Se7en

Cade is really starting to earn big boy status. Check him out just last week, for the first time in a shopping cart and in one of those restaurant high chairs. These are the perks one experiences when one learns how to sit up on one's own.

Seven months have passed now, and Cade's got two teeth to show for it. Both on the bottom, and both giving him a lot of pain as they poked through his gums. But once the pain is gone, Cade always returns to his smiley self.

Thank goodness because his grin brings big smiles to the rest of our faces.

As you scroll down through these month-by-month pictures, I hope you can scroll through your own moments in life and find something or someone who brings as many big smiles to you as well.

Seven Months

Six Months 

Five Months

Four Months

Three Months

Two Months

One Month

One Day

'Tis the Season

This will be Cade's first Christmas. Of course, he's not old enough to appreciate all that comes with it. When it comes to presents on Christmas morning, I'm confident Cade will be content with some wrapping paper and maybe a bow. Thanks to GG, all four of us now have stockings, and they're hung by the chimney with care.

The only question is... what will Santa fill them with?

Christmastime wouldn't be complete without a Christmas tree. A few weeks ago, we set out to find one in the woods of El Dorado County. Handily, this tree farm was quite close to a very good winery.

Looks good, eh? (I mean the tree, of course.)

A few weeks later, Blake's preschool held its annual Christmas party. Here's a picture of Blake, with his class, eagerly but patiently, awaiting Santa's arrival.

Finally, the big man showed up!

Each kid got a chance to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what he or she wants this year. There were a few requests for dolls, cats, and skateboards. Blake told him he wants roller skates. Um.... 

 

Blake and Cade also got a chance to visit Santa in Old Sacramento. This was the best pic we could muster, but since this is Cade's first -- the photo was well worth it!

The boys also got to see Mrs. Claus before we all boarded the Polar Express!

All aboard!

Blake, Cade & Brandon (thank you to Aunt Veronica for the pics)

And last, but not least, we took one last trip into Old Sacramento for the Theatre of Lights.

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

PEACE TO EVERYONE.

Love, the Beckers