Griffin's Second Christmas

Christmas Eve 2008

Griffin and I had a wonderful evening at The Gaylord. We got to see lots of pretty lights, a GIANT gingerbread house, trains, trains and more trains and lots of Christmas trees. There was a lot to take in for a one year old, but Griffin LOVED every bit of it. We had a delicious dinner at one of the restaurants there and then drove around and looked at some Christmas lights and made it home in plenty of time to get Griffin down for bed and for Santa to arrive.

This was very daring for me to set Griffin up in a sleigh and run off for a quick picture (or two). He did great though with not moving :-)

Griffin watching the trains go round and round
Momma and Griffin



Christmas Day 2008
With Carter having to work Christmas Eve this year, we had a little different Christmas Day... instead of waking up and opening presents in our pajamas, we woke up and got ready for church. When we came home we decided to open presents before Griffin's nap time. All those visits with Santa this month must have really paid off, because Griffin ended up with PLENTY of toys for Christmas!!

Nolan still gets more excited than anyone else about Christmas morning, however, he did not make Santa's "NICE" list this year- sorry Nolan...

Griffin loves his teddy bear from Dede

Santa found something big... what is it??

What do you know? Something for our little All-Star!
After just two attempts, Griffin had down putting the basketball through the net! He definitely does not get his athletic abilities from his Mama!

Christmas at Nana and Papa's House

On Saturday after Christmas, we headed down to The Woodlands to see Nana and Papa and Uncle Chris. We had hoped to make a trip of seeing all the grandparents while Daddy had some time off, but Uncle Ty Ty was sick and we couldn't get our little man sick for his second Christma in a row- so we are working on Plan B to see Sko, Papa C and Uncle Ty Ty soon to celebrate Christmas together--

Taking some steps at Nana and Papa's (with help of course)

"Is it time to open presents yet?"

Opening presents at Nana and Papa's house

Getting a little help from Nana

"Here you go"-

Helping sort the bows afterwards- Griffin is so organized already- I LOVE IT!!!

Merry Christmas!

Wheels!! Griffin's favorite!!!

More wheels!!! And this one makes noises too! Yea!

Last year Papa bought the neatest Christmas tree for Griffin "Griffin's Tree", but Griffin was too young to know what it was, this year, he was just mesmerized by the lights, moving trains, flying Santa, lights and music. He would sit and look at this tree with his mouth and eyes wide open for as long as you would let him--- sometimes even 10 minutes or more if we kept it going!!! It was so cute!

Griffin with Nana

Griffin with Uncle Chris

Playing with his new Little People Animal Farm

A great choice, obviously! Thanks Nana and Papa!

More moments of being mesmerized by "Griffin's Tree"

Look at that curious, sweet face...

Thank you for such a special Christmas celebration Nana, Papa and Uncle Chris- I love you!