We had a small Christmas celebration with just our little family of three at our house in the week before Christmas. Andrew opened up a few presents from mom and dad.
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| A dog named Rufus |
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| Stacking cups |
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| A wood stacker |
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| And a bead maze |
We then flew to Michigan to spend the holiday with family. We stopped at the W's in Ann Arbor to visit Andrew's godparents and Lucas and Katie.
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| ...and brought gifts of maize and blue paint and a real hammer and toolbox. |
We spent the weekend at Gma Joyce and Gpa Mike's, but Gma Mary Ellen and Gpa Jerry also came up from Florida to stay and visit and spend the holiday.
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| We played with measuring cups |
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| We had naked time |
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| We took naps |
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| We nursed |
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| And had tons of holiday fun. |
Then Santa came on Christmas morning, and in the afternoon, we opened presents from Santa. For about 6 weeks, the one word that Andrew said over and over and over was "ladle." He would say, "La-dle, la-dle, la-dle..." with his tongue sticking out. Santa took this to mean, of course, that he was requesting a ladle for Christmas, and there was one waiting for him on Christmas morning.
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| Ladle |
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| Drum |
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| Xylophone and shape sorter |
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| And blocks |
There were also many generous gifts from other family, too many to list all of them here, but here are some.
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| Goodies from daddy's childhood |
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| Lots of handmade awesomeness from Gma Joyce |
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| A recorded storybook from Uncle Tyler and ATB Monique |
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| Andrew shares his tissue paper with Chewy |
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| My first "Mommy" Christmas Card |
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| Riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment. |
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| What? |
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| And God bless us, every one. |
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our family to yours!
