Baby's First Christmas

Whew! What a Christmas season we had! Max, Maggie, Jeff and I celebrated Christmas in Nashville, Zanesville and Cincinnati. It was really fun celebrating with Max and our families. After a week in Ohio we are all home now and recuperating. Our house looks like a war zone with piles of laundry and brightly colored toys everywhere. But, instead of dealing with the mess, I'm going through our pictures and sharing them here. This is much more fun! Our little family celebrated Christmas together on Saturday, December 20. Max obviously had no idea what was going on, but Jeff and I had fun telling him that Santa came to our house. He got a few things in his stocking, some clothes and a Bumbo seat. He looks so cute sitting in his little seat. It will come in handy when he starts eating solid foods, too. Looking at his stocking with Daddy.

Opening a gift from Santa.

The Bumbo seat!

After celebrating Christmas in Nashville on Saturday, we packed up the circus (as Jeff refers to us when we are traveling) and headed to Cincinnati on Sunday. We celebrated my birthday and Drema's birthday on Sunday night. On Monday, Jeff and I got to go out for my birthday while Grammy and Grampy gladly babysat Max. After three nights with Jeff's parents we drove to Zanesville on Christmas Eve.

Nana and Max on Christmas Eve.

Max is very proud of his standing abilities.

Maggie is very protective of her candy cane bone! After celebrating Christmas in Zanesville, we drove back to Cincinnati on Saturday to celebrate with Jeff's family. Cousin Chloe takes good care of Max! Max ended up getting lots of cute clothes and many fun toys (that make lots of noise!) for Christmas. It is hard to be away from our families and making these trips can be exhausting, but it so wonderful when we get to spend quality time together. Both sets of grandparents cannot get enough of Max and he is so happy when he is with them. In general, Max is very happy and laid back, which makes long trips relatively easy for him. It's hard to believe that Max's first Christmas is over, but we have many great memories. P.S.- I am having major issues with the layout of this blog- sorry for the weird spacing!