christmas - two thousand ten

I can't believe that we just celebrated Asher's second Christmas.  I called it his first Christmas, I don't know how many times.  Last year was such a blur - A was 12 days old and I was running on a couple hours of sleep.

This Christmas was so much more memorable!  While Ash still doesn't care much about opening gifts he did love playing with things as I opened them for him!  And get gifts he did - everyone was so generous to him.

Drew, Asher and I traveled to New Jersey to spend the holiday with Drew's family this year.  We left VA on Friday morning and arrived in time to head over to Drew's Uncle Ken and Aunt Joanne's house for Christmas Eve dinner. 

The Wilkinson family all get together on Christmas Eve for dinner and gifts - we were so happy to be there this year!  After dinner Asher changed into his Christmas pajamas {I wasn't sure how long he'd last and it was waaay past his bedtime!}.  It was perfect timing because he got dressed just when Santa arrived!

 Some of Drew's cousins have little ones that are around 2 years old and they were the perfect age for Santa.  It was hilarious watching them get excited - 'It's Santa! It's Santa!!'  Love it!

 Asher was playing on the floor when Santa came in and didn't even look until Santa dug around in his sack and came up with a present for him.  When Santa called out 'Asher - is Asher here?' little A looked right around and scrambled over to him!  I picked Asher up and helped him get his present.

Yay, Santa!  Asher got a fun helicopter toy that came with a couple little plastic balls.  Asher got a hold of these blue and green ones and haven't put them down since.  Literally.  He holds them and looks at other stuff, but won't put them down.  It's funny, but kind of weird too!

On Christmas morning Asher was completely inundated with presents - his aunts, uncles, and grandparents went completely overboard!  So fun!

 
Drew and his brothers all received super sharp Shun knifes for Christmas.  Of course they wanted a photo of the knives with the baby.  Mommy was scared - but indulging.

 Asher's great grandparents and great-Uncle Bob came over for Christmas lunch.

 Ash LOVES his Uncle Bob - he's the baby whisperer. 

We had such a wonderful holiday here.  Tomorrow we head back to Virginia to get ready for a big New Years!

It's just as well - Asher is about to enter a holiday coma.

In a good sort of way.  :o)

Merry Christmas - one and all!