Our first stop~ We spent Christmas Eve day with Poppa and Peggy in Waco. Uncle Justin made it in the night before and Christine, Robert, Bonnie, their daughter, Stacey, and her son, John, met us there. We fried a turkey and had a really nice dinner along with some great treats that Peggy put together for us. The boys were goofy as usual when they are together and were very eager to open presents. The first present Tyler opened was from his Uncle Justin and it quickly became his favorite! Justin has been bragging about that ever since.
Our family Santa, Uncle Robert (thank goodness Tyler wasn't scared of him!)
Poppa, Tyler and Robert
All smiles~
We came home and spent Christmas Eve night at our house and shared our first Christmas morning as a family. It's nice to start our own family traditions. Tyler received some more great gifts from Santa!
Tyler took Cooper's Christmas present from him~
He really wanted Daddy's drill for Christmas~
Our next celebration was spent at Aunt Sandra's house on Christmas day where we had another wonderful lunch! She decided to mix things up this year and served a rib roast in lieu of turkey (yumm)! We played a polite game of Chinese Christmas and then Tyler opened more gifts. We had a great time, but I have to mention Tyler's very first busted lip. :-( He was playing with their pups as we were getting ready to leave and he fell over on the hardwood floor. At first, we thought he busted his lip from the fall, but after looking at it later, we think that he startled one of the dogs when he fell and started crying and the dog nipped him. Poor little guy. It was the first time I saw blood on my baby, but I'm sure it won't be the last time. Despite the accident, we still had a great visit.
"Yeah.. a hanger!"
Tyler and Great-Grandpop
After lunch, we headed to Mamma's house in Bastrop for dinner. This is still my favorite stop for ham and brown sugar/honey pineapples! There were 20 of us that filled my grandma's living room and somehow we managed to organize a ton of group photos since we haven't taken any in a long time. And you guessed it... Tyler opened more presents! :-)
with Pappa (Tyler's Great-Grandpa)
with Grammy
with Grammy and Mamma
Mamma and Pappa with their kiddos
Mamma and Pappa with all the grandkids
Our last stop was at Grandpa Bill and Grandma Dale's house the day after Christmas for lunch. Tyler was in such a great mood and on his best behavior this day. It was a nice change since Travis' family usually catches Tyler when he's having very fussy days. You would think that Tyler would be a pro at opening gifts by this point, but he wasn't that interested. He still enjoyed getting his goodies after we opened them.
with Grandpa Bill
Whew~ we're glad that Christmas is behind us and excited to start the New Year! We hope that you all had a wonderful holiday spent with your loved ones as well.
