Dexter's First Christmas

Dexter's first Christmas was a huge success! And to think it's only half over! (Tootsie and Pop are due for a visit in a few days and are bringing their Christmas loot along.)

So far, he's gotten a fun hammer (that makes noise, of course) a teether toy that plays "a farm tune" (you know the one), two books, a very busy elephant, some duplo legos, a "Baby's First Christmas" ornament, lots of great stuff. He must have had a very big day, because he had 3 naps and 3 bottles in less than 6 hours. So I guess it's fair to say that Dexter enjoyed his first Christmas very much.

(His parents got a lot of great stuff, too. Many are Dexter-related - framed photos, teether necklace, etc., which is just fine with us.)



Waiting for Santa on Christmas eve and enjoying the booty on Christmas Day. (Sadly, only 2 of those gifts are for Dexter, since this is the pile of stuff we were giving.) And, although Santa certainly came to visit a very good baby Dexter, he pretty much just stopped by to say "hi," since he's already spent a small fortune on Dexter this year, and Dexter has plenty of other people to spoil him for now.


Nap #1.


All of the loot at Aunt Mary's house, making friends with cousin Tybee.


Opening presents! Dexter happily hung out in that swing pretty much the whole time. It's good to visit people who have babies (and baby stuff!)


Nap #2.


Nap #3 - snuggling with Grandma.


Grandma and Granddad, hard at work.

Also, I can finally take this opportunity to show off part of his present for Grandma & Granddad. I couldn't post it earlier, because sometimes they read the blog, and I didn't want to spoil the surprise. Shocker - we arranged for a photo of all three grandkids. Dennis's sister, Mary, found a frame that said, "The Grands. " They were happy to get it. But the photo shoot was... interesting, to say the least. Dexter was uncharacteristically grouchy that morning (Saturday, December 20), and his cousin Tybee was so sleepy he barely opened his eyes the whole time. (Livia was a very patient big sister/cousin and an excellent smiler the whole time.) We managed to get some good shots anyway. I'm still not sure if it was because of or in spite of the not-so-cooperative babies.


This one pretty much sums up how the morning went.



I believe this is the one that ended up in the frame. Note Dexter's keen martial arts skills already in development.



Going, going... down. (Apparently all Tybee needed to get his eyes open was a head-butt from Dexter.)