Early Christmas Gift from Grandpa...

Due to the nature of Devon's Christmas gift from Grandpa (my Dad), he decided that Devon would get more use out of it than if we waited till December 25th...and he was right. Thank-you Dad!

I put my little munchkin in his new toy and was in the kitchen tidying up. For the longest time I could hear the music the "jumperoo" makes when it is moved and I could hear Devon cooing and talking then NOTHING. SO I peaked my head around the corner to check on my little boy and here is was I found!

Devon had tuckered himself out while playing and had fallen asleep while jumping! Too Cute!

He LOVES his "jumperoo" and I am a little sad that it will probably only get use for another couple months or so (baby stuff is so expensive considering it only gets minimal use), and we will have to pack it up and put it away for the next baby!

I have a cute video of him going crazy in it but I cannot figure out the video upload thing! Maybe another day!

A few weeks ago Duane, Devon & I went to Wal-Mart to get family photos done for Christmas. We ended up getting a family shot done, one of just the 2 of us and one of just Devon, and needless to say it cost an arm and a leg BUT I am so excited to pick them up today and get them sent out to our family! I wanted to be able to send a copy to everyone but there aren't enough copies to put in all the Christmas cards so I made the executive decision that only actual family gets them this year and next year we know to get more copies! My Christmas cards have been addressed since July, last week I wrote our annual Christmas letter (which I may post closer to Christmas) and once I have our photos I can mail out our Christmas cards.

I am SO excited about Christmas this year! I am so excited to start tradtions for Devon that are going to make Christmas special for him for years to come. I am excited to keep some of the traditions my parents and Duane's parents started with us alive. I am excited to see him look at the lights with a twinkle in his eye. I am just plain excited. I know he is too young to understand what is going on and even too young to understand what we have started but this is our first Christmas as a family and my heart feels to full!