Baby's First Christmas...Round 3!

We had such a fun Christmas in Dallas!  Although Pearce was sick with the WORST cold ever for the first part of it.  He was pretty pitiful and very whiny, but he rallied and still had a great time.  We went to Dallas on the 23rd and stayed with Ashley and Wayne.  They had all been sick too, so I didn't worry too much about him passing it on to them :)  On Christmas Eve, we went to Mama and Papa's house for chili and presents.  Mama and Papa got Pearce the cutest little red wagon!  He really loved being pulled in it.  Nathan and Charlotte had fun in it too.  Auntie Ashy and Uncle Wayne got Pearce a walker and boy, does he love it!  It was so funny that he totally knew what to do and had so much fun "walking" around.  He also got gift card to Toys R Us, so we'll go pick some more things out for him.  It was fun watching all the kids open their presents!  I took a TON of pictures, so here they are!

Every one's presents....I think the kids were drooling over this!

Sisters!

Chris and Wayne LOVED their presents from my parents :)

Christmas Day, we woke up and watched Nathan, Charlotte, and Pearce open their presents.  Santa was very good to Nathan and Charlotte....they racked up on fun presents!  Santa filled Pearce's stocking with some fun little toys and his favorite cookies.  He also got a few toys from Mommy and Daddy.  Charlotte loved helping Pearce open his presents!

Everyone came over to Ashley's for lunch.  Then it started snowing!  By the end of the day, we got about 4 inches of snow!  It was so fun for the little kids to go out and play in it.

Chris and I have been dying to let Pearce try a lemon....just to see the face he would make :)

He went back for more!

We had to take Pearce out to see his firs snow.  He had no idea what it was, but it was fun.  He sat by the back door and watched Nathan throw snow balls at the window :)

The 26th was Chris' birthday, so we went to my parents house and had a big birthday dinner for him.  My dad cooked the best kabobs and my mom made Chris his requested birthday dessert...bread pudding!  Chris went home on the 27th to do some work, but Pearce and I stayed a few extra days with Mama and Papa.  Thankfully, by this time, Pearce was pretty much back to his happy self.  Pearce and Papa always love to play ball.  Pearce also had fun crawling and climbing and pulling up on their dog, Cookie.  Cookie is such a good sport about that.  Mom and I had fun going to two movies and just running around together.  We had such a fun time in Dallas.  Pearce is beyond lucky to have such a loving family who just think every single thing he does is amazing :)  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  

Christmas tree lights

Last night, I had fun taking some pics of Pearce with a strand of lights.  He really loved touching and holding them!  I think he couldn't believe I was letting him touch the tree, too!  I look at these pictures and I seriously can't believe this perfect baby boy is mine.  

Baby's First Christmas...Round 2!

GG came this past weekend for an early Christmas celebration with us.  Pearce was so excited to see her!  She got him these cute overalls, so of course we had to take some pics of him in them.  We had a great visit with her!

GG always stops at the Czech Bakery for goodies for us.  She brought Pearce these cute iced sugar cookies and some gingerbread cookies.  He was in Heaven when we let him take a few nibbles....ok, bites!

We let Pearce open his presents on Friday night and boy did he get some great things!  He got this Cars book and a little Lighting McQueen, a chef's apron and a basket of fruits and veggies, an activity table, a schoolhouse shapes sorter, bath toys, and some puzzles!  He really loved pulling up on his activity table!  It was fun for GG to see him pulling up and cruising around the furniture.  It really is amazing how quickly he learns a new skill.  I really would not be surprised if he is walking or at least taking some steps on his birthday.

Thanks for the "photo bomb" Otis!

These puzzles are so cute!  They have little doors that Pearce can open and inside are objects that he can take out.  He also got two big knob puzzles.  I want to start trying to teach him the names of animals and the sounds they make.  Those puzzles will be good for that.

"Mommy, why are you looking at me like that?  It's the newest way to drink a bottle!"

Saturday was fun because we went out to lunch and then to Logan's first birthday party.  At lunch, GG and I each gave Pearce little bites of our lunch.  It is so fun to see him starting to eat "real food."  He really liked GG's tomato soup and he also liked gnawing on my baguette.  Then we headed over to Logan's for the party.  They have a malti-poo named Linus that Pearce LOVED looking at through the window.  Seriously, Pearce could have stood at that window all day watching him!  Then the other babies came to see Linus, too!  It was fun for GG to see Pearce with his little friends.  GG had fun talking to the other grandmothers at the party....I would overhear her saying different things about Pearce....she is so proud of him and I love that!!

"I love my new table GG!"

GG also brought Pearce these cute Christmas jammies....the hat is so cute, but Pearce would not keep it on.

GG got Pearce this cute little skillet and spatula.  Today, I made him a small grilled cheese sandwich in it and he LOVED it!  I loved that I didn't have to use a big skillet :)

GG, thank you for a great Christmas!  We had so much fun with you and can't wait to have you back for a birthday celebration!

Little Yellow Knitted Sweater

My mom knitted this little yellow sweater for Pearce.  I have been dying to put it on him, but Austin had not gotten the memo that it is WINTER!  It was finally cold enough today for him to wear it.  We were getting ready to go to the library for story time, but I just had to snap some pics of my baby boy in his cute sweater from Mama.  Of course I can't choose just one picture to post!  I love the ones of him looking out the window.  We do this every morning to say bye to Daddy when he leaves for work.  It is so cute!