***: just lots of cute pictures

now that my Christmas letters have gone out and have been received by at least some, I'm going to post my favorite pictures from Levi's photo shoot on our kitchen table.

This is the smile he gives when he all the sudden turns to me with a burst of sentiment and says, "I real love you mama."

I wanted Gracie to be involved this year even before she's born, so I had him hold this ultra sound picture. For some reason Levi kept telling me that he didn't know how to smile for the picture, so I told him to pretend I just said something funny. This is his response to that.

A similar sentimental face for his pose with Gracie.

I think he looks kinda old in this picture. I love the big whole face smile.

This was the first time that it really snowed. Lots of snowflakes coming down for a good part of the day. Of course it melted with the sun, but still, it's more than we've had. So, Buzz and the Sailor had to go out and view it.

You can actually see snowflakes in this picture. Levi's face is priceless.

This is one of my 9 months pregnant pictures. I'm sad to have a chubby face towards the end, but whatever. anyway, you can see snowflakes in this picture too.

Over the weekend we went to the NEX for a quick errand and ended up getting to see the oscar meyer weiner truck!

And Santa was at the NEX once we went inside! It was a big trip.

An early present from Grandma Connie came in the mail. She sent christmas crafts for him to do and the stocking cap on his face

Nathan has wished for a live Christmas tree this whole season. But we already have a great huge pre-lit artificial tree. So, I've managed to talk him out of buying a superfluous tree about every couple days when he drives by a lot. But, yesterday it was all over. He bought a 5ft tree, picked out the decorations, and put it all together himself. Now we have two christmas trees in our living room! But, who's really surprised?

This was Levi's contribution to decorating the tree

This was Charlie's contribution. He's turned into a real puppy now. When we first got him he was still a newborn I think. But now he's full on a crazy puppy. Still a very good puppy for sure. He's practically housetrained already and he's starting to pay attention when we call him or direct him. But he's is crazy obsessed with chewing on everything! As this picture shows. He's still great though. And so so so so so cute.