Hanging out with Chase-man

At dinner, Chase is just hamming it up for us

Chase got new boots, so he was excited to show us, plus his hat is just too funny
Opening his Christmas gifts from Uncle Brian and Aunt Jeni
Wow Dinosaurs
Look what I got guys

Christmas at the Gardner's

Last week we celebrated Christmas with Brian's side of the family since we will be in Ohio for the holiday.

Here is our first Gardner family Christmas photo (since the new addition)

Nana and Papa opening our Christmas present to them

Marissa opening her gifts
Kevin looks like a little kid in a candy store... he was very excited
Brian and I opening our Christmas gifts..... we got bikes!!!
We can't wait for the weather to get warm so we can ride them

It snowed in St Louis

Our pretty Christmas tree with all the presents under it

It snowed last week in St Louis, not a ton

(well a lot for Missouri, it freaked people out)

But this week it was sunny and so it is all melted ---that is my kind of snow :)
Our backyard

My 24th Birthday

On Sunday we celebrated my birthday at Nancy and Kevin's. Nancy made spaghetti, it was yummy. Nana and Papa came and some of our friends too.

Me trying to blow out my candles (but Papa is making that difficult)

Happy Birthday Jeni
Opening gifts
More gifts
Chase eating more cake

(I think he likes all these birthdays)
Chase reading to 'Big Kevin'
Chase and his "puter"
For my actual birthday, Brian took me out to the Macaroni Grill for dinner.
WIFE (that's me) Don't my pearls look good (Brian did a great job!!)

Jill's Surprise Birthday Party

In honor of Jill's 30th birthday this weekend, we threw her a surprise party last Saturday. She was definitely surprised. Our plan worked and everyone had a blast.

Jill and her cake
Happy Birthday to Jill

Chase eating his cake
Jill, singing "I will survive"
Dancing with the DJ's
The women in black

Getting Our First Tree

Well last week Brian and I got to pick out our first Christmas tree. Brian's Aunt and Uncle own a nursery so we were able to head there to find the perfect tree. There was no snow but it was very cold outside.

Me, freezing my butt off

Alex, (Brian's cousin) cutting off the bottom of our tree
Loading it onto my car, luckily we didn't have to drive very far
Brian decorating
Me wrapping... only 2 1/2 more weeks til Christmas