First Christmas

Our festivities started on the Sunday before Christmas with a gathering at my Uncle Kirby's house. It is always fun to get together with them, especially to see how Izzy and Keegan get along. We had a yummy dinner and then had a gift exchange. We had some left over ornaments from our project for the children's Sunday school we teach so I brought them over. Connor, Izzy, and Keegan all made ornaments. We had a great time. We're hoping that next year's project is just as fun but hopefully not as messy.



Our next gathering was Christmas Eve with Chris's dad's family in Corinth. Josh, Shannan, and the boys joined us up there. We had to have a light lunch since we had dinner plans. Keegan had a great time visiting with Paw-paw, his great grandfather. He also enjoyed looking at himself in Paw-paw's cool mirror. Keegan had the best seat in the house as you can see below.
We then met Lynne and family at Bucca di Beppo for dinner. It is a great Italian eatery that serves meals family style (huge portions that feed 2-3 people per plate). We had reserved the Pope room. In other Bucca's, this room has a bust of the Pope in the center of the table. This one had a huge round table whose center was actually a large lazy susan. Cole thought it was totally cool. He even set his drink on it and would turn it the entire way around and the take a drink - so funny!!

After dinner, the three of us went to the 7:30 Christmas Eve service. This meant a lot to us since it was at that service last year that we first felt Keegan move. And it was a joy to share this time with my parents, Grandnanny, and the people of our church. Keegan had a great time and enjoyed the singing. He was mesmerized by the candles we held at the end of the service. We then headed home to get everything ready for Christmas day. Keegan wore his cool pj's that said "Waiting for Santa" and had a pic of milk and cookies.

For some reason, it felt like we slept for 20 hours. That night would never end! I'd wake up and see the clock said 3:00. I'd fall back asleep and then wake up again. Knowing I had slept for hours, I'd check out the clock. 3:20. WHAT??? Surely not. But Christmas morning finally came. Santa had left Keegan's presents at the front of the tree. Check out our smumug website for videos of Keegan seeing his goodies.

Our cool stage

My first Tonka

My pj's for opening presents

My parents and Grandnanny came over for breakfast around 9. I made monkey bread which my Dad declared "Best Ever". And it was yummy!!

After breakfast at our new table, we opened presents. Keegan had a great time opening presents.

We would start the paper for him and he would rip away. It was a nice, relaxing time which we all enjoyed.

I think Fat Cat enjoyed it too!

We headed to Mono's house for lunch and presents. Keegan again had a great time, especially with Tad's kids. He kept giving Lily kisses - so funny!!He'd give everyone kisses except Aunt Diane. But she was just happy that he didn't cry when he saw her!

We then came home for a bit of rest before heading over to Nanny and Pop's for dinner. Here we had meatloaf for dinner. Chris has decided that this was the best meatloaf Nanny has ever made. I agreed completely! We were joined by Chad, Cameron, and Trey. After dinner, we opened presents. The best part was the whoopee cushions - Cam's favorite!

Our little trio headed home. We were all tired and full. We slept so good!

The next evening, we headed over to Josh and Shannan's house in Midlothian to open presents with them. Josh had to work Christmas Eve so this was the only chance we had with him. Keegan got such a kick out of Caleb and Cole. And I think the feeling is mutual. He really does enjoy all of his cousins.

Overall, we had a great first Christmas with Keegan. I think the best part was being able to spend the week with him and not have to work. He is such a funny person. We still cannot believe that we got such a fantastic son. I will miss him when I go back to work on Monday =(