Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas with family. Our first visitor was my dad who flew out from California.
My dad is a pilot too and bought a remote control helicopter for one of James' presents. The
helo quickly became Daddy's toy!
James is also quite the pilot! No surprise at all, of course!
We were able to attend Christmas Eve service together and then James got to open one Christmas present. Here's a wonderful picture of my dad, James, and Tobias before the first present was opened.
We have a family tradition of 'hiding' a pickle ornament on the tree and the person who finds the pickle gets a dollar. James was so excited to have found the pickle on Christmas morning.
Hours after my dad headed back to California we were joined by Tobias' entire family from Kansas. James was spoiled by eight adults for a couple of days he loved every minute of it!
A lovely picture of Tobias and his siblings with James. What a good looking bunch.
James loved opening up presents, but was so excited by each present that it honestly took days to open everything. He'd open something and then play with it for hours before remembering that there were even more presents waiting for him under the tree.
James was remembered by everyone and loved every single gift he
received. Thank you!
James also
received a "computer." He loves his computer. For the past couple of months he'd been using a calculator as a computer - called a '
puter.' Now he has a small computer with a QWERTY keyboard. He's so tech savvy.
We were blessed to have a White Christmas. Not exactly the weather we enjoyed in Jacksonville last Christmas, but we made the most of it. James had a lot of fun.
What did we do during our White Christmas? Puzzles! Everyone helped complete the puzzle and we had the entire thing finished (all 1000 pieces) while James napped.
Not to be outdone, James did a couple of puzzles too. Including this giant super fun, floor puzzle.
While Tobias' family was here we took them on a tour of the Naval Academy. It was James' first time touring the Academy grounds. I never thought I'd encourage my child to go through the Academy, but James was really excited about the trip. We'll see - he's definitely tough enough.
James and Tobias inside the Naval Academy chapel. It was a lovely Christmas. Now we'll just have to see where 2011 takes us! Happy New Year.
While Tobias' family was here we took them on a tour of the Naval Academy. It was James' first time touring the Academy grounds. I never thought I'd encourage my child to go through the Academy, but James was really excited about the trip. We'll see - he's definitely tough enough.
James and Tobias inside the Naval Academy chapel. It was a lovely Christmas. Now we'll just have to see where 2011 takes us! Happy New Year.
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