Decorating the Christmas Tree

Mmm...Yummy, lights!

Trying to be sneaky after Mommy said I couldn't help

I got caught!!

Mommy and Daddy call it our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

                                     

 Daddy did a great job giving our Christmas tree a makeover! It's a lot shorter and smaller than I was expecting, but I like it. I tried helping put lights on the tree, but they looked so interesting I had to taste them. Mommy was not happy and told me I had to be older to help Daddy. I don't agree. I'm seven months old now! I tried to be sneaky and grab the lights anyway, but Daddy caught me. Bummer.

First "Real" Christmas Tree

Hiking through the snow to find our Christmas Tree

 We found one!

Having fun with Daddy

 Daddy said he found a new hood ornament for our car....

Daddy and Mommy announced yesterday morning that we were going to start a new Christmas tradition and drive up to the mountains and pick out a Christmas tree. No more fake Christmas trees for the Hoffman family! Mommy dressed me in my much too small snow suit. I told her I better get a new one this week or else….We hiked around and it wasn’t long before we found our Christmas tree! Daddy forged through really deep snow to get it. I can’t wait until I can walk and stomp through the snow with him.
Mommy and Daddy decided to stop at the North Bend Outlet mall after we found our tree. As we were driving through the parking lot, they commented that a group of people were laughing and pointing at us. Then, when we parked a guy and his wife started laughing at us too! He gave us a thumbs up and then said, “Way to go on your Christmas tree! Did you go the tree farm and ask them to give you their best one?” Mommy and Daddy jumped out of the car and to their horror, realized that a lot of the needles had flown off while Daddy was driving. Daddy showed me the tree and I was shocked. It was really pathetic looking. They debated on whether they should go get another one and then I heard them mention a Charlie Brown Christmas Tree. I’m not sure what that is, but I’m hoping one day I will get to see one! Daddy told me we were going to take the long way home otherwise we wouldn’t have any needles left on the tree. I am teething really bad right now and I let him know I was NOT happy about that decision. We finally made it home and Mommy took me upstairs. Daddy said he was going to stay outside for awhile and give our Christmas tree a makeover. I’m excited to see what it will look like after he‘s done!

First Snow

 Laughing at the kids having a snowball fight

 Checking out the snowy view

Having fun in the snow

I've never seen anything like it! Mommy called it snow. The snow was coming down really fast and sticking to the ground. She bundled me into a 6-9 month snow suit and told me we were going to go play in it. The snow suit was a very tight squeeze since I'm growing so fast and wearing 9-12mo clothes now. We went outside and Mommy sat me down in the snow. It was very cold and sticky. We met our neighbor whose kids were having a snow ball fight. It was funny watching the girls squeal when their brother hit them with snowballs. I started laughing. I can't wait till I'm bigger and can have a snowball fight with Mommy and Daddy!

Once Sold Tales Bookstore Outlet

Mommy got all these books for $7 !!!

Mommy's friend Anne told us about a great bookstore in Kent called Once Sold Tales Bookstore Outlet that sells books, CD's, and DVD's by weight and not by price. $1 per pound!!! Mommy LOVES good deals and decided that we should go visit. I've never seen Mommy so giddy! She kept exclaiming that this was the best used bookstore she's ever been too. Mommy and I read together everyday and I was really excited when she picked out more board books for us. My favorite book she picked out was the Touch and Feel Baby Animals.

Mad Hatter Party

      I wish I were older and Stacy wasn't taken...

 Talking business and politics with the men

       Fist bump with Uncle Phil

Hehehehehehe.....;)

Stacy and Cory ( Mommy and Daddy's close friends ) recently got engaged. Our friends threw them an engagement themed Mad Hatter party, which I had the opportunity to attend. I dressed up in my new suit, which I was very excited about. I got to wear a tie!!! Everybody ooohed and aaahhed over me, which made me a little bit embarrassed since the party was about Stacy and Cory. We took some fun photos tho and the photographer actually caught me being a little bit naughty with Stacy. OopS!

Boston

      Lots of dead people live here

 Chillin at the State House

Old South Meeting House. I think it looks kinda funny next to the sky scraper..

The Freedom Trail was a walk back in history and boy was it a walk - for mommy and daddy that is. I had the luxury of sitting back in my stroller and capturing all the sights. We visited the Granary Burial Ground where John Hancock, Robert Paine, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and the men who died in the Boston Massacre, etc. are buried. It was creepy, but really cool. We also checked out Boston Common, State House,Park Street Church, Kings Chapel, Old South Meeting House, Old State House, Boston Massacre Site, Fanuell Hall, and Paul Revere's House. Mommy and Daddy are troopers. They made all those stops and visits the same day we had to fly back to Seattle!

Sandwich

 One of the many photos my Daddy took with his camera

 My Daddy is a great photographer

The only words I can describe about the visit to Sandwich is....WOW. Daddy took so many pictures I never thought he would come back to the car. It is a very pretty, small old town. And no... we didn't stop and eat a sandwich while we were visiting.