All I Want for Xmas...

Austen has been making the rounds to all the Santa Clauses in the area. At the end of November, we took our annual trip to a tree farm to chop down our Xmas tree. At the tree farm was a Santa Claus (see video below). Austen told him that he wanted a new toy. His friend said she wanted a reindeer. Austen said he already has a reindeer outside his window (we have two with lights in the front of our house)!

Next, Austen sat on Santa's lap, joined by his sister Peyton at the mall. This was the first year that I was able to get Austen back on Santa's lap since he was 11 months old. The last two years he wouldn't go anywhere near him. I figure next year, Peyton will probably be the same way so this is the one and only shot of them together for awhile. Austen asked Santa for two race cars. One for him and one for his sister. How thoughtful of him that he's now including his sister since she can't ask for one herself. Or maybe he's just making sure she has one so she doesn't take his. Either way it's been really fun to watch Austen get so excited about Xmas this year. He understands Santa is coming and is so excited to see all the Xmas lights/decorations on the houses.

As for Peyton, all she wanted for Xmas was her two front teeth and they came early. They came in about two weeks ago so now she has a grand total of four teeth. She is growing more confident in standing and moving from piece of furniture to piece of furniture. She's pretty good at using a push cart to walk and is really starting to display her feisty personality. Don't take anything away from her or you'll hear about it and if you have something she wants, she'll find a way to get it including your sandwich, crayons and Austen's favorite toy.