But this year, since Liam is so young, Christmas was as low key as possible. We put up a tiny tree that honestly didn't make it out of the spare bedroom most nights to be put on display. And that was the extent of my Christmas decorating! I'm planning on decorating a lot more (but still not doing too much) next year. We'll just have to figure out a way to keep the cats from eating the tree. By the way, this December our cat Eleanor figured out how to open the door to the spare bedroom where the tree was kept most of the time. So I still had to deal with hairballs with shiny green tinsel in them. Gross. The door to that room is strange, and you just push on it to open it. She learned how to throw her weight into it enough to get it open (no crazy doorknob turning cat tricks here).
My parents came to visit the day after Thanksgiving, and brought Liam his first Christmas present: a Leapfrog activity table! He loved playing with that thing for about a month. Then it started acting up and I took it back. Of course, Target didn't have anymore, so I couldn't get him another one.
At the end of November, FBCR had Baby's First Christmas, which was a sweet little gathering for all the families who had babies celebrating their first Christmas. Liam got to see his church friends, most of which could already crawl then. He could just sit there and look at them go. Poor kid. I think he enjoyed it anyway! Closer to Christmas, we took him to the Richardson library to see the Christmas village and the lights. Unfortunately, he fell asleep on the way there, and just really wasn't happy when we took him out of the warm carseat and woke him up to be in the cold. We didn't stay long!
This year, we didn't get Liam much in the way of presents. Three reasons why: he's a baby and really has everything he needs and doesn't yet know what he wants, money is tight, and I knew he'd get plenty of gifts from other family members. We got him a new board book that's personalized with his name and picture in it, and we got him some teething rings. He loves to chew on them! That was it from us.
Christmas Eve, we packed up and headed to Louisiana to celebrate Christmas with family. Liam was a good little traveler and did well in the car. We had Christmas that evening with my family. As predicted, Liam got the most presents! He got all kinds of toys, some clothes, the movie "Dumbo" and a Fisher Price sing-along CD. His favorite was the sock monkey from his Aunt Melissa and Uncle Tony. We call him Socky. I think he enjoyed opening presents, but he had refused to nap that afternoon, and I could tell he was very tired. He didn't smile much but was very well-behaved.
The next day, we went to visit my great-grandmother, Liam's great-great-grandmother. We had a really nice visit with her and she held Liam some. He's quite squirmy these days and hard to hold on to. I'm very thankful for that visit because she passed away last night. It's sad that Liam will not remember her at all, but he's blessed to have had a great-great-grandparent for a little while at least. Most don't get that privilege.
After that visit, we went to the parents' house of my friend Amanda for JAAG Christmas. Liam got to meet his AAG aunties for the first time! JAAG stands for Jennifer, Amy, Amanda, and Glenda, and we started calling ourselves that our freshman year of high school (just easier than saying all of our names). It stuck, and people still refer to us as JAAG. This was our 17th annual JAAG Christmas, the first one being in 1995. Amanda and Ian got Liam some new All-Stars for him to grow into. Amanda's mom played with him a bunch. Everyone loves Liam!
The next morning, on our way back to Dallas, we stopped by Glenda's parents' house so they could meet Liam. We had a fun time visiting. Liam was very quiet at first, but opened up a little after awhile. At least he was well-behaved.
That was Liam's first Christmas! Now for pictures:
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