What a wonderful Christmas we've had! It's hard to put into words how special this Christmas has been for us, after so many years wondering if we would ever get to share Christmas with a child in our home. The joy that Ethan brings us on a daily basis, and as we celebrated Christ's birth with family and friends, reminds us again and again of God's perfect timing! Ethan was such a trooper for all of our travels and throughout the 3 different Christmas celebrations with family. We went 1st to Florence to celebrate with Tyson's family; we went up on the 23rd and came home the next day and attended our church's Christmas Eve service. Then we were up early the next morning to have our 1st Christmas as a family of 3, and then we were off to surprise my family by attending church with them. Then we headed to Granny's for lunch and celebrating with my Dad's side of the family. Ethan enjoyed hamming it up for his "audience" and had us all laughing. We stopped briefly by Gam Gam and Pop Pop's for Ethan to open a few gifts, and then we were off again to Maw Maw and Paw Paw's for Christmas with my Mom's side of the family. Ethan had a bottle and fell asleep shortly after we arrived, and after not napping much all day, we thought he was down for the count. However, as he often does, he surprised us and woke up recharged and was ready to open his stash of presents. We spent the next day at Gam Gam and Pop Pop's and he opened more gifts and also took a 3 hour nap! It was, for us the perfect Christmas! We hope that you all had a Merry Christmas and wish you all Happy New Year!
Ok, get ready, lots of pictures to follow... (including a few pre-Christmas pics that I haven't had a chance to post)
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| Needless to say, visiting Santa at church did not go so well... |
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| But, as you can see, he recovered quickly, no permanent harm done, :) |
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We had a great lunch with our friend Frances, who knew we had the same shirt?
Not the same size, obviously... |
Christmas in Florence
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| Loved crawling backwards on Nana's floor |
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| All of these are for me? |
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| LOVED his duck from Sarahann! |
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| What a cuddly bull chair from Uncle Heath! |
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| Slept almost the entire 2+ hrs home from Florence! |
Christmas at Our House
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| His Santa gifts |
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| Loves his activity table! |
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| Not sure about the Elefun yet... |
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| Ooh, it blew my hair back! |
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| Let me check out this octopus... |
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| To mommy's delight, also loved all his books from his stocking! |
Christmas at Granny's
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| Loved seeing cousin Logan again; they are only 2 months apart. |
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| Playing with Granny! |
Christmas at Maw Maw and Paw Paw's house
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| Not sure how long I can keep these eyes open guys... |
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| Christmas has worn me out!! |
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| His cousins, however, were not the least bit tired... |
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| Ok, I guess I can open a few more gifts... |
Christmas at Gam Gam and Pop Pop's house
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| You mean this is for me, more presents, wow! |
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| But, I'd really just like to get that ball off the tree... |
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| Here I go again, backwards..., but still so proud of myself! |
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| We love that sweet boy! |
The photo of him reading in front of the tree is the clear winner this year. Fantastic! Hope you all had as much fun as he obviously did.
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