Stratton's 1st Christmas Morning!

We got up around 8am and gave Stratton his Santa presents. He was in good mood and sat in his bumbo seat for quite a while! Santa brought Stratton a monkey bottle pet and a new camo lovey blanket! He wasn't sure about the bottle pet at first! Santa also left him his first stocking filled with lots of goodies!

   

[wow, santa brought me a hairbrush! I love it so much I think I will eat it!]

 

Then before he got too tired and fussy we put him in his Santa suit and tried to take a few pics, but he was really tired and we didn't get many good ones!

[the hat was really small, I am pretty sure it wouldn't have fit a newborn it was so tiny!!]

 

Dillon and Brandye came by mom and dads for about an hour so we could exchange gifts with them. Unfortunately, by the time they got there Stratton was ready for a nap and he slept most of the time they were there!

Christmas eve continued. . .

We decided to stay the night with my mom and dad Christmas eve since we have lunch at my Nanny & Papa's house in Hickory Ridge on Christmas day and those of you with kids know how difficult it is to load up and get somewhere on time with ALL the stuff you have to bring for just one day. . .so we avoided the hassle and just stayed. And after all the rain I was glad we did! It looked like the roads would have been a little scary in the dark!

When we got back to my parents house, from my grandparents house, Jarrod and I decided to go ahead and do our christmas gifts to each other and to Stratton.

   

We did good this year, it's usually a chore to shop for each other but both of us managed to find things the other wanted or needed this year, and almost all of it we kept secret! Jarrod got a new dvd player, under armour base layer pants and shirt, a new beard trimmer and a plaid polo shirt. . .he also got a new pair of waders but Santa brought them to the house last Sunday so that Jarrod could duck hunt in them this past week! Stratton got clothes. . . not much fun, but we left the toys to the grandparents and the rest of the family! And I got a new pink nightgown, a 16 GB jumpdrive, and AUTO START for my car (I am getting it installed next week, yay!!) and my favorite. . . .

. . . . a custom handmade necklace with Stratton's name and birth date, it is absolutely gorgeous!! I saw this necklace in a magazine several months ago (like before we even had Stratton) and showed it to Jarrod, I didn't think he was paying attention, but I guess I was wrong! I love that it is one of a kind, and if we have more kids he can add their names later!

Christmas Eve with the Wilson's

Christmas eve we always get dressed up and have dinner and presents with the Wilson side of the family at my grandma & grandpa's house. There are now NINE great-grand kids. This was the first time we got to be with the whole family since Stratton was born, since we missed the family reunion in August. We had a fun time playing dirty santa. . .or excuse me, I mean the white elephant game. . . and visiting with the family. Stratton got several nice gifts, and a couple of noisy ones, of course!

 

[Dressed up and ready for the party!]

[the Wilson great-grand kids]

 

A very wet Christmas!

It started raining on Wednesday (the 23rd) and didn't stop till Thursday night! Boy did it rain! They were closing streets and highways all over the state! Hwy 49 from Jonesboro to Hickory Ridge was fine. However, the main gravel road we take to my mom and dad's house was flooded bad enough we had to take a back farm road, and it was pretty deep in parts. Luckily, it was just the roads!

I took these pictures from the truck . . . .

The shop, bins and the farm house. . .

 

The farm road we ended up taking to get to mom & dad's and Grandma & Grandpa's house Christmas eve. I am glad we stayed the night, I wouldn't have wanted to drive back down it in the dark! But the rest of the family did and made it just fine.

The main road on Christmas day, it still hadn't gone down much from the day before. My mom & dad and Grandma & Grandpa live where you see the trees in the distance. a long way to go on a flooded road, so we turned around and went the other way!

the swirling water is where the culvert is, the water here in this ditch is VERY deep!

More pictures with Santa

Stratton is spending a few days with Nan & Pa (aka Margie & Terry) in Searcy this week. Yesterday afternoon they took him to see Santa. This makes the 3rd time he's seen Santa this year! Hey, you can never get enough Santa time!! 

 

Christmas with the Staggs. . .

Stratton's first time opening presents!

 

 

We had a good day Saturday with Jarrod's family. Stratton got lots of presents! He even got the hang of tearing off the paper, but then he would try to eat it!  He likes all of his new "noisy" toys and he got lots of them! ha! He also got some more educational toys, including a Leapfrog dog that you can customize by hooking it up to the computer and downloading songs, and stuff (it's the coolest toy for babies), he got some new books and some Baby Einstein dvds! Yay! One Christmas down, THREE more to go! I think we are going to need a Uhaul to get all of Stratton's toys home next week if this past weekend was any indication of what is to come! 

Christmas exitement. . .last year

I don't think I ever posted this video from last year. . . .
We wrapped a pacifier in a box with a "note that said you're going to be grandparents!" Margie got a little excited, to say the least! This year wasn't quite as exciting, but it was still fun!