First Christmas

Hunter's first Christmas was very merry indeed!

The day before Christmas Eve Hunter exchanged gifts with his friends at day care and we were also given some adorable gifts that Hunter made for us there! That was such a sweet surprise. We are so lucky to have such a crafty and talented day care provider - I mean, son!!

He spent Christmas Eve at Mimi and Opa's house and opened presents with them there. Christmas Eve night his Mom-mom arrived and was with us when he woke up Christmas morning to open gifts at home. Christmas day Pop-pop and Granny J. arrived and we enjoyed a traditional Christmas dinner together. Unfortunately, Hunter also got his first big cold on Christmas Eve which slowed him down a bit (he was super congested with lots of coughing and sneezing), so he napped a bit more frequently. Hunter handled it like a trooper though, and wasn't too fussy for his mom and dad. In fact, he had received so many gifts from family, and friends who shipped them to him, that he wasn't able to open all of them in one wake period. It seemed like every time he got up from a nap there were more presents to be opened! We all enjoyed watching his determined face with lips puckered, as he tried to rip the paper off his gifts and his squeals of delight with some of the louder more animated toys. A few days later Christmas continued when we had another delicious dinner at Mimi and Opa's home; this time Uncle Scott and Jessica were able to join us!

We can't forget our oldest "child" Jack the Cat...it was 2 years ago this holiday season that he started showing up at our back door and, essentially, adopted us. He had a wonderful Christmas as well. With all the empty boxes and bags lying around he was in kitty heaven!

Though it was Hunter's first Christmas and he didn't really know exactly what was going on, he enjoyed his gifts/toys, and continues to play with them on a daily basis. For the most part, he seemed to enjoy basking in the love and affection of his family members, and playing with them best of all! Perhaps he really does understand what the holidays are all about after all!!