Home for the Holidays

Mid-December, the packages started arriving.  Carter loved looking through all those boxes.

But then, we headed north to Syracuse for Christmas this year and were rewarded with a white Christmas.

With family all around the surprises were spread over several days, but the the big morning was still magical.

For the first time Carter understood the idea of opening presents...

like a fastener board from Aunt Jenn,

and his first pillow made by Grammy -- he's slept with it every night since, 

and a great new book from Gram all about Carter at the River, 

and magnetic dinosaurs from Marni -- awesome!

Of course there was lots of family playtime, like hanging out with Aunt Jenn,

and horsing around with Grandad, 

and showing uncle (cousin) Kyle how to play a game.

There was musical entertainment provided by Aunt Jenn and Gram.

Carter was pretty even tempered through it all which made for a happy Mom and Dad.

We had a great holiday and hope all of you did too!