First Plane Ride

I know everyone has been on an airplane with a screaming baby or child. I know, as just a meer passenger, I cringe anytime I see a baby or small child anywhere near my seat. I remember on a flight to Seattle I was stuck in the next to last row on the plane. Behind me was a woman with like 3 small kids. She thought it would be a good idea to give them gum when the plane took off. Ok, that sounds like a reasonable thing to do since they might not know how to pop their own ears. What didn't sound like a reasonable thing to do was to force these 3 small children to spit their gum out after we were in the air. The whole 3 hour flightthe small kids screamed and cried for their gum. I'm not even exaggerating... they were practically having convulsions. I mean really? I know that gum is not good for kids but is it really worth the convulsing fit?? Anyway, I said all of that to say that Lennox had his first airplane ride on Christmas day. I was really kind of nervous because of the previously mentioned reasons. Much to my relief, he was a perfect baby on the flight. The plane was pretty much empty so that, in itself, relieved some of my anxiety but when we took off and he just looked up and smiled... I knew we were all good. He went to sleep about 5 minutes in and didn't wake up until we landed. Perfect!

He looks a bit terrified in this photo but I think he was just spitting... again.

First Christmas

We woke up bright and early Christmas morning to see what Santa brought for Lennox. Jay's parents came over to open presents before we headed to the airport. I had pretty low expectations for Lennox's involvement in opening presents this year but he really surprised me. He loved tearing the paper and he got so excited to see his toys. He would kick his feet really fast and breath hard and squeal.

Holidays

We had a wonderful Christmas vacation. Jay and I were both off of work for two weeks. We started the holidays at my parent's house on Monday night where Lennox got to open his gifts from them before they left for Texas. Thanks Meme and Pop for all the great gifts!

I love my train...

Where ya going?

Somebody please help me!

Ahhh... I've got you now!

We spent Christmas Eve at Jay's parent's house with his 3 sisters, his brother and their families. I think it was one of the best holidays we've had with them. Last year on Christmas Eve, Jay's dad said he had an announcement to make. He said that the kids were growing up and there were no babies anymore so he wanted some babies around next year. He got his wish... 3 babies this year ranging from 5 months to 2 weeks!!!

Spitting... Thanks to Papa for teaching him that trick. I really enjoy that during meal time.

Tiny baby Tristan looks like a little baby doll.

Baby Jenson wasn't feeling too good but he sure looked cute!

Lennox really enjoyed tearing the paper (and eating it)

Pretty Blues

What an effort!

I had no idea that taking a Christmas card picture would be this difficult! About half an hour, 10 poses, 2 outfits, 1 broken ornament, and a phone call for reinforcement later... I decided taking the picture in the mirror was a good idea. After all, Lennox was smiling and looking cute. I didn't realize that the "My First Christmas" hat actually reads "samtsirhC tsriF yM" Ha! (with the letters turned of course) So... if you get a Christmas card like that, don't judge me!

Christmas Fav's

I'm really bored today so I made a list of my favorite Christmas songs... no particular order:

• Erin Neville's "Please Come Home for Christmas"
• Amy Grant's "Breath of Heaven"
• "O Holy Night" by anyone that wants to sing it
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Carol of the Bells"
• Wham's "Last Christmas"
• "What Child is This?"

Yes, that's right... I did just call out Wham on my blog!

I did complete my first successful Christmas gift giving of the season. I love to give people gifts and I get very excited when I think they are really going to love them. I got creative with Amy's gift from Lennox. I couldn't wait to give it to her so I dropped it off yesterday. Amy did love it... I even got a tear! I love to see someone shed a happy tear! Too bad that was my most thoughtful gift so far... I gotta get busy.

Christmas Pictures

We attempted to get pictures of all the kids over Thanksgiving. Lesson Learned: one year old + photographer = disaster!!! Since Lennox is immobile, he had no choice but to smile.