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Well we can't say we didn't try... Beau liked Santa from afar but as we moved up in line to see him he kept backing further and further up between Luke's legs. When it was his turn Luke tried to put him on Santa's lap, but as you can see that didn't go over too well! Oh well, there's always next year.

Alright, so I need to get back on the ball with the blog posting! Here's some pictures from the weekend. We were staying over in Austin for the annual Roske/Brown Christmas. There are 4 little kiddos all born within a few weeks of Beau. It was so much fun to see them all interact and play together, they definitely kept us on our toes a little more this year! Click here to see how much they've grown since last year. Ana was our little mother hen this year, she LOVES "Baby Beau". She is such a sweetie, wherever Beau is that is where she wants to be too. Beau loved it, someone to chase around and play with that has as much energy as he does!! On Monday Beau was my little helper, I took work off to catch up on some weekly items like getting groceries. It was sooo cold! I had him all covered up and then covered with a blanket. It looked like I was trying to shield him from paparazzi...he did not appreciate it. He kept trying to take the blanket off his head, but his mit...

Beau and I spent Sunday baking up a storm. We made Christmas cut out cookies. He thought it was pretty cool that we got to throw flour all over the table, and helped me push down the cookie cutters. He even put some of the cut out shapes on the cookie sheet for me. They ended up a little deformed but that's ok! I did most of the cookie frosting while he napped but I did save a few for when he got up to "help" with. he put the red hot buttons on the snowmen and then sprinkled them generously with green sprinkles. He did really well, and by that I mean no major tantrums because I wouldn't let him eat everything in sight. He did sneak a red hot by me, but by the look on his face I don't think he will do that again. After getting a chuckle out of his expression I helped him get it out of his mouth and he appeared to be grateful. And....the TASTE test:

Can you believe it is December 1st already? Today was bitter sweet for me, on one hand it is officially December and the Christmas season is in full swing, but on the other hand it was Monday and that means back to work and daycare. No fun, especially after the long holiday break. We finished decorating the Christmas tree tonight with some colored balls that I picked up at Hobby Lobby half price...gotta love that! Afterwards we watched Christmas specials on ABC, Shrek the Halls, and my all time favorite The Grinch! You might have noticed the new countdown ticker on the side of the blog, I just want to point out that this countdown is for my nephew, NOT for me. And yes, I said NEPHEW...IT'S A BOY!!!! Megan had an ultrasound today, everything looks good and there should be a new baby boy arriving sometime around April 19th. We can't wait to meet Beau's new little cousin!!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Ours was great and of course we all ate way to much! Today we went and go our Christmas tree from Curtis Tree Farm. We found a nice big fat Christmas tree and our house smells like a pine forest as we speak. Mmmmm .... gotta love that fresh Christmas tree smell! Beau was already sleeping when we brought it in the house so I'm excited to see his reaction to a tree in the house when he wakes up in the morning! Afterwards we went to the Christmas parade, which Beau loved. He especially liked the Snow Buddies float and kept going "woof woof" as it was passing.

We made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch/apple orchard last weekend. Beau had a blast...actually we all did. It is so crazy to think that on our trip last year we couldn't even get him propped up against a pumpkin long enough to get a picture, and this year he was running all over the place and actually picking apples! This year we got lots of pictures, actually I took over 200 so I'm just going to have to pick and choose a few. We went to Northwoods Orchards , and I highly recommend it to anyone in the Rochester area during the fall season. You can pick your own apples and pumpkins. They have hay rides, 2 corn mazes, and a petting zoo with farm animals. Not to mention all the cute things they have set up all over like growth carts and old tractors! Plus we spent a couple hours there, left with 2 bags of apples, and 5 pumpkins....all for under $30!! We'll definitely be going back next year.