Colten's First Christmas and More

At my mom and dad's on Christmas Eve

Since I have not posted in a while, there is quite a bit here but mostly pics. Thanks in advance for taking the time to care enough about my family to read our updates : >

We had such a wonderful Christmas with Colten this year, and we hope that everyone experienced the same magic of the holidays. Just like Steph, it is snowing as I type this, but it rained like crazy on Christmas. Since we were blessed to have our family in from Columbus, I was happy with rain as opposed to snow or ice.

We actually started celebrating Christmas the weekend before by having Tom's dad, uncle, grandma, Marc, and Amanda over for a holiday lunch. We enjoyed yummy ham and kielbasa and then watched Colten open presents (well, okay, I did more of the opening this year).

With Aunt Amanda

Playing with Uncle Marc

Checking out his new ride! Thanks so much!

Opening a gift

On Christmas Eve, we continued our celebration by going to my mom and dad's to exchange gifts. Of course we were all spoiled. Thank you so much Mom and Dad; you truly out did yourselves this year. I am eternally grateful. And of course Colten received more than his share of toys too! Again thank you Grandma and Grandpa and a BIG thanks to Uncle Mike; your generosity means so much to all of us.

Then we were off to the children's mass. We finished up the night by eating perogies and visiting with Aunt Tunny, Karol, and Jerry - thanks for the great gift too; I can't wait to let Colten try it out.Tossing a bow!

He is determined to get that red bow!

Santa visited Grandma and Grandpa's house too!

Since it was already past Colten's bedtime, we had to cut the night short; only Tom was able to make it to his grandparents' house this year.
In slightly other news, I also took my first insulin shot Christmas Eve morning (at least the first one that I gave myself; the doctor gave me one the day before). For now my numbers are too high to do nothing, hence the insulin, but not high enough for a pump. Right now I only have to give myself one shot in the morning so I'm "happy" with that. One shot is better than being hooked up to a pump continuously so we'll see how things go. I'll keep everyone updated but right now I'd rather stick to Christmas and cheery things : >

On Christmas Day, we woke up to see what Santa had left and we also exchanged gifts as a family.Colten loved his music makers : >

After we opened gifts, Colten found this piece of packing material that just so happened to look like one of his favorite treats - baby yum yums. When I took it away, he cried like crazy; I had to give him yum yums in order to make him happy again : >

Playing with a puzzle

I love this picture of Colten and Lady

Luckily I ordered these pj's for Colten;
I never found any first Christmas outfits in his size at any store around here.

Ready for breakfast; I just love this face : >

Then we were off to my parents' house again for a yummy meal and to visit with family. The house was packed, and I loved every minute of it. There is nothing like getting together with family that we don't get to see as often as we would like. Unfortunately with all of the fun, I barely took any pictures : ( But I loved seeing Colten with his cousin Braden (aka Spiderman). The last time they were together, Colten was so little, but at Christmas, they were able to interact much more. I can't wait for Colten to run around with him : >

After all of his holiday fun, Colten seems to have a bit of a cold. His nose is running nonstop. Poor baby...

Oh, I almost forgot - Colten went to the doctor before Christmas for his 9 month check-up. He weighs 22 lbs. and 7 oz and measures 30 inches!

And we purchased a new car the other day (just in time for the tax deduction too)! Tom needed an American made car for his new job so we decided to finally get a car that is family friendly as well. We are loving our Chevy Traverse and will post pics of it soon.

Happy New Year! I hope that 2010 brings many blessings to everyone!