Christmas 2009 - The Davis Clan

We had the Davis clan over for a Christmas celebration last week and everyone had so much fun! Eli wasn't quite sure what to do with all the excitement! He loved all his gifts and had fun opening them as well.What a cool ride on toy from Uncle Scott!

Big boy!

Pulling out the tissue paper was his favorite part!

Cookie Monster from Grandmommy!

Eli loves this 150 piece block set from Aunt Liz & Uncle Keith! His favorite thing is to dump all the pieces out and put them back in one by one!

Big smile for the Vtech toy from Aunt Carrie & Uncle Chris!

Eli loves puzzles. This one from Grandpa has sound too!

Eli was one tired boy by the end of the night. Thanks for all the cool presents family!

Don't you just want to eat him up??

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town!

We took Eli to see Santa on Saturday. We got there about 10 minutes before they opened and we were third in line, which I was so excited about! We tried to prepare Eli for Santa this year by reading books about Santa and showing him the picture of him with Santa from last year. I was a little worried that seeing Santa in person would be a much different experience, but he did pretty good.

Eli waiting patiently to see Santa!

The big Polar Express setup for the line to see Santa.

Santa got there a few minutes early and greeted the few of us in line...so nice!!! Eli got to shake his hand, but was more excited about looking at Santa than touching him.

Eli loved all the decorations we walked through while in line. I highly recommend the set up they have at Willow Bend.

Not sure what to think about the fake snow.

The front of the Polar Express. This was inside a snow globe and they had snow falling from the ceiling!

Here is Eli with Santa last year. He had no idea what was going on. :)

Eli wanted to get down as soon as we put him on Santa's lap, but the girls taking the picture got him to sit still and smile. The pant legs drive me crazy but overall the picture is great! Doesn't the Santa look authentic??

Here is Eli waiting for his pictures afterward with his Polar Express brochure he got from Santa. He is flirting with the little girls standing next to him!

What a look!

Eli has been making this face a lot lately. What do you think he is trying to tell us?

O Christmas Tree

Stephen and I put up the Christmas Tree on Thanksgiving night. Eli wasn't sure what to think of it when he woke up the next morning. We kept telling him about the lights on the tree he was pointing to, but everytime we said lights he looked at the overhead light and gave us a confused look. I guess putting lights on a tree is kind of a crazy concept to a kid. Here is Eli checking out the tree.

Eli also found his stocking (made my Meemie!) Luckly, he has pretty much been leaving it alone since then. He does, however, like to walk underneat the stockings and let them hit his head.

With Eli being as curious of a little guy as he is, we decided it would be best to only put ornaments on the top half of the tree where his curiousity couldn't get the better of him. It might look a little funny, but I really wasn't up for spending the next five weeks policing

the tree 24/7.

Visit from Meemie & Papa

The day after Thanksgiving my family came to visit Eli (Stephen and I know it's all about him.) :) Eli loved all the attention and the constant playmates! Eli and Papa playing the drums...their favorite pastime!

Papa tickling Eli

Eli had his first powdered donut!

He couldn't get it in his mouth fast enough!

Aftermath

Meemie reading to Eli. He already knows red, green, blue, and yellow thanks to this book!

Eli & Aunt Meredith

Eli snuggling with Aunt Rachel

Thanksgiving 2009

We spent a wonderful Thanksgiving over at Stephen's brother and sister-in-law's house with his whole family. The food was, of course, wonderful. Sadly I did not get any pictures of the yummy turkey, gravy, ham, potatoes, green bean casserole, dressing, cranberries, fruit salad, rolls...the list goes on and on! I did however get a ton of pictures of the kids playing outside. It was such a beautiful day and they had fun playing while waiting to eat.You can't see the wheel, but Eli is steering the ship!

Head first down the slide! The boy has no fear!

Swinging with cousins Krystyna and Kymberly.

They are showing him how it's done! :)

Our sweet boy!

Cousins

Grandmommy swinging Eli.

I guess I was slacking off on the picture taking that day because I didn't get any pictures of Eli eating the first time around, but here he his at his second thanksgiving sitting of blueberries and cheese.

We are so blessed and thankful for all our family and friends!! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!