Santa and Snow

This week John and I have been working on decorating the house for Christmas. We spent Tuesday putting up our outside icicle lights which we will have to take a picture of soon to put on here. Wednesday and Thursday we put up our tree and inside decorations which was a lot of fun. Last year when we were decorating our tree was when I felt Dawson kick for the first time, so it was fun to think how much has changed in a year when he's actually moving around the house in his walker this year while we're decorating. This year has gone by so fast! Dawson loves to look at our Christmas tree all lit up!
After spending the week decorating, we had an appointment with Santa on Friday evening. At John's office they have Santa come every year and you can come there to do pictures if you like. Every year since John and I started dating we have had our picture taken with Santa, and last year we had our picture made with the same Target Santa when we were expecting. So this year we dressed Dawson in his own Santa suit and took him! This Santa was great, and I'm sure he was the real one! :) When we got there Santa gave us tips to get a few good photos with him in case Dawson started crying when he was on Santa's lap. Although these were helpful, Dawson was not afraid of Santa at all-he loved Santa! We got a some pictures and had fun with Dawson's great Santa visit!
As a perfect end to a Christmas-y week, last night during the night it snowed! Since we have lived in Alabama this is only the third time it has snowed, and there is not usually much accumulation. This morning when John got up at 3:30am for work, we looked outside to see a white yard. When Dawson and I got up for the day, I decided to bundle him up really well and run outside to take a few pictures of Dawson's first snow. By now a lot of it is melted, and you can tell from the pictures just how little snow we got, but still, it was Dawson's first snow!
We hope you enjoy the pictures below and that you're enjoying this Christmas season!

Above: One of our traditions is that every year John and I

pick a Halmark Keepsake Ornament to add to our tree. The

past couple years we've chosen very pretty ornaments, but

this year we picked a fun one. It's Cousin Eddie's RV from the

movie Christmas Vacation which we watch several times each

Christmas. In the picture above John is adding our newest

ornament to the tree!

Above: Dawson thought this was hilarious that he was laying

on Daddy and pushing on his face. We were taking a break from

tree decorating.

Above: This year we also got Dawson a "Baby's 1st

Christmas" Halmark Ornament. So here we are putting it

on the tree.

Above: Santa says, "Make more toys!"

Above: Our little Santa before going to see the
real Santa.

Above: Dawson on Santa's lap!

Above: All of us with Santa, and Dawson looking like

he wants to give Santa a kiss.

Above: Everyone with Santa.

Above: Dawson sitting in our front yard in the snow.

Above: Dawson checking out the snow.

Above: Of course, Bentley had to join us in the snow too!

Above: Bentley in the snow in our backyard.