Oh Christmas Time...

What a blessing it was enjoying Jackson's first Christmas! Our celebrating began on the 23rd. Every year we go to Al's Aunt Deb's house to visit with friends and family. The party usually doesn't get started until about 7pm, but with Jackson needing to be in bed between 7:30 and 8, we had to go a little early so we could be back to Greenville in time for bed. Luckily, we still got to see a lot of people before we left.

Jackson got another visit with Santa


Blaine LOVED playing with this Santa. There was a button that made the Santa sing and dance!


We spent Christmas Eve with Al's family. We had a great time, as usual. The boys did so well and had so much fun. Jackson was in awe of everything going on around him and Blaine was in.to.everything. It was hilarious! There was a huge pile of paper and Blaine kept playing in it. I think he liked that more than some of his gifts!



Jackson got lots of cool stuff. Grandma and Grandpa Anderson got both Jackson and Blaine their new Britax convertible car seats! Jackson LOVES his. He likes his infant seat, but he just loves this new one. I think he likes that it sits much taller and he can see everything that's going on. He's become quite the nosey little fellow. He also go a really cool walker toy with an activity center on the front. He already loves playing with it. Aunt Shawn, Uncle Jason and Blaine also got Jackson a really fun LeapFrog activity table, a book and some fun blocks that his can pull around in a wooden cart. He's going to have so much fun with his new toys!








Growing up, mom and dad always allowed Nathan and I to open one gift on Christmas Eve. It was usually a present that we already knew about, but we still got excited to open it up! We are going to do this same with Jackson, and this year his first gift was his 'My First Christmas' pajamas. He got his bath, we put on his new pjs and cuddled up and read him "Twas the Night Before Christmas" (thanks Aunt Shawn!), and off to bed he went.

Christmas morning was so exciting! Jackson was grinning from ear to ear and so overwhelmed with all that was going on.








We spent Christmas Day with my family. After we finished opening and playing with Jackson's toys from 'Santa,' we headed to Smithfield. There we exchanged gifts with Grammy, Granddaddy, Uncle Nathan and Auntie Leila! Grammy and Granddaddy got Jackson so much fun stuff. He got a Radio Flyer wagon, lots of clothes, toys, blocks and sunglasses, just to name a few. Uncle Nathan and Auntie Leila got him some drums, a fun punching toy and a Polo shirt (which is very fitting, if you know my brother)!

That afternoon we went to Jackson's Great Granddaddy's house to have lunch and visit with all of our extended family. We played a little dirty santa among the adults and watched as all the kids opened all their gifts. It was a full house with 7 kids (age 5 months - 8 years) and about 14 adults! It was such a great day spending time with family.

Here is a picture of Jackson with all of his Christmas goodies!