What an awesome time of year this is. Tyler is so into Santa Claus, and coincidentally Santa is everywhere this time of year! It makes me sad to think come January we will take the tree down, the lights off the house (ok, we didn't actually get those up this year, but Tyler loves looking at everyone else's house), and stash all the Santa and snowmen decorations away for next year. I wonder if Tyler will ask about Santa in the summertime. Or will he just forget all about him until next year?

Driving home from daycare every night, we go through our old neighborhood which has some awesome decorated houses. Tyler loves to comment on the "Pretty Lights" he says at every light we pass...including the signal lights! He certainly has learned a lot of new words with this season: Lap, candy, snowman, wreath, present and tape, to name a few. Lucky for us, we get to do it all over again, witnessing Gavin's second Christmas next year.

My one regret is not getting a picture of Baby with Santa Claus. It's not for lack of trying. But every time we were around Santa, Baby was sound asleep. Next year's picture will be Tyler smiling (hopefully) and Baby with the stoic expression Tyler had this year.