So sorry I haven't posted much about our Christmas! It was Nathan's first and I (almost) completely skipped it in blogland!
Nathan (or as I call him, Mr. Squirty Pants...) slept peacefully all through present opening. He was very generous and let his mom and dad open all his gifts! What a great kid! He got several toys from grandparents, a toybox from us, and a beautiful framed embroidery for his room from his "GG Dooley" (aka Grand Goddess...). He also gets a late Christmas present in getting to meet his aunts, Natalie and Melissa, and Grandpa Larson for the first time! (And it'll be like he's meeting his Grandma Larson for the first time, too, since he remembers very minimal amounts of things...)
Mitch got the last part to his AR-15 rifle for Christmas! It has been drilled into my head that this is a "toy gun"...it isn't for home defense or hunting, specifically. This one's a toy. Yay, 7 months' worth of plasma donations! (and 1 Christmas budget's worth!) Since he chose to build it himself and earn each piece at a time, he got to customize it to make it do exactly what he wanted.
Here it is in all its glory; we call this picture "Mitch's babies." Mostly, Nathan is there for a point of reference. Ignore the stripped mattress, Nathan probably threw up on our sheets 7 times while we were in Gillette!
I got a huge surprise for Christmas! Mitch went in with his parents and got me a Sony Handycam! I've always wanted my own video camera (what kid doesn't!?) but now that I have a kid of my own, I guess it's time to actually get one! I've wanted this for so long, and this video shows my surprise, and pretty much tells the whole story.(When I mentioned "second night without sleep" I meant "second night without one MINUTE of sleep"...Nathan had an ear infection, poor guy, that we found out about on Christmas Eve, so he was miserable and didn't sleep at all. He'd cry b/c of the pain, which would aggravate his ears, which would hurt, which would cause him to cry more...poor little man!)
It was a fantastic Christmas. We can't wait to get use out of our new toys! We loved celebrating with Nathan, even though he won't remember a minute of it.
I love reading your blog and seeing cute pics of your baby boy!!!!
ReplyDeleteYour son is darling! And I'm glad you had a good holiday. However, I wanted to tell you, it was disturbing to me to see a photo of your infant with a weapon. That's just my opinion.
ReplyDeletehaha don't worry, it's not loaded :o) I married into a family of gun enthusiasts--it's pretty much out of my hands! :o)
ReplyDeleteI watched your videos on facebook. Too cute! Jasper is the same way about talking/singing/grunting in his sleep. The only bad thing is he does it so much it wakes him up most of the time.
ReplyDeleteI was so excited to get our own video camera for Christmas too! It is so nice to be able to record all the little things our babies do isn't it?!? I can't wait to embarrass him when he is older :)