Our Christmas

We originally thought we would be spending the Christmas in Kenya. We actually thought that the year before also! It didn't work this time, but we were very much at peace about it. We began to look forward to spending Cap's first Christmas at home with the 3 of us. We missed both of our families terribly!!!...But it was nice to have our own family time and even our own family traditions.

Cap turned 41 weeks old on Christmas day! He officially was a day older out of the womb than the time he spent in me!!! For some reason, it just seems significant to note that. In some ways it is hard to believe he is almost 10 months old, in other ways it is not. Our lives are not so busy all the time where time seems to just fly by without notice. I am thankful for that too. It does seem crazy how fast they grow when they are this young and all the new tricks they can accomplish in a small amount of time. Talk about really taking the challenge to learn something new each day!

I also want to note that we had to use a coconut oil type substance for the first time on his diaper region. I don't really think it helped, I think time healed it. We are not sure what it was caused from but it was pretty bad. He hardly has a wet diaper so I have a hard time believing it was a normal diaper rash.

Now on to some pictures.

this is actually a couple of days before Christmas

it was from a friend at work.

this is the first present he ever opened.

he kept getting his hand stuck!!

this was a group of carolers on horse back!!!

came right up to our house, i love it!

this is our Christmas stack and stockings

Bryce and Cap on Christmas morning

Cap stayed in his PJ's until after his first nap

checking all the goodies out

i think it was too early to have this much stimulation,

out of the ordinary for us

he was pretty much hooked on this little wooden walker

for the rest of the day! thanks grammi and papa!

pulling stuff out of his stocking

organic banana puffs and a new water bottle:)

loving the paper

already reading his new book from uncle jer and aunt brittany

likes the dog pic the best i think!

looking at a gift from his dad

a great pic of el capitan

only right he should have a picture of what he's

named after! great idea bryce!

enjoying the mess

this was us letting him heal his diaper rash

though it didn't help much

i don't think he wanted this hat on or something

i can't remember??

he is kind of a fast and careless walker right now,

but he LOVES to walk and insist on it more than crawling

now he is showing his grandparents in texas how

he has been jamming to his new drum and instruments!

we love the music stuff he got from nana!!!

you can almost see my mom's face on the computer,

we skyped that day with both of our families

then that night we had an awesome italian feast

homemade calzones wth 4 different kinds of peppers,

turkey pepperoni, mozzarella and cheddar cheese made with

an italian flavored whole wheat crust, so good!

the boy had some too, only his was with spinach,

sweet potato, and peppers on the same dough sprinkled

with some oregano, he loved it too!

Hope your Christmas was as memorable as ours! Next year, birthday cake for Jesus with my little guy helping me in the kitchen...I can hardly wait!!!