Grady's Second Christmas

Posted on Dec. 28, 2007 at 3:46 PM - Post Comment

Since Grady was so tiny on Christmas last year, this was the first year that he could really enjoy all of the festivities.  He visited with Santa, rode the Christmas train at the mall, decorated cookies, listened (and, of course, danced and sang) to Christmas music, shopped for gifts with Mama, and had a blast opening gifts!

Grady had a great visit with Grandma and Papa G. (who he loves - he walks around saying "pa pa" even now that he is gone).   He was in a great mood most of the time (except for early Christmas morning when he got his 13th tooth!) and hammed it up, dancing lots and singing to the music on his toys, the TV, or anything else that sounded remotely like music (the busy tone on the phone, for example - now that is GREAT to rock out to!).

Here he is a few days before Grandma arrived:

Doing "so big!"

and just being wild in his high chair

napping peacefully

the naked boy got away!

opening a gift from Grandma and Papa G. a few days early

A video of Grady opening his first gift!

And here he is playing with his gift!  He is a bit shaky in the video, but he has gotten better and better already.

Video of Grady playing basketball

Here he is relaxing while Grandma gives him a bottle

making cookies!

Video of cookie decorating

enjoying a cookie!

Video of Grady enjoying his cookie creation

And here is the result (Papa G. made most of the fanciest ones)

The tree on Christmas Eve - with the gifts, part 1

We opened some gifts on Christmas Eve, before Grady went to bed.  Here he is with one of my gifts:

Checking out the Converse Great-Nana got him - he loved them!

climbing the pile of gifts

Now he likes to say "oooh" a lot, and it is so cute!   Here he is doing that.

Here is a video of Grady singing - his new favorite thing.  Unfortunately, the camera was full, so it cuts off after a short time, but it's too cute not to post.

Video of Grady singing

Christmas morning started off a bit tough, with the poor little guy getting a new tooth.  But he felt a lot better after that and really enjoyed his day.  Here he is with one of his stockings:

He loves these balls:

The tree on Christmas morning:

WOW - look at the gifts!

Climbing the pile:

Opening gifts with Mama:

He loves these magnetic blocks from his dad:

He loooves his Sesame Street sing-along DVD from Grandma.  He watches it so intently!

He got this drum from Santa - it's his favorite instrument at Kindermusik:

The Fisher Price house was a big hit too:

Riding his new John Deere tractor!

These blocks are so cool - they have different little Christmas scenes in each one:

opening his bouncing zebra:

getting wrapped up in ribbon with Grandma:

Riding the zebra - he has yet to get the hang of it though