Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas

To all of our friends and family, we wish you all the best this Christmas and in the new year!

Love,

The Schwenks

Lola, The Christmas Cat

She sees you when you're sleeping, she knows when you're awake, she knows if you've been bad or good... because she's Lola, the creepy stalker kitty.

Another Visit With Great Grandma

Nonni and Papa were teaching Brecken to crawl

I'm coming for you Jake!

Zoolights!

Last night we went to Zoolights at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. We really enjoyed walking around and looking at all the lights while Brecken slept in his stroller. There's a good chance that visiting Zoolights each year might turn into a family tradition!

Meeting Great Grandma Underhill

We are SUPER excited that Heather's Grandma Underhill has come all the way from Florida to celebrate the holidays with us! Today we went down to Gig Harbor to visit with her and for Brecken to meet his Great Grandma. Unfortunately the little guy was a bit on the cranky side (possibly cutting yet another tooth), so we're hoping for lots more smiles for GGma when we see her again in a few days.

Brecken's First Photo With Santa

This afternoon Brecken met Santa for the first time! He did so well, and wasn't scared of the big guy in red in the least! However, mommy and daddy learned a valuable lesson today, and that's not to wait until the last minute to get this done. The line was insane, BUT so worth it in the end!

(Apologies for the poor quality - it's a picture of a picture since we don't have our old scanner set up.)

Hangin' in High Chairs and Playin' with Puppets

Brecken testing out his new high chair (an early xmas gift from G'Ma and G'Pa) and playing with his cat-fox puppet from Dennis and Elaine.

We have no idea what creature that's supposed to be... so we're going with cat-fox.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow

This afternoon we were so sick of the dreary Seattle rain that we decided to drive to the snow, which was coming down like crazy up at Snoqualmie Pass. Nothing gets us in the holiday spirit quite like listening to Christmas carols while watching the snow fall!

Jake had fun too!

It's a Rough Life

Okay, it's not THAT bad...

Laughin' at Jake...

Lazy Morning

An Evening at Home

He seems to be grabbing for anything and everything these days. And so it starts!

Off for a diaper change

Nap time with Daddy

Another Great Night With The Piateks

Dennis and Elaine stopped by for one last visit last night before returning home to Hawaii. We had such a great time with them while they were in town, and will miss them lots!

Elaine's "blue steel" look!

Hello, baby blues!