tannenbaum, oh tannenbaum

it was the rainiest of rainy days on the friday after thanksgiving, so we went tree shopping on saturday. it was bitter cold and heath really could not even believe we had dragged him out into this weather. we went to the yakima fruit market because we really just didn't have the motivation to cut down our own tree this year... even though there are some cutesie tree farms pretty darn close. we got a real goodie though and it was the easiest to pick out. i will say, christmas trees are kind of pricey for something that's dead and sits in your house for a month, you know? oh well, it's not like i would ever not get one. expensive dead trees for life!

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christmas eve

we made the trek down to reno for christmas and the drive was really not bad! we drove through the night and beckett slept over 11 hours of the 13 hour drive. not too shabby. we got in on monday morning and were able to just hang out until christmas eve. 

we started the evening by baking some chocolate chip cookies to leave out for santa later in the evening.

then we went over to matt's aunt elaine and uncle peter's house for a christmas eve dinner. there was a lot of people there! and we had yummy homemade macaroni and cheese. i took zero pictures. i'm lying. i took like two. beckett with his second cousin, anika (naomi and ted's baby girl). she is too cute and we were very excited to meet her. beckett thought she was "very sweetie". also, i took a picture of beckett and his twinsie shirt friend, uncle zac. beckett is eating a delicious homemade sweet potato chip... made by chef matt pennebaker.

then we went back to yiayia and papou's house to open two christmas eve presents... christmas jammies and a new christmas book, twas the night before christmas. do you like papou, uncle sean, and uncle james in their christmas jammies? they are so cool. 

then papou read the night before christmas. well... that's just an adorable tradition to start. 

last, but surely not least... we set out milk and cookies for santa! and carrots for the reindeer of course. 

in our christmas jammies and ready for bed! can't wait for santa to visit!

oh tannenbaum

we usually get our christmas tree right after thanksgiving, but saige was slaving away at starbucks... so we had to wait until later in the week and go in the evening. we went to yakima fruit market because it is close and convenient and feels a little more authentic and less sad than a grocery store parking lot. saige's boyfriend, marcello, came with us and he had never been to get a tree before, even though his family does celebrate christmas. i know, craziness. anyways, it was freezing cold, but we picked out a perfect little tiny guy (nobody will be at our house for actual christmas) and i considered just skipping a tree, but matt and saige thought that was a terrible plan... so a baby tree won in the end. it looked extra silly on our big minivan, but i still love it. 

freedom! hurray!

big news people... we left the house today. beckett and i had not been in the car in a week! it was serious cabin fever. every time beckett would even let out a slightly negative peep, i would yell..."he is going crazy. he has been inside too long!" and matt would tell me that i was projecting my feelings onto my child. maybe that's true. probably not though. also, beckett just happened to pop four molars while trapped in the house. it's true. he was so bored he started growing teeth. yikes. when beckett woke up this morning we got going right away and went out to breakfast. pancakes for everybody! i think beckett had started to forget that there are other people on this planet besides me, him, and matt. i think i had started to forget too. after breakfast, we walked over to the library so beckett could put his walking skills to use. he wandered all over that library with a sheep he found in the kids section. then a little work at the library computer and a drive back home. outside world, we have missed you... i'm glad we could reconnect. 

snow days

do pictures of beckett in the snow ever get old? not to me. so the rest of you suffer through it! i kid... you don't have to look. geez. plus, i have NOTHING else to photograph since we are trapped in the house.