Setting up the Christmas Tree

This year we put our tree up the Sunday after Thanksgiving.  I think that's the earliest we have ever done it.  It was so nice having the girls older and doing a big part of it.  I was worried about TJ with the tree.  He has done ok though.  There are no ornaments on the bottom half.  I was also wondering about the presents underneath the tree.  My mom came over one day to watch them for a little bit.  She asked me how he was with the presents and I told her he hadn't even touched them once.  While I was gone though of course he touched every single present! lol :)

Thanksgiving

This year we spent Thanksgiving with the Shoemakers.  We went up Wednesday morning and stayed until Sunday morning.  It was a nice relaxing vacation.  I think it was the first time that TJ was not sick up there.  It was so nice having him talk, play and go around like a healthy baby!  The Tuesday before Thanksgiving TJ had ear tubes put in his ears.  He just gets ear infection after ear infection.  Thursday night Jason's family and Josh's family came up.  We girls did our usual tradition of Black Friday shopping.  We went to Walmart at 10 pm and then we went down the canyon to Target for the 12 pm opening.  Walmart was super crazy but I got what I wanted!  Target we waited in line outside for like an hour and then waited another hour in the check out line.  I wasn't too impressed with Target's ad.  I hated these new opening times.  We just wore out faster.  We usually got to three or four stores but this time we only went to two.  After Target we were just dead.  We got home about 2:30 am.  On Friday we did a cute little paper bag craft and sewed some pillow cases.  I think I can almost do a pillow case without messing up several times!!  Here are a few pics.  It is so funny to watch TJ on the horse.  He loves it!  He loves to bounce himself up and down on it.