Christmas Weekend, 2011

Merry Christmas to all!  Celebrating Christmas for the first time as a real family was awesome.  We had a flurry of traveling over the weekend, but it was all close by--and no snow on the roads to compete with made it a piece of cake!

Christmas Eve day was celebrated at Grandpa Randy and Grandma Chris's.  Cooper loved ripping off the wrap and crawling like a crazy man through the paper pile in the middle of the living room.  He got spoiled with some exciting gifts, all of which he'll love even more in the coming months as he gets a tad older.   The evening was great... heading off to church and then home with just the three of us to celebrate our own family Christmas.

Cool-a big box I can stand up by!

Back and forth, back and forth through the paper...

4 generations

Cooper and Great Grandma Betty

Christmas Morning: If we thought there was any chance Cooper might sleep in for such a special day as Christmas, we were sorely mistaken.  He was up an raring to go at his usual 6:15 am.  He must have known what was waiting for him downstairs!  Santa was good to Cooper, bringing him some pretty cool gifts.  As he gets older, his toys are becoming more and more BOY.  As a girl who grew up with only girls, it's taking me some time and some deep breaths to realize that Cooper may not think so highly of the toys I thought were so cool as a kid.  But 'my boys' are teaching me quickly.

Then it was off to church, followed by brunch at Grandma Dawn's.  More presents!

Our Family - 2011

So sleepy!

Up from a nap and ready to go!

On our 'recovery' day after the busy weekend, we started going through Cooper's toys to decide which ones could be put away and marked as 'baby toys.'  After gathering up all the toys from various rooms in the house and emptying diaper bags, we barely felt like we made a dent in the toy collection.  I think Cooper knew something was up, because as I was sorting through things, he kept thinking he needed to dump out the box and play with the toys he hasn't cared about in months.  We also decided to take advantage of the warm weather and no snow by trying out Cooper's Power Wheel in the backyard.  He's not too sure about it quite yet, but I bet we'll have a track warn in the yard come summer.

"What do you think you're doing with my toys, mom?!"

Evil Knievel will be ready to ride solo this summer!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!