Our first Christmas with a baby was filled with a whirlwind of presents and events! We went to the 5pm Christmas Eve service, which ended up being a somewhat difficult time for Lil' D based on his typical nap/nursing schedule. Though, he wore a smart looking three piece suit, so no one would have noticed that he was a bit fussy because he was too cute!
Afterwards, we had a little gathering at our house with Nicholas' family.
I made lots of yummy food and cookies!
Lil' D very determinedly opened his present from Aunt La La.
His "1st" bacon...that talks...
After everyone left, Nicholas and I started a new tradition where we each open a gift from the other person. Nicholas got slippers, and I got a pie shield, pie weights, and a swivel vegetable slicer I have been salivating over since early December.
Christmas morning, we woke up, got dressed and took some obligatory pictures in front of our tree before all the presents were gone!
The we headed over to Nicholas' parents house. We got there around 9:30. We started breakfast/coffee and sat down to open presents.
As I was filling stockings, I knocked all the stocking hangers down (and broke one) because I was stuffing them too much!
Lil' D got LOTS of toys...
like puzzles and blocks...
and books...
And a few non-toy things like a humidifier and diapers...
Other people also received gifts--
Lil' D had so many presents to open that he had to take a nap in between! He woke up in a very happy mood!
He then learned about bows and what happens to gift bows after they come off gifts.
Oh...and he opened some more toys.
Working on playing the harmonica with Daddy
We didn't finish opening until around 1pm. Then we had a nice Christmas dinner. Lil' D took another nap and enjoyed playing with all his new toys. He had so much fun playing that he was mad at us for leaving! He was not his usual easy to bed self! All in all it was a blessed Christmas, a great first Christmas for Lil' D, and a welcome joyous celebration in an otherwise no-so-celebratory December.
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