Baby's 1st Christmas

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, and Andrew settled down for his first cut of hair... Andrew had his first Christmas, and what a whirlwind it was!

In the span of the past week and a half, Andrew has hit lots of milestones and had tons of fun. Sometimes he had a little too much fun, and that made for interesting exits from places, but all-in-all, he was a trooper!

Here are the highlights!

1. Andrew's first haircut: Andrew, although fully able to rock the baby mullet, said goodbye to his shaggy do and opted for a cleaner cut. I thought that I could cut his hair and after one clumsy clip, I called Grandma Mary to finish the job. Andrew watched the Elmo Song on Youtube about 20 times to help him stay still, and Grandma gave him a sweet style. Once Grandma left, I cried because he now looks like a little boy and not my tiny baby. In a BRIEF moment of weakness, I thought, "I need another one because Andrew is growing up so fast"... Let me reiterate it was a BRIEF moment. We are just fine with one. Anyway, Daddy was the photographer, so he snapped all of 1 picture of the entire event. You'll see the new hair in action in the Christmas pictures.

2. He started work on a molar. Two words: awe some. This bad boy tooth is taking FOREVER! Poor Andrew doesn't know what to do; however, he has mastered the full blown tantrum with legs and arms flailing and head rearing back. Aww, my little man is growing up. I have no pictures of this, but there will be showings nightly from 5-8 pm... and sometimes an encore between 1-4am. Yay, us.

3. Andrew's first Christmas Eve at Great Grandpa Gesino's house: We arrived at 6:30 for dinner and presents and tons of babies! My cousins all had their little ones, so the kids 5 and under were under foot no matter where you turned. Here's the rundown: Andrew- 10.5 months, Wyatt- 1 month, Ellie 2 months, Chelsea's son- 7.5 months (oops I forget his name, but he's so cute), BLT, the triplets- 18 months (each), Taylor- 3 years, Macy-2 years, and Jackson - 5 years. All the babies checked each other out and took turns burping and making diapers.... It was the perfect Christmas celebration. What about presents, you ask? As soon as the wrapping started being pulled from the presents, he flipped out. Apparently, Andrew is the only baby who doesn't enjoy playing with the wrapping. We went home, and he got to open them in the morning.

More to come...

:)

Anne