Secret Santa

We had one more Christmas celebration at Grandpa & Grandma Beyer's where we exchanged our secret santa gifts on Sunday. Luckily, everyone remembered who they had this year so there was no duplicate gift giving! The kids had a blast and made out pretty well considering Grandma shops year round!

Cousins - Tyler, Logan, Hailey & Alex all watching the train go by.

Hailey was our little elf this year and as the big cousin, she helped all the little ones open their gifts too. Thanks Miss Hailey!

Giddy-up Horsey!

Alex with "Mama" and "Dada"

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!

We left cookies and milk out for Santa and some carrots out for the reindeer and, in return, Santa was good to us all this year! We went to Aunt Gail's for Christmas Eve and we were fortunate to have spent Christmas Day with both families. We spent the afternoon at Grandpa & Grandma Michna's and then headed over to Uncle Don & Aunt Karen's to finish out the evening. Delicious meals and more gift opening. Alex had a great 1st Christmas!!

I hope you like Monkey Balls, Santa!

Alex's favorite gift - His very own remote control.

Alex & his Auntie Ann

Aunt Lori and silly Logan

Opening gifts really tires a little boy out!

Alex and Grandpa Beyer showing off their leather.

Baby Proofing

Alex is a crawling machine these days! He's into everything. We're definitely trying to baby proof the house as fast as we can. He keeps us on our toes but he's so much more fun now that he's crawling and pulling himself up on furniture. I love it when he follows us into another room or peers around the corner at us. He's such a Curious George and needs to know what's going on at all times. He's definitely all boy that loves to roll around and now he tries to climb onto everything. He makes us smile everyday!

Trouble Maker

Picking out his favorite bow

On the go!

It's official - Alex is crawling. He's been able to move around the floor pretty well without even crawling forward. If he wanted to get somewhere, he'd strategically figure out how to get there with his rolls, turns and lunges, but never forward crawling. He's been so good getting himself into the crawling position and he'd move back and forth on his hands and knees but he never could figure out how to make forward progress - until Saturday. He's been so close but he finally made 4 consecutive forward movements on his hands and knees which was good enough to make into his baby book for another milestone reached. Great job Mr. Alex Man!

He sees the pretty Christmas tree...and he's off!

Tyler's Baptism

Our nephew, Tyler, was baptized today. He looked like such a little stud all dressed up, especially since he wore the same outfit Alex had for his special day. Tyler was such a good baby in church and didn't even make a peep. Congrats, Tyler, and God Bless:)

Tyler with his Parents and Godparents

Dave, Laura & Alex

GG with all her Great-Grandkids

Santa Claus

Alex saw Santa Claus today and didn't really know what to think. He had just woken up from a nap so he was still a little sleepy and not in the smiling mood. Alex just looked Santa over and tugged on his beard a little bit to make sure he was the real deal.

Santa and Alex having a heart to heart talk.

I sure hope Santa brings me all the toys that I asked for.

Christmas Brunch

Our daycare lady, Sharon, had a delicious Christmas brunch for all of her daycare kids and their parents. It was so nice to get to know the other parents and see how the kids interact with each other. There were lots of hugs and smiles exchanged. The kids seem to get along so well together and Sharon is so great with them all. We are so thankful to have such a warm, caring person watching Alex each day:)

Alex & Sharon

Sharon gave the kids such a special Christmas gift. She bought each of them their own Christmas outfit. The she dressed them up in it, took their pictures (without us knowing) and made the pictures into a collage. It was really a neat surprise for the parents and Alex has an adorable outfit to wear for the holiday. Thanks for being so thoughtful, Sharon!

If only I had some teeth, I could tear right through this wrapping paper!

Let It Snow...

Alex's first snowfall