Getting ready for Christmas!

At the beginning of December I was hosting a baby shower at the house and so Matt took the kids to 'Brunch with Santa' at the club on base.  They had a delicious '2nd breakfast', as Connor likes to call it, and then were going to get in line for Santa but the line was ridiculously long so they decided not to wait and went to see the clown instead.  :)   Connor got a sword from him and loved it!  Briella was a little nervous so she just watched.  

We went to Lowe's and got our real Christmas tree.  I can't do artificial anymore. What can I say I'm from Oregon!

Here's Santa's Helper!

We went to The Greene a week before Christmas and had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and then we were going to ride the horse drawn carriage but they weren't there that night.  :(  So we just walked around the HUGE tree.

 The ornaments were as big as Briella's head. She thought they were pretty cool!

 Santa's helper with his rosy cheeks (from playing outside in the cold.  Crazy kid!)

Pretty Baby Girl!!
This is the Christmas outfit my mom sent.  It was so cute on her and she loved having her picture taken!  

Matt took the kids while I was in Colorado to see Santa at The Praries (where we live) clubhouse.  Apparently Briella was freaked out by Santa and when Matt went to put her on his lap she cried and cried.  I wish they would've gotten a picture.  (Connor did the same thing at that age.)  :)

This is just a cute picture!  Connor came downstairs one day after Matt got home from work with his uniform on.  So cute!!!!   I love it!!!