Christmas Cookies

We really enjoyed every aspect of the holidays- picking out a tree, hanging ornaments and making/decorating Christmas cookies.  Brady, in particulary, really embraced eating the cookies!

Early December Snow

In early December we were thrilled to have a small amount of snow.  The snow was accompanied by temperatures in the single digits, which is nearly unheard of in Nashville.  Little did we know this snow was only a glimpse of weather to come...

Belated Christmas Card Photos

Here are the photos for our Christmas card-surprisingly did not take too long to get one of the three of us!

Church Directory Photos

Just before Henry was born we had these photos taken for our church directory. 

Oh Christmas Tree

We headed down to the neighborhood Boy Scout lot again this year and came back with a beautiful tree.  Mommy had trained Brady and I well as i exclaimed at the lot (in true Gaffney holiday spirit) "we need the biggest tree ever!" Yes, our reindeer hats have made another appearance this year- the spandex nature of them makes them our only article of clothing we have been able to wear year after year.  More pictures to follow once fully decorated..

The Old Man is 5 weeks

Mommy and Daddy frequently comment on how much as newborns we all look like old men.  I have truly lived up to this as frequently i can be found loudly snoring up a storm. 

Our first brush with Santa this season!

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we had pancakes with Santa at Cheekwood.  Our friends the Damps, Whites and Willers all joined us.  We are particularly thankful for all of our friends this holiday season.  We whispered our wishes to Santa while sitting on his lap. As you can see Henry was rather unimpressed with the scene and slept through the entire event.  It was a little difficult to get pictures of all of us together-too many young kids on the move...