Christmas at our house

We had so much fun this morning! We let Andrew crawl into the living room and he crawled right over to his presents Santa brought and wanted to get in his beanbag. The first present he opened from Mommy & Daddy was a shape sorter and he really liked it. He didn't like it when we tried to take that and get him to pull tissue paper out of his other bag of presents! So we let him play with it (after all, it can't be much fun for someone to try to take your new toy away when you don't know there are more! Or even if you do know there are more!). He got some books and cd's and onesies and a stuffed reindeer from Santa (that he immediately tried to use the lid from the shape sorter to play peek-a-boo with!) :). He had lots of fun and we did too! Now we are off to Granny's! Here are some pictures !



PS Santa brought me another memory card so I can take even more pictures and videos for everyone!

Merry Christmas!!!

Twas the night before Christmas...

Tonight we went to a Christmas Eve service and then drove around and looked at Christmas lights for a little while. The service was really nice and Andrew stayed with us and did really well (though we did have to take a little break... and then when we got back he wanted to play peek-a-boo with the people behind us). Then we went home so Andrew could get ready for bed. Of course, before we went to bed we had to leave out cookies and milk for Santa (Andrew felt like he needed a cookie too) and Andrew had to open his Christmas Eve present! Here are some pictures from our night!

Peek A Boo!

Andrew LOVES to play peek-a-boo. He will play with anything he can find. He hides behind the curtain, he pops his head up over the top of the chair, we play peek-a-boo taking his shirt on or off... the other day he was trying to play peek-a-boo when I was trying to take his picture! I guess he only saw the camera and thought I was trying to play! :) In this picture he is trying to play with Chad while Chad is outside. We usually say, "Wheere's Andrew???" and then when he looks up, "There he is!". In the last week or two he has started saying "There!" when he pops out or looks up. He's said "There-e-is!" a few times too (we think!). It is just so cute I had to share it!

Christmas Part One

Andrew and Brennan had their first gift exchange yesterday. :) They both loved their presents... Brennan is a little more proficient at opening gifts so he ended up helping Andrew too. Andrew wasn't quite sure what to do... but he loved his present! And I have to say he is the only baby I have ever known who doesn't care when a Christmas bow gets stuck on his head! Here's a couple of pics...



Then tonight, Andrew's Papaw and Ceial came over for supper and Christmas. Andrew had only napped about 15 minutes total today but he was still ready to play! We ate supper and then he got to open another present. He started to get the hang of tearing off paper this time and he really liked the bows and kept trying to stick them back on the present (he liked the box too!). :) He got a Bounce 'n' Spin Zebra. He really likes it even though he is still a little too short to bounce by himself (no problem, he'll grow into it soon enough!). Tomorrow is Christmas Eve... we will go to church and then might go to a candlelight service somewhere and then it is time for Andrew to get to bed so Santa came come! Stay tuned for Christmas Eve pics! Oh, and here are some pics from tonight too!





Oh, while I am posting, might as well throw in a few random cute Christmas time pics! :)

Even MORE Christmas fun...

Tonight we went to try to finish up Christmas shopping and look at lights. We found a house where Santa is staying until the 23rd! We took Andrew to see Santa, but he was still pretty scared and wasn't about to let go of Mommy to talk to Santa! He did get to play a little bit in Santa's workroom though and look at some of Santa's stuff. He got brave enough to let go of Mommy and sit a few feet away from Santa and look at him while some other little boys and girls told Santa what they wanted for Christmas. He wasn't sure what to think of all of the lights! He liked some of the inflatable decorations though. He found a Santa who would play peek-a-boo and disappear into the chimney and pop back up and he thought that was interesting... he was still a little scared though! Oh, and he thought that Mommy was really funny wearing a Santa hat -- the last picture is when Andrew was smiling at Santa Mommy. :)

This is too cute!

We got our Christmas card from Chandler, Georgianne, Elaina and Eva today. We all love it -- the girls are so cute! Andrew couldn't stop looking at the picture and giving the girls kisses. :) He loves other little kids... especially little girls (because they think he is adorable!) and other babies! He is going to have so much fun around his cousins in a couple of weeks!

More Christmas fun...

We had another fun winter weekend (even though it isn't really winter yet!). Friday night, we went to Zoo Lights . Unfortunately, we were having camera issues and don't have pics yet! We did take pictures on a disposable camera but we aren't sure how well they will turn out. I'll post them later if they are any good.
Yesterday, we went to Collierville to some Christmas events at the Town Square. We shopped a little at some booths and then Andrew got cookies and milk and listened to The Polar Express . We thought about trying to see Santa again but he was pretty popular so we decided to let some other kid have a chance! Here are a few pictures from yesterday.