Cannon's Crib

Well, we have finally completed Cannon's nursery. Blaine's dad built a crib for Cannon and brought it over to us during the Thanksgiving holiday. It turned out great! However, he left it to Blaine and I to paint or stain the crib, since he wasn't sure what color we wanted the crib to be. We chose to stain the crib and it looks pretty good! I am so excited to finally have Cannon's nursery finished and put together. Thanks Grandpa Bateman for the nice crib!

Santa Baby

My mom bought a cute little Santa outfit for Cannon to wear this year. She also bought him his very first stuffed Santa Clause! When I was a baby, my parents bought me a stuffed Santa Clause, which I still have, and thought they would pass down that tradition and do the same thing for Cannon. It was fun to compare my old raggedy Santa to Cannon's new and perfect Santa Clause. It was also funny dressing Cannon in his Santa Clause costume and placing the giant stuffed Santa next to him. He is getting so big, so fast! Anyway, I had to post some pictures of Cannon in his Santa Clause outfit and a picture of him in front of his very first Christmas tree!!!

Thanksgiving Weekend Activities and Cannon's Baby Blessing

After our trips to Washington and Oregon to see our parents, Blaine and I had both sides of family over to our house for Thanksgiving. It was nice to have both of our families over for the holiday. We had lots of fun eating good food, shopping at Gardner Village, watching football, going out to see the movie, The Blindside (which is really good!), and spending time together. Additionally, Cannon was blessed the Sunday after Thanksgiving, which was nice to have our families and friends over to be a part of his special day. Below are some pictures taken over our Thanksgiving weekend and Cannon's baby blessing:

Shopping and seeing the Christmas display at Gardner Village with Cannon, my parents, and brother, Kyle:




Cannon's cute blessing outfit (this outfit is the same outfit that Blaine wore when he was blessed 26 years ago!):

Our little family on Cannon's blessing day:

Both sides of parents:

Family members from my side of the family who came to Cannon's blessing:

Family members from Blaine's side of the family who came to Cannon's blessing: