It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

We've had such a good time visiting family!  We've been staying with Caleb's brother and sister-in-law and visiting family for the past few days.  I've never been to Caleb's hometown or seen a lot of his family, so it's been really nice.  I'm thankful we've been able to be the visitors this year instead of making everyone come to us.

Grandma sent some early Christmas gifts

Christmas morning at Jonathan and Liz's

Christmas night with the whole family

My Christmas present!  Yay Patriots!

Spending time with his great grandparents

Tuesday night we'll be headed on another long drive to see some of my family and have Christmas all over again!

First Christmas

Warning:  These pictures & video are probably pretty boring.  I posted them so the grandmas could see him opening his first presents.

A cell phone!  He loves anything electronic so we found a baby version.

An elephant stacker...at the moment he is more interested in the wooden base

This is what happens when you give my child a teething biscuit.

You Can't Always Get What You Want

 

He now goes after what he wants...in quite a combo of ways

Sorry it's sideways i'm not sure how to fix it.

Does anyone else get excited for the mail when you know a package is on the way?  We ordered most of our Christmas presents for relatives online this year and i've been so excited to go get the mail every day knowing some should be arriving : )  Even more exciting...going to the mail and getting an unexpected package.  We got festive socks from my mom this week.

We have a busy week this week!  Thursday...if all goes well...we're hoping...we will be heading to New York to go to a Patriot's game and while we're up there celebrate Christmas with Caleb's side of the family.  I'm bummed we won't get to be with my family like originally planned, but hopefully they'll be visiting soon.  According to the weather it's supposed to be 20 degrees colder in New York than it is here.  I'm going to freeze!  Then we're planning on heading to North Carolina to spend some time with a couple who's also in the Marines.  Should be some fun times headed our way.  Hopefully lots of pictures to follow.  I'm hoping Casen cooperates with all this traveling!

He can stand with the help of the couch and is quite proud of himself

Early Christmas

Caleb and I opened our gifts a little early this year.  We're bummed about our plans being changed and will most likely be traveling on Christmas, so we decided there wasn't much point in waiting.  We'll wait and do Casen's gifts the day before we leave and pretend it's Christmas...not that he's going to remember any of it.

Caleb always does so well with my gifts.  This year he got me a shorter chain for this necklace he got me a couple years ago that I lovee

And he also is taking me to a Patriots game.  My favorite football team : )  He's the best at thinking of things!  I'm excited to go out and enjoy the day, our first time going as a couple somewhere without Casen since he was about 3 weeks old.  Much needed!
I love the Christmas season and i'm so thankful Caleb gets to be home with us this year.

This boy loves remotes!