We are NOT mean parents, I promise.

Latest hat from grandma being modeled tonight!

I know a certain little not-quite-4-month-old who LOVES his walker…

Travis caught this video of Brady and I rolling around on the floor giggling. Enjoy!

I now have one week back at work officially under my belt. There’s still a lot to get used to, like getting up at 4:30 in the morning just to get ready and out the door in time, but we’re figuring out a rhythm.

Yesterday was Santa day at my office, so Brady met his girlfriend (an older woman, Reese) and together they rapped with Santa about what the big guy can bring them.

Just two weeks until Brady’s first Christmas!

Somehow, 12 weeks zoomed by in the slowest, fastest way possible and on Thursday I returned to work. We are blessed to have my mom here taking care of Brady for the month of December, which certainly made the transition easier.

We had a very busy day today, starting with a trip to the tree lot, in a blizzard, to pick out a Christmas tree.

Then, we took Brady to a holiday fair where he got to meet Santa!

We are definitely getting in the Christmas mood around here.

I love this picture of Brady “talking” to the monkey.

I am Brady, sent here from outer space to stay fight the evil of napping.

Months ago, I bought a Groupon for “create your own” holiday cards. I realized the offer expires, oh, in two days, so this weekend we went to get Christmas pictures taken for our holiday cards.

I should clarify somewhat, because there was nothing professional at all about this photo shoot. Travis’s work has an area set up for photography, and Travis has a really nice camera, and we had a friend in town and willing to snap a few shots. It was also quite rushed because we had to be back in Denver (from Boulder) in under an hour (it’s about a 40 minute drive). So, this was all a bit of a hack job for Brady’s first photo shoot!

We got some great pics… or so we thought. Take a look!

However, it turns out there was a problem with the <insert fancy word for some setting on a camera> thingy and at any larger size they look awful.

As you can see, they’re grainy at larger size. So we are left with dozens of fun Christmas pictures that don’t look very good. Boo!

Luckily, Travis is a genius and was able to piece together a great family photo. I don’t want to ruin the surprise for those that will get it in the mail, so I won’t post it here. But you can see a few more of the grainy family pictures here.

Brady started racking up his first frequent flyer miles this weekend on a trip to Albuquerque to visit Nana, sister Kendall, and grandma Lila. He was an OUTSTANDING flyer and now mommy and daddy are trying to decide which country’s stamp will be the first in his passport.

Everyone on the plane said how cute he was - don’t you agree?

Nana loved squeezing and kissing on him.

And grandma Lila helped him nap.