free and tons of fun! The kids had a great time...Sophie was leery, but this was the best Santa visit she had this year. He' was great!

Our most recent visit was at the station right by our house. They were selling photos with Santa, but the set-up was amazing! Beautifully done!

Another big thing that happened to Chris was getting his letter from Santa. There's a gal on Etsy that is amazing. Her shop is CharmingWords. These are extremely personalized, smell amazing, and are beautifully done letters. I will definitely be ordering from her yearly. Chris was floored when this showed up in the mail!

It's a bit late...Disney October 2012

We left for Orlando on October 26 at 4:30 in the morning. We were all bundled up and the kiddos were in their warm pj's. The drive was perfect...the sky was slightly overcast the whole way. We stayed overnight is Savannah which is always fun. The hotel we were at had a saltwater pool that the kiddo enjoyed. Personally, I was not a fan. Bright and early we were off. I made a bunch of matching shirts for Chris and Soph and today was the first.

Driving again is overcast which is awesome! We get to our resort...Disney's Caribbean Beach around 1:30. We get checked in and spend the rest of the day relaxing. We comletely missed hurricane Sandy by one day, but the aftermath of the weather affected us the entire week. It was COLD! 60-65 during the day, and 40-45 at night. Thankfully we brought warm clothes with us. We had lunch at our favorite place at Downtown Disney, The Earl of Sandwich...AMAZING!!!

***On a side note. We tried the new Photopass + card this trip and it was awesome. We've done the regular Photopass in the past and end up with around 400 pictures. This new card gives you all those, plus your ride photos (we had about 30), plus an 8x10 and 2 4x6 at a special venue (our's was the Hoopty Doo Review). It was great! It's not cheap...the regular pass is $120 if pre-bought before your trip. The Photopass + is $170 pre-bought. However, the ride photos are $15 per if bought seperately...we had 30...got them all for an additional $50 added to the regular Photopass. Great buy, we will definitely be getting this one from now on.

Here are some of our favorite photos from the week. It's crazy just how fast it goes! We're definitely looking to go back again next year.

Sophie Turns 1

At this time one year ago today, I was at the hospital enjoying real food for the first time in 10 months. I distinctly remember what I had...a chicken sandwich from Wendy's and a pumpkin pie shake from Milwaukee Custard. And, right next to me was a perfectly beautiful baby girl that was asleep.

It has been such an amazing, fun year of getting to know this little angel and we love her oh so much!! Happy Birthday Sophie! I can't believe it's already been a year. You were so tiny!! I love this picture of her with Chris...he wanted to hold her so bad, but didn't realize how heavy she'd be..."Take her back Take her back! She too heavy!!"

And now you are the cutest baby girl ever!! I got a little crafty this week and made her outfit. I'll have better pictures later this week after we get them taken. She was so cute with her tutu! She couldn't stop touching it.

Chris told me that she had to have pink cupcakes because she was a princess...so darn cute!! So we gave her one and let her have at it. She's a dainty eater just like her big brother and was not into getting really dirty. Keith tried to assist and she proceeded to clean herself off best she could on him. Afterwards, it was into the tub!

And finally...presents!! She wasn't really into unwraping, but she loved her new toys and loved that Chris would play with her too.

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!! I wish you the world and hope that this next year is full of just as much fun as this one has been! We love you!!