Christmas Celebration No. 1

Myles's second Christmas was a big success. He really enjoyed the festivities and all of the family visiting. Of course, he enjoys his new toys as well.

We started off our celebrations on the weekend before Christmas. Uncle Dan, Aunt Tiffany and Cousin Cole came to visit and have a small celebration, because they would be in Florida visiting Grandma and Grandpa T for the holidays.

Myles got the biggest, coolest present in the history of 16-month old kids from Dan, Tiff & Cole and Grandma and Grandpa T. I remember looking in the JC Penney Christmas catalog as a kid and wanting an electric car - still wanting. It took Myles just 2 Christmases to get one. Lucky dog. He enjoyed it from the first moment and is actually surprisingly good at driving it around the house.

Cole and Myles had a fun time playing together and Cole was very patient and gentle with his younger cousin. As a veteran pro with electric cars, Cole gave Myles some pointers. We enjoyed a nice meal and a nice day with them, and it was a great way to start the holidays.

Decorating the tree...

Myles was only 4.5 months old last Christmas, so this one looks to be a lot more exciting for him. Now that he's running around, climbing on everything, getting into everything, etc., he takes so much interest in what we are doing, and he was pretty excited to see Daddy and Mommy set up a 9-foot Balsam tree in the living room on Sunday. He couldn't get enough of it.



Some of the ornaments we have are semi-functioning miniatures of toys, such as a miniature Rock'em Sock'em Robots and, Myles's favorite, a miniature jack-in-the-box that really pops up when you turn the crank.



It looks like we will be spending the month of December trying to keep Myles from doing too much damage to the bizarre, decorated tree that is taking up some of his playspace. He's so curious about all of it - how it looks, what it feels like, how much force it will take to tear items off the tree and what they sound like when whipped against the hardwood floor.