The holidays have really crept up on the Scandlen family this year! Cannot believe the big day is only a week away. We have been having fun with Everett and getting him ready for his first Christmas. I finally have all the shopping done and presents wrapped and mailed the ones that require mailing and now it is finally time to just enjoy the holiday through the eyes of a very active 10 month old!
Since it has been a while since I have posted, I will start with a Thanksgiving recap:
Everett had a great first Thanksgiving down in Williamsburg and of course loved spending time with Grammy and Pap Pap and even got to see Aunt Abby who drove all the way down from NJ to see him. Poor guy was under the weather most of the week, throwing up almost everything he ate, so at times it was very messy (and sad!), but he did get to enjoy a little turkey and a lot of stuffing :)
Since Thanksgiving we have fully decorated the house, gone to visit Santa a few times (the picture below will show you how that has gone each time!) and put up the tree and listened to hours and hours of holiday music. We even got a very special tour of the West Wing of the White House by Jessica.
I cannot wait to see Everett open up gifts (or more likely eat lots of wrapping paper) on Christmas morning. We are headed to WV, Olegbay in particular, to spend a few days in a cabin with Grammy, Pap Pap, Aunt Jenni, Uncle Will and the girls and Aunt Emily and Uncle Matt. Since all of our extended family lives in the Wheeling area they will be coming by for the festitives as well. They all begin on Tuesday night at Pap Pap and Great Grandma's birthday celebration and send with Violet's 1st Birthday celebration at the Good Zoo.
We wish everyone who reads this blog (all three of you!) a very merry christmas and a happy new year. We will post some pictures of the fun trip upon our return!
