The big Christmas post

What a wonderful Christmas we had! We enjoyed every minute of our first Christmas with Nathaniel. Getting to spend it with family was also terrific. I should have taken more pictures, but here are some highlights. We started out our trip in Amarillo with my family.

Love this family shot.

Yes, the weather was cold, so Nathaniel wore his coat for the first time!

You can see Uncle Les in the background - Nathaniel got to meet his great uncle for the first time. Note the beautiful hat Nathaniel is wearing - made by his teacher at school, Ms. Janice.

 We had the first of 3 birthday parties at my parent's house. I love this expression on his face. Otis is lurking in the background in hopes someone drops a cupcake.

Everyone singing "Happy Birthday."

Of course he loved his first cake. Downed the whole thing.

We opened presents Christmas Eve night. I have all of that on video along with shots of my family - need to post the video soon. Here are the shots of Nathaniel by the Christmas tree - right after his bath and in his Christmas pjs from Aunt Hillary.

Now we are at Will's parent's house in Midland. Nathaniel had a great time playing with the tractors here. You can see a look of sheer joy on his face.

He opened his stocking here.

The last night of our visit - we opened Christmas gifts together. Unfortunately cousin Brad and Aunt Wendy and Uncle Greg were all sick, so we missed seeing them. It wasn't the same without them.

 Cousin Laney in her new chair checking out her princess costumes.

I love this look on his face - it's like, "Why are we still opening these packages?"

Annie during the festivities.

Birthday party #2 - clearly he knows the cake is coming.

The train cake made by Nana - very cool.

Again, I wish I had taken more pictures. I'll try to post the video soon. Thanks again to both of our families for hosting us, and giving us such a wonderful first Christmas with Nathaniel. We love you!!