merry christmas

We celebrated your first Christmas today. Actually we've been celebrating for the last two weeks, since the shipments of presents have been arriving in the mail almost daily. You could care less, but your sister is really enjoying opening your presents. She has thoroughly played with all your toys and you can have them now and you received some cute outfits. You did get a copy of the Constitution from poppie which we will start reading soon. We went over to Jackson's house for Christmas dinner and you got to sit at the table and watch everyone eat. About halfway through, you made me feed you, but everyone else carried on with their dinner. You tried a piece of dinner roll and didn't care for it.

Your dad and I also took you and your sister to the park today and you had your first experience in an outdoor swing. He packed you in with his sweatshirt and a blanket so you wouldn't move. You didn't seem to enjoy it or hate it, so we may keep trying with that and see how it goes. You were mostly just happy to be out of the house.

You also graduated from a bassinet to a pack-n-play. Lucky you to have almost twice as much sleeping space, even if our closet is still your bedroom. You had your arms stretched out to both sides during your nap today like you were trying to enjoy every inch of space you had.

We also tried some oatmeal cereal with you two nights ago. It was messy and adorable and you even ended up with a little in your mouth (I think). Eve was very concerned that food was running down your chest and onto your diaper. Of course you smelled like oatmeal and breast milk when we were finished, which is not the most pleasant scent. We aren't going to do that every day just yet, but maybe at least on bath days. You are still smiling and friendly with everyone you see, which is very unlike your sister and hopefully when grama gets here tomorrow, she'll be able to hear that adorable giggle of yours without having to watch a YouTube video.

In the last few days that dad has been off work you have also visited the Capitol Christmas tree and the National Gallery of Art. You mostly sleep through these things, but you were there. There will be many more trips to come, so don't worry about missing anything.