Christmas in Oregon

We headed up to Oregon for Christmas this year.  We had a great time with both our families.  We are so blessed to have them all living in the same state, and even the same city!  Here are some pictures from our special time in Oregon. 

Down at the Waterfront Carousel in Salem - Caden loved it, Emma wasn't so sure!

Drinking some milk after a nap on Boppa's chair!

Emma loves her big brother!

Can these two be any cuter!?!

Christmas Eve - we went to church, had a great dinner, opened some gifts from family, then off to bed!

Emma and her Auntie

Caden playing in his new kitchen set that Boppa made

Baking cookies..."Here you go, Dada"

All the Cousins - Caden, Hunter, Avery, Ellis, Lillian, Colt, Hannah, and Emma

Christmas morning - Santa brought Caden a new train set with a bridge and tunnel and Emma got her first babydoll. 

Dada and Caden playing trains

Mama and Emma opening the babydoll

Family picture at Sadie and Grandpa J's house.  Let's all pile up on Dada!

Caden boy is 2 years,7 months today!

Emma girl - 11 months old today!

Waiting to get on the airplane at PDX with Auntie!  Caden had fun showing her all the airplanes.

Sleepy Emma and Dada - heading back to SFO!

Playdate!

Emma had fun playing with baby Ainsley!  These two will be fast friends in no time! 

Christmas Pj's

I have decided that this will be a Harris Family Christmas Tradition!  Every year, the kiddo's will wear their Christmas pj's in front of our Christmas tree.  Here is the first annual Christmas Pj picture!  Aren't they so cute!?!

Love them holding hands - I did not tell them to do this!

Caden is so sweet to his baby sister!

Giving loves to Emma :)

Gingerbread House with School Friends

We went to a great place over in Marin called gingerbread builders to make gingerbread houses with Caden's friends from school.  Caden had a great time licking his fingers and sampling the candy.  The best part about this place is that the houses are already made, so you just decorate them!  Emma and Dada were there too - Dada was behind the camera!

Yay!  The house!

Trying the frosting!

And again!

Putting a gumdrop on the roof!

(look at all the frosting on his face!)

Caden's good friend Aaron...

And Anya

Seeing Santa

Today we went and visited Santa in our Christmas best. Caden isn't really sure who he is, other than the guy with the white beard that is in the book, The Polar Express. When I told Caden that Santa would bring him a special toy, he asked Santa for a train. Emma was okay with Santa, but wasn't too happy when Mama left her on his lap for the picture...she was doing her archy back, but no tears!

Not the Traditional Nativity!

This made me laugh out loud!  Caden and Emma have a Little People nativity set, but Caden put the 2.5 year old boy twist on the traditional nativity.  This is too funny!  He played with the Little People everyday we had them out for Christmas time. 

The angel is driving the dump truck!

The Angel is driving with Joseph as a co-pilot and all the wise men, Mary,

shepherd, and inn keepers are in the back!

Emma liked them too!  The Camels are surrounding Baby Jesus :)

Here's another arrangement - 

a wise man is driving the bus with all the others shoved in the back!

Pile in everyone!

Christmas Tree Decorating

This evening, we went to go get our Christmas tree!  I love the smell of a fresh Christmas tree :)

At the Christmas tree lot

Here's the decorated tree

My little helper - Caden put on most of the ball ornaments!

But his absolutely favorite ornament is our cable car

10 Months!

 Today our baby girl is 10 months old!  Where has the time gone?  Here are some cute pictures of our baby girl along with some of her new skills this month!

 Clapping!

 Drinking water from a sippy cup

 Playing "So big!"

And just being cute!

Day After Thanksgiving

 On Friday, we went over to Nana and Boppa's house.  We had a lot of fun playing with our cousins.  I had a ton of fun seeing my sisters!

 Colt, Hunter and Caden all playing together

 Caden loved playing with the foam bath toys and he is 2 1/2 today!

 Auntie and Hannah doing the ring test

 Emma and her Uncle Mark

A sweet moment with my Emma girl - nothing better than holding a sleeping baby!

Thanksgiving 2011

 We spent Emma's first Thanksgiving up in Oregon at Sadie and Grandpa J's house.  We had fun, but Caden had a few bumps and bruises.  On Wednesday night, he fell forward from a chair and then hit the table and got a huge fat lip, then he also fell part way down the stairs of the back hall.  It was quite a rough day.  Thursday, we enjoyed a traditional family Thanksgiving meal with Dada's family. 

 Emma, Auntie Sarah, and Great Grandma Pat (93 years young!)

 Our family

 Caden boy enjoying some turkey, stuffing, and cranberry

Emma girl's first Thanksgiving!

School Friends

This morning we visited the Flower Conservatory in Golden Gate Park.  There was a special exhibit featuring a mini-scaled "Playland."  Playland used to be an amusement park in San Francisco from 1928-1972, but now no longer exists.  We met up with some of Caden's school friends. 

 Caden and his best friend, Tony

 Looking at the train

 Playland

 Golden Gate bridge, Cliff House, and Sutro Baths

 Pointing at the turtle

The turtle was a big hit with the kids!