Kyler's 1st Christmas

We started off the morning by sleeping in. Since this will be the last Christmas for quite sometime that we will get to sleep in on Christmas morning. Then we got up and went to Kyler's cousins house and did a little gift exchange with the kids there and got to see all their goodies Santa brought to them.

Afterwards, we headed to Gramma's house to meet up with more cousins and to see what all this Christmas stuff was about. Santa came to Gramma's house and left some pretty good loot for everyone. This Santa person sure knew what everyone wanted and seemed to over fill Gramma's tree. Good thing we didn't need to get to the front door, cause Santa blocked us in. He must have done that on his way out of that door (since Gramma doesn't have a fireplace).

A little blurry, but you can still see the loot piled high and around the corner:

Kyler opening his 1st Xmas present:

Daddy and Kyler opening DRUMS!! ;-D

I got a beautiful heart shaped Mother's Ring with Kyler's birth stone (Ruby) in it and a camera!

Chris and I got bicycles from Santa (AKA my mommy)!Now I can get the weight off and Kyler can enjoy the ride outdoors with Mommy and Daddy! Thank you Santa ;-D

Gramma had the BEST Elf EVER helping her pass out everyone's gifts. She was so good, she even had time to tear into her own gifts in between. She even had time to change into her different ballerina dresses. And, bet you can't ride a "roller coaster" AKA scooter AND a bike with heels.

The beautiful Elf passing out gifts:

Outfit change # 1

Outfit change # 2

Tamara riding the "roller coaster":

BBug in heels & ballerina outfit riding a bike:

Kyler's Loot!! 3 different trains, drums, DVD player for the Car, DVDs, a cool water play mat, sleeping bag, clothes and some more toys & Savings Bonds!!!

Kyler playing with his TV Remote, Ball Train and Drums:

Kyler trying out his sleeping bag after all that playing wore him out!

Being silly after his bath:

The next day, we hung around the house and went out to Papa Pat's property and rode the Polaris. Now, for some time, we've heard about this wild hog that's mommy got killed when it and its siblings were born and this one particular hog took up with the cows and thought he was a cow. We heard oh how cute he was as a baby and got to hear about him growing up and he was even named, Bacon. But everytime Chris and I went out riding, we NEVER saw this "hog"..so we decided he was a figment of everyone's imagination. However, Kyler's 1st ride out and the first thing we see....Bacon with his cows. We had a really nice time, the weather was cool, Kyler enjoyed everything and was so alert. He even got to go mud bogging and Papa Pat had to tie the winch to a tree to pull us out. We even got close up and personal with some deer.

Kyler eating real mashed potatos for the 1st time:

Papa Pat, Gramma, Kyler and Mommy getting ready for Kyler's first Polaris ride

(Daddy was on the back, but took the picture for this one):

He was asleep until Papa Pat cranked it up:

Then he was wide awake and very alert looking at everything:

Papa Pat's cows and the hog that thinks he's a cow

(if you look to the left front of the 1st cow):

Bacon.....He DOES exist!!

THE gator swamp:

A Red Hawk on the fence post, he was beautiful flying:

Some deer:

They were waiting on their babies:

I see you!

Papa Pat trying to rescue us as we were stuck:

We were in good too, Thank goodness for last year's

Xmas present, a winch that got us out!

Some more deer (6):

My Millie's final resting place..isn't it pretty?

Kyler's 1st Christmas was wonderful! Thank you to all who made it a great one.