Happy Holidays!!!

Daddy and Caden have spent many hours building Legos this week.

Addie's First Christmas

Caden building a gingerbread house on Christmas Eve with his cousins....I think he was better at eating the candy than decorating the house...ooey gooey mess!

What are these people doing to me??

Caden helping to prepare our Christmas Eve meal....he is the pickiest eater ever but he will suck on a lemon - crazy kid!

Great Granny Frannie keeping Addie company by singing and dancing with her.

Our first big snowstorm of the year....Daddy and Caden built a tunnel together. Addie isn't really sure how she feels about the snow yet, but Caden certainly loves it.

Addie's first visit with Santa at our firehouse Christmas party.

We hope that everyone had a very wonderful Christmas this year. We certainly did in the Mitchell household. This was the first year that Caden was really into Christmas and it was so much fun to see his excitement. Both kids had colds and Addie woke up with a slight fever on Christmas morning, but we didn't let that ruin our day :-)

We were able to spend lots of time with family and friends. Jason and I are both on vacation this week so it has been great to have the kids home with us. Caden went to his first movie the other day to see "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Squeakquel." He was a trooper and made it to the end, but not without a lot of bribing with candy and popcorn.

Caden and Daddy have a big thing for Legos right now. Santa and family brought a bunch for Caden and our dining room table has now turned into Lego land....with all the new toys, we are going to need to put an addition on the house.

Addie is growing like a weed. She is 7 months old now but wearing 12-18 month clothing. At her last doctor appointment, she weighed 21 pounds! She has 6 teeth already and is eating anything we give her. She is too cute and her smile brightens even the gloomiest of days :-) Caden continues to wow us with his vocabulary. His newest line is "That's ridiculous!" On Christmas Day when we sat down to eat dinner, Caden had to remind the adults that we had forgotten to say our "God Bless" or Grace. I think it was God's little way of reminding us of what the real meaning of Christmas truly is. Both of our children are a constant reminder of the many blessings that God has bestowed upon us. We wish for everyone to have a very happy and healthy new year with many blessings to count!