Christmas!!!

The holidays are here!!! Brad and I enjoyed our first holiday season with our little man. We tried to enjoy lots of fun Portland holiday activities. We started the season with a progressive dinner with five other neighborhood households. After putting all of the kids down at the designated babysitter house, we wandered from house to house for each new course. What a great way to spend time with good friends! Brad and I were in charge of dessert and I had a great time baking!

The holiday season continued with a trip to Chicago to celebrate an early Christmas with Becky, Hoop, Bob, Marta and Cristina. Spencer had his first taste of wrapping paper and presents (and I am pretty sure he liked the paper the best!). Spencer also had a great time playing with his cousin Cristina. Cristina tried, unsuccessfully, to teach him to walk! ;) She also taught him how to tear into his Christmas presents!

We headed to Boise for the actual Christmas holiday and Spencer had a great time with his cousins Jack and Holden! Grandma Roxanne watched Spencer for a day while Brad and I enjoyed skiing with our great friends Shane, Tanya, Brad and Sarah - it felt like the good old days!! So nice to see everyone... Spencer was a sport as we dragged him around the country for his first holiday. I have always felt that the holiday time of year was magical, and think it is even more magical to see through your young child's eyes...