Christmas in Houston

I really thought this Christmas would be the last Christmas we could get away "skimping" on Harrison's gifts from Santa. I mean, the jolly old man had already given him a college education earlier in the year, so he spent maybe $100 on a Big Wheel, books, DVDs, games, and trucks. (there was a killer T-r-Us sale the 1st weekend in Dec!) Anyways, as Christmas neared, we began receiving gifts from family... and what should appear on our doorstep, but a HUGE box with the picture of the jeep below on the side!!! Santa really DID COME! HA! Harrison's Uncle Bill sent him a Jeep, which was a HUGE hit and remains the toy of choice! Harrison loves his little car so much. He drives about 10 feet, stops, gets out, and just walks around checking the tires, making sure his debris is still in the trunk, and staring lovingly at it (as witnessed in the picture below).

Merry Christmas! Poor Harrison was sick the week before with a cold, and with a low immune system, he then picked up an adnoid virus that brought us almost 104 fevers for 3 nights before and during Christmas. Tickling, toys, and lots of lovin' helped get him through the painful coughs and the sleepless nights.

Head of the table, ofcourse!

Since we couldn't take a child with a 103.7 fever to the children's service on Christmas Eve, Granpa "Pa-Pa" told Harrison the story of Jesus!

Leaving Cookies and Milk for Santa... Harrison DID NOT like sitting on Santa's lap either time we tried it this year, so when we'd mention that Santa was actually coming to our house, we never got the "Yay, Yippeeee" response we wanted! He was nice enough to leave him some food and drink though, in exchange for toys!!! :)

I LOVE lights. Houston has the BEST lights displayed on houses, and we made several trips to River Oaks and Tanglewood in our pajamas to view the mansions covered in millions of lights!

Scooter from Gran and Grandaddy.. we LOVE toys Harrison can grow into all year long!!!




Thomas Big Wheel from Santa. We couldn't believe that our 90 percentile height boy could not reach the pedals yet! 2 more months! But, he still loves scooting around on it and insisted on wearing his helmet!

p.s. Those cookies were a week old - can't believe Santa ate them! ;)

soaking it in!

We saved the Jeep for the last present. Harrison and I went upstairs to change out of our PJs and came down to find a big white sheet with a big red bow covering the front of it. Harrison's IBuprofen was wearing off at this point and he was getting fussy, but when he pulled the sheet off the Jeep, all we heard was "TRACTOR!!!" He inspected it for 5 minutes, checking out all the buttons, grinning from ear to ear. So much for the fever!

What a little man!

Hungry Hippos!

Audrey's birthday was Christmas day, so we celebrated with cake and ice cream! Happy Birthday!

" Ho Ho Ho!" Day after Christmas - ofcourse, now he wants Santa to come back. I'm just hoping he'll actually sit in his lap and smile next year!

I love you Jeep

Dance Break - The Jeep even came with a radio!!! :)