Ribbons and Bows...and little boy stuff too!: Allie's first Christmas

Allie's first Christmas was a busy one! We began by celebrating with my family in Auburn on December 20th. We had a great weekend with our family, and Allie entertained everyone with her first experience opening presents. Of course, she loved tearing the paper and playing with the ribbons and bows the most.

On Christmas Eve morning, David, Allie, and I had our Christmas celebration together at home. While still in our PJs, we opened presents from Santa (yes, he came to our house a day early) and from Mommy and Daddy. What a fun morning and a much anticipated event for a baby's first Christmas! We then packed up the car and headed to Granny's house where we stuffed our faces with lots of goodies, and of course, opened lots more presents! Allie was the center of attention, and by this time, she was really getting the hang of opening presents. We spent the night with Granny that night, and woke up at her house Christmas morning.

It was then off to the airport to fly to Jacksonville for a week long Christmas vacation at Grandma and PawPaw's house. Allie met many new relatives on this trip, including all of her aunts and uncles and many of her cousins. She even got to meet some great aunts and uncles! And yet again, Allie proved to be the center of attention. She was a champ at opening presents, and stole everyone's heart when she leaned over to "love her baby" that she received from Uncle Brian and Aunt Lauren.

It was beautiful in Florida....80 degree weather! At the end of the week on New Year's Eve, Allie, Daddy, and I drove made the quick drive to St. Augustine for lunch and a stroll. We then headed back to Jacksonville to pack up and prepare to travel back home the next day. As fun as it was to have a Christmas vacation, it sure was nice to come back home....

We will always cherish Allie's first Christmas, and we look forward to many, many more wonderful celebrations with our families.

Allie's first Christmas tree....notice the lack of ornaments. We figure that we'll just collect those in time...no rush, right? Hey, at least we got a tree with lights up for her!