Christmas Eve's Eve Dinner 2009

On Christmas Eve's Eve, we had dinner at our house for the sixth year. Great Granny, Great Grandpa Roy, GGma, GGpa, Grandma Oakley, Grandpa Oakley, Aunt Jessica, Uncle Ryan, Kinley, Jaxon, Aunt Krista, Uncle Justin, Kate, Aunt Kayla, Uncle Brett, Rachel, Aunt Michelle, and Uncle Josh were all able to come. Some of them seemed to be left out of the pictures though (sorry).


Jaxon, Rachel, Kate, Brennan, Kinley, and Branton in their matching Santa's Helper shirts


Brennan, Jaxon, and Kate eating dinner


GGpa, Kinley, and Brennan


GGpa eating dinner with all the great grandkids


Uncle Ryan, Aunt Jessica, Great Granny, Great Grandpa Roy, GGma, and Grandma Oakley


Aunt Michelle eating in the chair (before she went to the hospital that night)

Kids try to do some crazy things

I thought I would post real quick to let you all know about the conversation I just had with Brennan. He came up and told me he needed to potty. Then I put him on the toilet (he still sits) and walked out; he likes it better when I leave. When I came back in, he was sitting there reaching down into the toilet in between his legs. I had to tell him that we have to leave the poop in the toilet. He just looked at me, smiled, and was ready to get down. Fortunately, he had not accomplished his goal of grabbing the poop. :)

Christmas in Shawnee

We spent December 20-22 in Shawnee to celebrate our Douglas Family Christmas. Brennan had a great time with Gran, Grandad, Uncle Kyle, Aunt Lindsay, and Judah. He also discovered how much fun it is to open presents! We will post more pictures from our other Christmas gatherings over the next few days.


Opening the present from Uncle Kyle, Aunt Lindsay, and Judah


Wearing the present


Daddy wearing the present


Playing with the snowman


Opening the basketball goal with Daddy


Playing basketball with Branton watching


Waiting patiently


Playing with Judah


Branton with his ball


Judah opening a present with Aunt Lindsay


Uncle Kyle opening a present


Sitting with Grandad, Gran, and Judah


Playing with Grandad

Sleeping in his Big Boy Bed

Brennan has now slept in his big boy bed for a full week. (It is a full-size bed instead of a crib). He has done wonderfully with it. He lays right down and stays in his bed until one of us comes to get him. We are very proud of our big boy! We will post pictures from Christmas soon.

Thanksgiving in Shawnee

We went to Shawnee for Thanksgiving. Brennan was able to play with Gran, Grandad, Uncle Kyle, Aunt Lindsay, Judah, Great Aunt Judy, and Allison. We had a great time.


Giving Grandad five.


Unsure about Mommy getting whipped topping everywhere. :)


Playing with Judah.


Playing alone.


Judah and Uncle Kyle.


Daddy wearing the Mickey Mouse hat.


Aunt Lindsay, Great Aunt Judy, and Allison.


Daddy and Grandad carving the turkey.


Wearing his adorable suit for family pictures.

Oakley Family Pictures

Here are a few of the pictures that we had taken on Saturday with the whole Oakley family. We had pictures taken at Portrait Innovations and then Aunt Krista took more pictures of us at GGma and GGpa's house. We had Douglas family pictures taken on Friday and will post those when we get them back.

Sweet big brother

Brennan likes to help Branton play. He is so sweet to him and Branton loves for him to be close.