Christmas at Home!

On Christmas morning we got up to see what Santa brought. Claire was as happy as could be. She looked through her stocking and liked what she found.

Dayton was content in the swing.

The baby with her own carseat has been one of Claire’s favorite gifts so far.

Claire and Dad checked out what Santa brought for Dayton, too.

I love Christmas morning smiles!

We ate breakfast, (homemade biscuits with sausage this year), and we opened presents. We’ll have to try out these jumping sacks with some cousins!

We feel very blessed and happy! Merry Christmas, everyone!

Christmas Eve

Claire, Dayton, and I have had a pretty quiet day. We did make some cookies, and we ventured out to purchase one last item. - Thankfully we were able to stay in the car the whole time for that outing. Jordan has been working all day, since he’s on call. We hoped that he would be home sooner, but that’s the life of being on call.

Claire has asked about Santa some today. - How does he get back up the chimney? When is he coming? What is he going to bring us?!! And now she’s tucked into bed, and she's ready to go to sleep so he can come! 

I really, really love our four stockings. It’s not so much that I love the stockings, although I am very happy with them. I love that we have four of them. I’m happy that I was able to get Dayton’s stocking before Christmas, and I’m so grateful that he’s here with us to enjoy Christmas this year. (Okay, so it’ll be just another day of sleeping and eating to him, but I’m still glad he’s here with us!)

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! 

Dayton - One Month

Today Dayton is one month old! As always, it’s hard to believe one month has already flown by! He is a good, sweet boy who likes to eat and sleep. (No surprise there!) I don’t want to jinx anything, but he started out sleeping 4 or 5 hours at night when he first got home from the hospital. And now he’s sleeping between 6-7 hours. He happened to smile in his sleep while I was taking some pictures today. (Score!)

Claire wanted in on the fun. She does love her little brother so much!

And we love both of them so much! It’s fun having a little guy around!

Making a Christmas Tree

Here’s another pretty simple craft. Just trace some hands, cut them out, glue them down, glue a trunk and a star, and decorate with ornaments.

I love her happy face, even with her eyes closed!

Big Sister - Little Brother

Claire and Dayton got these clothes from my parents while we were still at the hospital. I’m so glad Claire loves being a big sister. She is still telling people that she has a little baby brother now -- and that his name is Dayton Cooper.

She asks every day if she can hold him. And she is always interested in seeing him when he’s awake. If he starts crying and she thinks he might need his pacifier, she will go help him (if she’s not too engrossed with her own playing). She had just put his pacifier back in when I took this picture.

If he’s awake and happy, she’ll just lie next to him and talk to him. She gives him a hug and a kiss before she leaves the house, before her quiet time, and before bed.