Addison's First Christmas!

Christmas came early for Addison and me! In order to take full advantage of my time off, we made our way to Bend a full week before the big day to spend some extra time with the family. We started our adventure in Tacoma to meet up with Bob's parents (Ema and Papa) for the first leg of our journey. We went to church at St. Patrick's, had breakfast with Bob's parents and grandma, and made an impromptu trip to my gramma's for a quick visit before packing as much as humanly possible into the car.

Not sure about this face...

Cozy on Great Gramma :)

Addison and I spent a relaxing night with Ema and Papa in Portland before Robie, Chasie and Maddie picked us up the next day. Of course the biggest storm of the winter thus far was making its way across the Cascades and the drive from Bend to Portland (and back again) was a bit more harrowing than usual. Maddie did a great job and we made it to Bend safe and sound.

Once in Bend we celebrated Chase's birthday, did some Christmas shopping, wrapped gifts, savored cuddle time with aunties, Mimi and Pops, and had MANY lazy mornings (my fave!) to enjoy our coffee. Every night we wondered where our days went, but I enjoyed every minute of our time in Bend.

Addison LOVED having cozy aunties to sleep on...

And poop on (BIGGEST blow out yet!)

Addison's first piano lesson :)

 

Bob told us he was coming down for Christmas on Saturday, but as we sat wrapping gifts on Friday night, the front door opened just before midnight and in ran Kenai (the same way Bob and I had him run in when we introduced him to the fam for the first time), followed close behind by Bob. Such a nice surprise!

On Christmas Eve we set out for a pre-Christmas snow shoe near Tumalo Falls. The sun was shining over the fresh snow making for a perfect snow shoe! The dogs LOVED it, as did the humans, and it was great to get some exercise before the food fest.

The whole gang (and an old family friend off to the side that we ran into on the trail...)

After the snow shoe adventure, we ran some last minute errands, attended Mass at St. Francis, had traditional fondue dinner (YUM!), did some last-minute Christmas wrapping, opened our Christmas Eve jammies and cozied up on the couch with dad to hear this year's version of Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Christmas Eve jammies (first of three pairs :))

Auntie Maddie testing out Addison's toys!

Cozied up to hear Twas the Night Before Christmas

Exhausted!

We woke up to a fresh dusting of snow on Christmas morning giving Addison a completely white Christmas her very first year. We slept in, drank coffee and slowly opened gifts throughout the morning - a schedule that will surely change in years to come. Maddie made her famous Belgian waffles and it seemed like we lounged around and ate all day!

Christmas morning!

Santa brought Addison an excersaucer.
Contrary to how it may appear in this photo, she is already into it :)

Christmas jammies with new accessories!

Happy pups!

Mrs. Claus

A classier, more covered up Mrs. Claus

Addison 12 weeks (minus her sign)

Our family of four (Kenai kind of blends in!)

Addison with Mimi on Christmas!

 

We loved our first Christmas as parents and cannot wait for Addison to experience the joy of the season. She has definitely been our greatest gift this year!