Baby's First Christmas

     We've enjoyed this Christmas season with Alex and letting him experience all of his firsts! We tried to stay in the holiday spirit for him, too, which involved decorating the home a little more and doing some trips! We didn't get a big Christmas tree, just a little thing, but it worked! Active baby + Christmas tree- yeah.

   

Visiting Santa Clarita

Our fireplace decorations with our little tree (which was knocked over a few times anyway)- and yes, Alex's was blue since the paint smeared and I got lazy ;)

Town Center Mall

Nativity Scene

     We kind of missed Santa Clarita, so we paid a visit and planned on seeing Santa that afternoon. However, the line at the mall was ridiculously long, plus, the lady at the front with the balloons who was supposed to be guiding the line, was letting people cut. It just wasn't fun. So, we passed and instead took him to our local mall on a weeknight.

     We weren't sure how he would react to Santa. We were in line at our mall for a good hour-hour and a half, but it wasn't all bad. Alex was laughing and all smiles at everyone around him, cheering the crowd up. There was another baby girl around his age named Charlie, and the two of them just stared at each other laughing and laughing. SO cute. Everyone was laughing too. I eventually walked to the Starbucks and bought some spiced root beer and a mango smoothie for us.

     Alex's reaction to Santa?

      He thought Santa was the funniest/coolest thing ever. The moment we handed him over, he went for the beard. He also grabbed at his gloves and tried eating them. Then he went for the glasses- all while laughing. He had an absolute blast. Love this dude!

     On Wednesday evening, we headed to Bakersfield and stayed until Saturday afternoon. Alex was able to experience his first Christmas! While he didn't sleep very well while there (different environment, different crib, mommy and daddy sleeping in the same room, etc), he had SO much fun with his cousins and family.

    Christmas morning: So many toys and fun stuff! Gary and I also got some really neat gifts!

Smiling! Yes, Gary did get new socks, LOL

My cute dude in his new sweater

I love this! Looks like he's plotted a master plan. 

Exploring new presents!

Bow!

All tuckered out! It's the only nap he would really take. 

Yum!

What's in here, Daddy?

Presents!

     Anyway, we had a good time and a lot of fun! Then the next day, we went to John's Incredible Pizza, where Alex had a blast with his cousins, our friends Jeremy and Emilee and their two boys, and lots of other people!

SO fun! He was holding on tight!

Playing with Dad

I can play, too!

Helping shoot baskets

Having a blast!

    Anyway, we enjoyed spending time with friends and family. What a fun season this has been!