We had a really fun Christmas Day/break - too bad it has taken me so long to post about it. We spent the night at Grandpa and Grandma Squires house and Josh was so excited for Santa to come. Here he is checking out his stocking and its contents.
Santa brought Josh a shopping cart (which thankfully replaced the pink baby stroller he has been pushing around which was mine when I was little!) He was pretty excited about a new shopping cart and is still pushing it around full of all sorts of random things.
We had to wake Aiden up so that we could start Christmas morning....what kind of parents are we? Here he is sitting on Uncle Trevor's lap trying to wake up a bit. (It was not even that early I promise!)
Aiden did really well opening presents for the first time. He was a very typical 10 month old and probably liked the wrapping paper more than what was inside.
Josh had to take a few breaks to check out the new presents.
Here he is sporting his new backpack that holds his play mat and Tonka tractors. (Grandpa Squires is in the background showing off his new beanie.)
Aiden is a book lover like Josh - he is also checking out his new presents.
Brandon took the Monday after Christmas off work and we went bowling with his family. It was really fun and Josh LOVED it! It was his second time bowling (his first time being a year before) and he was so happy that they had bowling shoes in his size. This is probably one of the cutest pictures of him that we have taken for a long time - he doesn't like to pose for the camera for too long. You can tell just how excited he is about going bowling.
He started out rolling the ball down the lane all by himself and did pretty good. (It did take the ball a REALLY long time to make it down the lane.) By the end of the 2nd game he was using the metal thing you push the ball down. It didn't matter to him....he had a great time!
We had a really good break with Brandon's family over the Christmas holiday and it was fun to relive the holiday through Josh and Aiden's!
I started looking on the internet for cake ideas and came across a Lightning McQueen cake that I loved. I told Brandon that we should do the same thing and I think he doubted our ability (especially since neither of us had worked with fondant before). It turned out very well and was a lot of fun to make. Brandon had a hard time cutting in to it, but isn't that what a cake is for?!
We made Josh his own miniature car cake while we were pounding out the McQueen cake. He ate almost the entire little cake on his own - he was a huge fan.
This is a picture of Josh with his cousins enjoying their cake and ice cream.
We had a really fun party for Josh. He was so happy that so many friends and family could come and celebrate with him! We love you Josh and look forward to another great year with you!
