A December to Remember

December was another very busy month. I got all the Christmas shopping done as soon as I could because I don't like shopping during the holidays, people act too crazy for me. Nathan and I still went to our storytimes and got to meet some new friends there. We also went to a christmas party for our mommies group and had lots of fun playing with other peoples toys, :). Mostly we just stayed around the house, Nathan would run around playing while I decorated, since all the doors we either closed or blocked by baby gates Nathan had free roam of the house. We also ended up putting the playpen around the tree so he would not try to climb it or pull it down on himself. His favorite thing to do was pull himself up on the cat tree and bother the cats.

During this time he also got two more teeth in for a total of six, four on the top, two on the bottom. He started saying mama to basically everything and sometimes he would say it to me, lol. I also got him used to drinking out of the sippy cups, so we would not have to worry about bottles too much longer.
playing with daddy's barn made by Nathan's great great grandfather
Mike actually got to have off Christmas eve and Christmas day so we decide to spend both days doing our own little family thing. On Christmas eve I made a great big dinner and we had a huge feast.

After that we got a fire going and listened to some christmas music while reading or playing with Nathan. Then it was time for presents! Since we had an early morning breakfast thing the next day we went ahead and opened all of our presents from everybody. Mike and I both got a lot of great gifts, but Nathan got the motherload. He got tons of gifts from everybody.


After opening presents we read 'Twas the night before Christmas and then set out cookies and milk for Santa Clause. Then off to bed for the little boy and some alone time for mom and dad.


Nathan's stocking that I made.

The next morning Nathan was up early and wide awake. We took him out to see what Santa had brought everyone. And then we all got dressed and headed over to our friends the Lewis's house for breakfast, where Nathan ate like a pig. Then we opened some more presents at their house then came back to our apartment where my parents came over to see us and give us our presents. The rest of the day was spent playing with new toys and resting.

The reminder of the week was very lazy because I ended up getting sick and my mom and dad took Nathan for a couple of days to go see his great grandparents, so I got to get plenty of sleep .