Rsbg trip, x-mas and a couple random

 So as promised here are some photos from November and December.  In Nov. Fiona and I went down to Roseburg for a early Thanksgiving visit.  Driving and traffic is such a pain during the holidays that we decided to celebrate a little early. 



Miss Fiona loves Christmas almost as much as her birthday.  We let her open all the presents and give her the bad news that she wouldn't see Santa everyday :)  We did visit some reindeer though!

So here they are....stay tuned tomorrow to find out if Fiona will have a little brother or sister to love on :)

 Fiona got dressed up to go visit her Red Hat Aunties 

 Cousin Rylie came over to ride horses with Fiona

 We went out to brunch with some friends the weekend before Christmas

 Taking Christmas photos....my little ham :)  This is my favorite, Matt thinks she looks possessed!

 Visiting a local nursery that had a camel, mini donkey and reindeer

 Fiona isn't very shy...this may be a problem down the road.  She wanted up onto the hay bale to get a better look and needed a hand...and this nice gentleman that we don't know at all suddenly found a little girl holding his hand

 Fiona and Graecen in the sleigh

 Reindeer

 Meeting new friends

 They even had a Koi pond that had fish Fiona could "Pet"...it was tough getting her to leave!!

Christmas day party

Party at Randy and Kathy':

I have some other Christmas pictures and also some from a trip to Roseburg that I will post soon but I wanted to get these recent photos from the party at Uncle Randy and Aunt Kathy's place.  Fiona got to see all of her cousins, many aunt and uncles and even Santa!!  She is obsessed with Santa, she even lists him as one of her 4 "friends" (which switches almost daily depending on who we just visited).  Hope everyone had a great Christmas!!

 Cousin Rylie and Fiona

 So I have to explain her outfit.  This was a Hawaiian themed party and I had bought this little dress and bloomers when I was in Hawaii pregnant with Fiona.  It is a 6 month old outfit but she never wore it so I figured what better time :)  

 Aunt Bethany, cousin Tad, Suz and cousin Lincoln

 Uncle Bob, Aunt Kelsey and cousin Ryder

 Aunt Kathy (the hostess) and cousin Cash

 SANTA!!! aka uncle Bryce.  She was so happy to see him!

 Santa passing out presents

 Fiona, Santa and cousin Jared

 Trying to gather all the kids with Santa....what a trick!!

 Santa with brothers Ryder and Cash (like you couldn't tell they were related!)

 Santa with almost 3 month old Lincoln

 Yes Fiona wacked her chin right before Christmas...good thing I already had taken her "Christmas photos".

 The Merry party goers 

 The big kids and adults (same difference) had some fun with a white elephant exchange. If you don't know what that is, google it, there are lots of variations and rules but you'll get the idea.  For the first "gift", Jared picked a machete...there were a lot of sharp objects in this exchange.

 Aunt Penny holding Lincoln waiting for her turn

 Pam was so excited about her "Get lit lamp"

 But not as excited as Brad was about his whole canned chicken

 Fiona and Tad were watching the i-pad while we were playing...it was getting close to bedtime

 Tad isn't so sure about being kissed by his cousin :)

So how was the party?....well, I'll just leave you with this parting shot!

Will have Christmas photos and opening presents up soon....Happy New Year!!!

Cousins, 2nd Birthday, Halloween, Big Sis

Cousin Visit:

Beth, Krystal and I had made plans to get the cousins together one last time before Lincoln came along....well, he had other ideas but at least we got to see him during our visit!  Here are a few of the three munchkins....Tad had other ideas about what he wanted to do besides smile for the camera with the girls but we got a few!

Thought this one was funny...it looks like they are at a funeral!  

Cousin Rylie helping Fiona with her buttons

Got a couple with the 3 of them....

Happy Birthday Fiona:

Fiona had a BirthWEEK....Friday was her birthday that we celebrated with a cake, Saturday was our community Halloween party that Fairy Fiona attended, Sunday was her "party" with her buddy Theo who has a birthday the day after Fiona, and then of course Monday was Halloween where the "one-eyed monster" mastered the art of trick or treating :)....Tuesday was such a let down for her!

Friday Birthday Cake (she woke up the next couple of mornings saying "Happy Birthday Cake")

Fairy Oma and Fiona

Sunday Birthday party with Theo

Random Halloween photo from the reptile exhibit at the zoo 

Happy Halloween!!

Fiona's babysitter Emma...she loves her :)

Big Sis:

And during all this crazy birthdays and parties we found out Fiona is going to be a big sister this June!!  We will find out if it will be a little brother or sister mid January....stay tuned for the news :)