10 months

Back when we went to a field as the sun was setting to take photos of Edwin at 10 months. Yes, we took a lot of photos.

The Christmas Tree Hunt

We weren't sure where to get our Christmas tree this year since our friends with a Christmas tree farm weren't selling them anymore. We found out that there were still some trees on their property and even though they weren't there, they said we could go pick out a tree, so that is just what we did.

 Miles being super helpful

Big boys both got turns chopping down the tree. Edwin and I cuddled to stay warm and watched them.

 

TIMBERRRRR

We cut it a little high on the stump because it was taller than our ceilings so then the boys had fun cutting the remaining part of the stump so no one tripped on it!

And then we had our Christmas tree, the first week of December. And there really was something enjoyable about being the only ones on the farm.

Thanksgiving

I don't even remember much of what we did for Thanksgiving. It was nice having Max home for a couple days, but other than that I just know we went to My red Grandma's house on Thanksgiving Day and Max's Uncle Jay's house the day after! I even just looked back in my calendar to see if I'm missing anything and I hadn't written anything down...Wow, Edwin's first year of life has put me in a whirlwind...hopefully I'll get caught up soon so I can write about his first birthday before he is two....Anyway, The only proof we have of family time is the awesomely awkward pictures of my crazy family that were taken at my grandma's house. Thank you Elizabeth for humoring us. And why say anymore...here you go!
  

 The vain part of me wants to point out that I was ten pounds heavier than I am now and getting closer to my pre-baby weight! NBD Also... Edwin has grown out of all these clothes!

 "Kiss mommy right there!"

 Oh, and I just reviewed my phone pictures and it reminded me of a couple more things we did during Thanksgiving weekend...We bought a new mattress...which is like sleeping on a firm fluffy cloud.  We finished painting Edwin's room (formerly Max's office) and moved Edwin into his own room...and he slept through the night the first night in his room. Just picture this...we finally had our 8 month old out of our room, he slept through the night and we slept on a brand new amazing mattress after years of an awful one! Amazing! Max also did some black Friday shopping and did pretty much all of the Christmas shopping. Oh and Max's uncle had a new spaceship massage chair that Max sent me up to enjoy while he watched the kids and visited family...so that was nice! Oh and we took care of our friends' chickens and gathered their eggs. That was super fun. There we go some memories documented!