Hello friends! We are back home after a week or so FULL of Christmas festivities. Whew. It was so nice to see so many family members, but I will admit that it's nice to be home with no plans for a few days. I think it's going to take me a month to unpack everything, clean my house, and catch up on laundry. It will get done though and in the end it is definitely all worth it. I forgot to take my camera to a few family parties so I'll do a post on those later when I get pictures from others. For now, we'll start with Christmas morning. Last year was technically Miller's first Christmas and will of course always be a special one. Being four months old though, there was really only so much he could partake in. This year, Bryant and I were so excited about Christmas morning with Miller since we knew he would love getting some new toys. Let me be the first to say that this is of course not what Christmas means to us, but there isn't much Miller can get spiritually yet {though we certainly exposed him to baby Jesus, a Christmas Eve service, and loads of Christmas music}. All that to say, we were pumped for Christmas morning. It made it even more special to wake up to snow! {A rarity in these parts.} The snow was so beautiful and Miller kept running to the window to look at it. Unfortunately, we never got a chance to go play in, but maybe we'll have another chance this season. Here is a little video from when Miller first got up on Christmas morning...
He loved his new "four-wheeler" and picked up on how to ride it quickly {minus the skill of steering - my walls are in serious danger}. I tried to get him to look in his stocking by pressing a toy that played music. This piqued his interest, but not enough to get off of the Kawasaki. He rode it over to me and proceded to pull items from his stocking while sitting atop his ride. So funny.
I was so proud of my sweet husband for actually attempting to wrap my gifts this year! {This is a first for him.} I was so thankful for his effort, birthday paper and all! He got me this cute chair for my new office/craft desk.
I am sooooo excited! So thoughtful and generous! Thanks, honey!
After playing with our new toys for a few minutes we all got dressed {sort of} and headed to the Mastins' house for breakfast and gifts.
Miller and Uncle Somehow, our little family didn't get a picture together that morning. I'm kicking myself. This little family did though...
Uncle Scott, Miller, Aunt Kate, and Malley {she still has a couple of months of baking left}
{Sidenote: Miller starting saying "Scott" and "Kate" this weekend - precious}
Later that afternoon, we loaded up and drove down to my mom and John's house on Lake Martin. It was a little scary driving through the snow, I will admit. What can I say, we don't get much practice driving in that kind of weather.
Saying bye to Nana and thanking her for all of my gifts!
That's all there's time for tonight! Expect a few more post over the next couple of days. Time to go try and find a bed somewhere beneath the piles of stuff...
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