This Sunday Chris, Reese, Leila, Lee, Luke and I headed out into the woods to get our Christmas tree. This is a tradition we have now done three years in a row. It is so much fun to pack the car full and head up into the winter wonderland to pick out a tree. It is always an adventure! This year we weren't sure if we were still going to do it considering we would have 2 babies with us. We decided that we wouldn't let that hold us back and loaded up the pathfinder with the 2 car seats and 4 adults. It was a tight fit to say the least! Our first stop was the rangers station where we got our passes that were good for up to a 12 foot tree. We decided this year to try and get as close to 12 feet as possible considering the trees we had cut down the previous years were probably close to 30 (we then topped them)!! So off into the woods we went. The snow was very heavy this year and the forest service recommended a road that was probably the most clear. I can't imagine what the other roads must have looked like because this one had about 2+ feet of snow on it! Luckily there were some nice tracks we could ride in. The first hour started off great, and we began to climb up a logging road in search of the perfect noble. Generally you have to go up pretty high to get to the nobles. Just as we were starting to get up at the right height a women who was hiking down the road informed us that about 40 cars were stuck in the snow up ahead and it would be better for us to turnaround. We definitely did not want to get stuck with babies in the car so we turned around and decided to go down a side road. Just as we were about to park and do a little hiking, it happened. Stuck, stuck, stuck! The pathfinder was high centered in a pile of snow. Of course the one thing we forgot was a shovel! The guys started digging with their hands, and Leila and I entertained the babies who were on their best behavior! After about an hour we were still stuck and the car didn't seem to be budging! Were we going to be here all night!??!? Finally some guys came along, and swooped on us like super heros. Some guy just grabbed a shovel and spent all of 5 minutes clearing out the snow. I have never seen someone dig so fast. As he helped, he talked about how he was recently stuck in 8 feet of snow. OK, this guy was a serious pro. Then with our car hooked to another, and about 3 burly men pushing on the front we were free. Obviously these guys do this often. It took them all of 10 minutes to get us out! We were a little bummed that our little "snafu" had taken up so much of the day and we were not quite high enough. We decided to just do some hiking and see what we could find. To our amazement we found 2 beautiful trees! Ours is another "Griswold Family Tree" and is about 12+ feet tall. After everything we went through, we were happy to get our tree and head down the mountain! I can't believe that Christmas is just 2 weeks away! Where does the time go? I know I say that all the time, but seriously, being a parent puts you in some kind of time warp.
Other than our crazy tree adventure, life has been pretty low-key, yet busy. I can't believe how crazy things have been since I have decided to stay home! I literally don't have time to even turn on the TV all day. Everyday my goal is to work at least 2 hours, and then between working out and taking care of Reese I am lucky to get any laundry done beyond that. I definitely thought I would have more time, but it is amazing how things have changed since Reese has gotten more and more mobile. She continues to grow and change everyday. It seems that after she hit 6 months, she just started to change like crazy. She now has 4 teeth and I believe 2 more are imminent. She now crawls, well it is a combination between army crawling, and then regular crawling. She has not switched to belly off the floor full time yet. She pulls herself to stand and seems to be trying to do that more often. She is now feeding small pieces of food to herself and is saying words. She is not just mimicking now, I believe she actually now knows what " Mama" and "Dada" are. She will actually say them looking right at you. So who knows, but it seems to me that it is likely that she knows what she is saying in terms of those words. It has been so much fun to watch her change and I fall more and more in love with her everyday!
This Sunday Chris, Reese, Leila, Lee, Luke and I headed out into the woods to get our Christmas tree. This is a tradition we have now done three years in a row. It is so much fun to pack the car full and head up into the winter wonderland to pick out a tree. It is always an adventure! This year we weren't sure if we were still going to do it considering we would have 2 babies with us. We decided that we wouldn't let that hold us back and loaded up the pathfinder with the 2 car seats and 4 adults. It was a tight fit to say the least! Our first stop was the rangers station where we got our passes that were good for up to a 12 foot tree. We decided this year to try and get as close to 12 feet as possible considering the trees we had cut down the previous years were probably close to 30 (we then topped them)!! So off into the woods we went. The snow was very heavy this year and the forest service recommended a road that was probably the most clear. I can't imagine what the other roads must have looked like because this one had about 2+ feet of snow on it! Luckily there were some nice tracks we could ride in. The first hour started off great, and we began to climb up a logging road in search of the perfect noble. Generally you have to go up pretty high to get to the nobles. Just as we were starting to get up at the right height a women who was hiking down the road informed us that about 40 cars were stuck in the snow up ahead and it would be better for us to turnaround. We definitely did not want to get stuck with babies in the car so we turned around and decided to go down a side road. Just as we were about to park and do a little hiking, it happened. Stuck, stuck, stuck! The pathfinder was high centered in a pile of snow. Of course the one thing we forgot was a shovel! The guys started digging with their hands, and Leila and I entertained the babies who were on their best behavior! After about an hour we were still stuck and the car didn't seem to be budging! Were we going to be here all night!??!? Finally some guys came along, and swooped on us like super heros. Some guy just grabbed a shovel and spent all of 5 minutes clearing out the snow. I have never seen someone dig so fast. As he helped, he talked about how he was recently stuck in 8 feet of snow. OK, this guy was a serious pro. Then with our car hooked to another, and about 3 burly men pushing on the front we were free. Obviously these guys do this often. It took them all of 10 minutes to get us out! We were a little bummed that our little "snafu" had taken up so much of the day and we were not quite high enough. We decided to just do some hiking and see what we could find. To our amazement we found 2 beautiful trees! Ours is another "Griswold Family Tree" and is about 12+ feet tall. After everything we went through, we were happy to get our tree and head down the mountain! I can't believe that Christmas is just 2 weeks away! Where does the time go? I know I say that all the time, but seriously, being a parent puts you in some kind of time warp. 
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