Baby's First Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

This week I celebrated my very first Christmas.  We spent Christmas at home this year because we went to Savannah to see Daddy's family for Thanksgiving, and then Mommy and Daddy said next year we'll switch.  First on Christmas Eve, we went to church at night time!  I got to wear a super pretty dress, and I had so much fun at the service!  There were a lot of other kids there, and some of them were even singing during the service.  Can't wait to sing like them at church when I get bigger!  After we got home, Nana and Papa, Great Grandpa and Grandma, and Aunt Meredith and Uncle Chris all came over for dinner, but I went to bed pretty soon after they got there cause I was tired out from all the excitement at church!

Dressed up for church on Christmas Eve

Quick snuggle and picture with Great Grandma, Nana, and Mommy before bed

 I woke up super early on Christmas morning at 5:30.  Guess I was just excited!  When we went downstairs, there were more presents by the Christmas tree, and the stocking that Nana made for me was full, too!  Santa brought me an exersaucer (that's this toy that you get to stand up in and it has lots of fun stuff to play with all around you).  I got to open presents from Daideo and GiGi, too.  They got me a swing I can use when it gets warmer outside, and GiGi made a special book all about my family.  I love it!  Mommy and Daddy opened some presents, too, and we spent the morning at home playing with our new stuff.

Playing in my exersaucer on Christmas morning

Then later in the afternoon after nap time, we went for a visit with Papa T's mommy, my Great Grandma Marcia, and then headed to Nana and Papa's for the night.  Guess what?!  Santa came to see me at Nana and Papa's house, too!  My stocking was full again, and I got this awesome piano play gym that I love!  I can lay on it and kick the piano with my feet so it plays music, and there are toys over my head for me to grab and play with, and it even has a mirror so I can check myself out the whole time!  It's my favorite new toy so far! 

Hanging out with Aunt Merf while we visited Great Grandma Marcia

 

Checking out my new toy at Nana and Papa's

I can see myself in that mirror!

After presents, Papa T read a story called The Polar Express.  It's a really good story about a little boy who gets to go the North Pole to meet Santa on Christmas Eve.  It's a tradition in my family for Papa to read it every year.  It was a great first Christmas, and I can't wait to do it again next year!

Reading The Polar Express with Papa T

Snuggle time with Nana before bed