Christmas Day...adventure continues!

We made it home safe Christmas Eve, managed to give Wyatt a quick bath between his sleepy eyed blinks, stockings were hung, no creatures were stirring, and we all were in bed just a fast as any gingerbread man! (I'll get my stories straight with time...be patient.)

Christmas morning finally arrived, and we started the day with Aunt Jennifer, Cici and Grandpa Bob. Wyatt, of course, was delighted with his early visitors, and the special gifts that came with them. Side note to this is, Cici told me a long time ago that she was not going to buy him a lot of toys....and well, SHE didn't. Grandpa Bob, however, had a wonderful time finding really special gifts for Wyatt to enjoy. The clincher to this was the hand made Grandpa Bob original....which was a piece of wood with many of Wyatt's favorite things. It included a door stop, a hinge with thin ropes and knots to chew on, holes for his fingers to explore, and a cabinet handle that he loves to pull on before biting. Funny to look at, but the little boy loved it! Very sweet of Grandpa Bob to be so thoughtful about his curiosities!

After nap time, Wyatt was excited to find another set of dear grandparents had arrived to greet him. Gramps and Mimi Dedman joined us this year for what we hope will be the beginning of a new tradition....having Christmas with all of the grandparents together. By this time I'd say Wyatt was beginning to get this paper tearing process down, although still intrigued by the paper before realizing the gift received. He enjoyed his new books with music, and his dog Blue....along with the sweet Christmas book he had received from them a week earlier in preparation for the big day.

Grandma and Grandpa Parrish soon arrived, and while we all gathered to share a Christmas feast...Wyatt took another nap and again awoke very happy to see everyone. We managed to get a rare photo of the 3 sets of grandparents and his great-grandparents. I'm not sure if we've had them all together since his birth....so it was an important moment to capture for me. Think any of them are proud??

Later in the afternoon, we were happy to see Richard and Trish arrive. They are working on making Wyatt a sweet little girl cousin to play with next Christmas....very excited to meet her! I'm sure she'll give Wyatt a run in her days ahead! The day was full, as you can see...and Wyatt was really a trooper through it all. He held out until the end, when he had his bath and bedtime...thumb in the mouth, eyes could hardly stay open, and full of all the love shared with him throughout the day. We are so grateful for our family.