Karter's 1st Christmas!!

Hi there!! Hope this blog post finds you all well, and hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season with your loved ones.  Jasen and I had a wonderful time this year celebrating our 1st Christmas with Karter in our lives.  

Before Christmas we did a few things together as a family.  One day we were itching to get out of the house so we drove up to Port Townsend for the day.  It was one of those beautiful sunny crisp winter days that Washington occasionally has.  We ate lunch, walked the shops, took some pictures, and just plain enjoyed our time together. Here are a few pictures from our trip. 

In front of a huge tree that was decorated down town

Karter bundled up in the Ergo, with Mama enjoying the sunshine

The Raphaels-December 2011

A few days before Christmas we finally made it to see Santa.  We weren't sure if we were going to make it or not because the sick bug ran rampant through our house and every time we wanted to go one of us didn't feel well.  Here are some pictures from Karter's first time seeing Santa. I think he did wonderful!! :) 

Karter with Santa and Mrs. Claus

My little cutie pie!!

This year we spent the 23rd at Jasen's dads and stepmoms celebrating an early Christmas.  We exchanged presents and had a great Turkey dinner. Karter thought the best part of the presents was the paper! 

Yummy Paper!! Karter's favorite part of presents this year!

Karter with Grandpa Mike

 Christmas Eve my family always gets together to open 1 gift.  Every year my mom gets us Christmas jammies, and her kids get her jammies.  It has been a tradition since I was little and it is looked forward to every year.  This year my family came to our house to have dinner, open Christmas jammies, and then we all went to Christmas Eve church service together.  It was a really nice evening spent with family.  

Allie and Kylie with new jammies, and Kylie so happy about her new Dora panties!

Karter's 1st pair of Christmas jammies

Mom loved her jammies!! Nice and cozy ones!

 Before church started they had a fun photo opportunity! Here are some fun pictures of us!

Allie, Mom, and I.  Look mom found the hat with the crown!! I love it!!

The Raphaels, and Karter grew a mustache :) LOL

Such a great picture of Allie and Kylie

 Christmas morning we celebrated early because Jasen needed to go to bed because he had to work that night. We are a breakfast casserole I made the night before and opened gifts. 

Karter's 1st Santa gift

Daddy and Karter

Karter with his new teething toy..Sophie the Giraffe

Mommy with Karter

 After we did our family Christmas I went over in jammies to my moms house to do gifts and stockings with mom, Kylie, Allie, and her boyfriend Tom. 

Cousins opening gifts together

Smooches from Mom!

Kylie and TT cooking together!

Later on that afternoon once Jasen woke up, we headed back to mom for Christmas dinner.  Mom worked hard in the kitchen to make a yummy prime rib dinner!  I love Christmas dinner, and have totally gotten accustomed to eating prime rib. My sisters boyfriend and my dad came to dinner this year.  This was the first time in a long time that we had sat together at dinner. It was a nice day that turned out better than I had anticipated. Here are a few pictures of our Christmas Day. 

Christmas 2011

Allie, Mom and I

Allie, Dad, and I

Sisters!!

My dad with Karter

All tuckered out from all this Christmas Stuff!! 

My cutie after his bath later that evening!!

 

 

 

 A few days after Christmas we got good news about my dads health.  Prior to Christmas he had surgery on his face for cancer.  After removing the cancer and a lymph  node the results came back that the doctors were able to get all of the cancer.  They still want to do a full body scan just in case. But that was a huge relief for us all. 

 My uncle Larry is still having chemo treatments for his cancer.  Today is his last round of chemo and then we should have his results in a week or so. Please keep him in your prayers.  

Since the next blog I write won't be until next year I am sure, I wanted to wish you all a safe and Happy New Years!!  Take care, and I will write more in 2012!!!