Christmas Wrap Up

I need to get Christmas blogged about so I can clear the photo's off my phone. I'm tired of it telling me I have no storage :)

For Holden's first Christmas we saw Santa twice (attempted a 3rd),  visited lights twice (Speedway and Magical Forest) had a few Santa outfits his mother made him wear and got way too many presents!

Our first Holiday outing was at the Oppurtinity Village Magical Forest.  We met up with Nycole and Ruby and Amber, Fred and Lily.   It was pretty chilly so I made Holden stay in his stroller most of the night.  But we had some hot chocolate, saw Santa (he didn't cry) and saw some lights.

We next attempted to see Santa out at the Bass Pro shops,   being a first time mom I was a total novice.  #1 going there on a weekend and #2 not being prepared to spend hours in line.   Needless to say we hit the cafe with my parents and did NOT see Santa!  Next year I will be more prepared.

We also toured the Speedway lights with Ryan's parents.   They were actually pretty good and Holden was thrilled I let him out of the car seat. He stood up pretty much the whole time and genuinely seemed to have fun.  

Lastly I wanted a good picture with Santa in a cute outfit so we headed off to the Fashion Show Mall to visit the REAL Santa.   We were prepared this time to wait hours and ended up waiting maybe 10 minutes.  They took a few pictures of Holden with Santa and instead of buying the traditional one I bought the one of him looking at Santa because it was too cute!   He was so good and the Disney store was right next door so it's never too soon to start bribing/rewarding your kid with toys in my opinion.  Holden LOVES the theme song (and now can watch a few additional minutes) of Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  When we handed him his first little stuffed Disney doll he just smiled and smiled.   It really was the cutest thing ever.

Holden 6-7months

My baby boy needs to stop growing up.  He sits up,  scoots around the floor and is into everything.  He now is past the out of site out of mind phase and if take something away he looks all around for it.

He is a great eater now and eats anywhere from 5-8oz of milk and then 1/2 jar of baby food a few times a day.   He loves all the combos like sweet potatoes and turkey.  He loves puffs and will grab your arm telling you he wants more.  We are trying to do the sign language for more so hopefully he catches on.  

He is so much fun and we are excited for his first Christmas!  

Family Pictures

I am probably doing things out of order but I need to blog about these things before I forget and some of the pictures are on my iPad at home and so will have to wait for another post.

 

We were able to have family pictures taken in October.   My good friend Rachel (who took our engagements, bridals and wedding photos) once again worked her magic to make me not look ugly.  We haven't had a Dalton Family photo in years and now have two new additions so we decided what better time to update pictures.

I need to get some separate pictures of Holden with him smiling.  He was too interested in touching grass for the first time to smile.