Baby's 1st Christmas

It's hard to believe that Christmas day has come and gone already. Grant and I spent the week of Christmas in Clinton with my family and it was wonderful being home for the holidays! Ron drove up last Wednesday to meet up with us and we celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas day with The Tew's. Santa was very good to Grant and he was so excited about the festivities he decided to take a nap in the middle of opening presents!

Grant playing with his new cell phone on Christmas Eve

Christmas morning around the breakfast table. So thankful to be celebrating

Christmas with our new addition this year.
Grant's stash of presents on Christmas morning

He loved his choo-choo!

My uncle brought Grant a giant stocking.

We couldn't resist putting him in it for a photo op.

Our family of three on Christmas Day

Grant and I with my Mom and sister,

No, we did not plan on being matchy-matchy all day!

Grant with his Aunt Bev and his new pal Scout

Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad!

Merry Christmas Y'all!

family, originally uploaded by jenatutu.

Merry Christmas from The Yaeger's!

Rollover

Yum, Fingers...

Fingers, originally uploaded by jenatutu.

Go Grant!

Sorry I've been slack lately about updating the good 'ole blog. What can I say? I've been busy. I'm leaving for NC this Friday for two weeks and I have been running around crazy preparing for the holiday in the few down moments I can with a three and a half month old. I'm so excited to be coming home for the holidays and experiencing Christmas with the best gift I've ever received, my sweet baby boy! Grant has been making huge strides lately in the milestone department. It all started Thanksgiving weekend when my Mom-in-law, Jody was able to get Grant to take a bottle. Can we say Praise the Lord! He's been doing great ever since and I have even given him rice cereal mixed in with the breastmilk. He likes the medela bottles after trying every kind on the market. Two Sundays ago, Grant was in his crib napping, I went to check on him on the baby monitor and found him doing this! I yelled for Ron and we ran upstairs in time to snap a picture of the first time he discovered his feet! Our video monitor is one of the best purchases I've ever made! He's also now sleeping without his swaddle and sleep positioner as well.

He's now in love with his feet (or new toys!) It's so cute to watch and he's starting to try to sit up and reach them when he's propped up on the boppy or in his carseat.

Grant is also holding up his head very well. He looks around and plays with his toys this way. It's like he's finally discovering the world around him. Grant can also rollover now! I'll post a video soon. He's becoming so much fun, I'm loving being a Mom!

Grant's Christening

Grant officially became a Catholic on November 29th, the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We had a private ceremony at Christ the King Catholic Church in Daphne, AL and all of our family was present. It was a very special ceremony and a very memorable one at that. Grant cried the entire time. It was very stressful for me with trying to keep him quiet, he was basically in dire need of a nap and dressing him in his christening gown upon arriving at the church set him off. Sure enough, he fell asleep immediately after the ceremony allowing us to get some great family photos. It was a very special day and it made it even more special to have our family and closest friends there.

I'm laughing at Kimmy here because I have my finger in Grant's mouth trying to quiet him down. Kimmy thankfully took photos throughout the ceremony.

A quiet moment!
He was such a trooper, he actually
enjoyed having the water poured on his head.

Towards the end of the ceremony the Priest asked that we place Grant on the alter as if offering him up to God, this is reminiscent of what Mary and Joseph did with baby Jesus after his birth.

The Priest kissing Grant, now a child of God

The happy family following the ceremony!

Ron and I with our baby boy

A closeup of Grant with Poppy

Proud Daddy, I love this picture.

My family with Grant, we were so glad Jeffrey was

able to make the trip down for the big event!

Words can't describe how in love I am with my angel!

Christening Gown

Ron's Mom, Jody, made the most incredible Heirloom Christening Gown for Grant. She spent six plus months slaving over the project and the end result is absolutely amazing. All of the embroidery was done by hand and is truely a sight! I'm very lucky to have such a talented Mother-in-law to make such wonderful things for Grant and the gown is so special.

This is the front of the bonnet that goes with the gown

The back of the bonnet
Front of the christening gown, the apron attaches with buttons

Frontal view of the gown

Hand embroidery

Back of the gown

I believe there are six layers of lace at the bottom

Jody had me write Grant's name and the date of his christening in cursive then she traced it onto the slip of the gown. She later went over it in needlepoint, we will do this for all of our children who wear the gown and their children as well. It reads: Grant Fitzgerald Yaeger, November 29, 2009.

Santa Baby

Grant could not wait to meet Santa and share with him all of his Christmas wishes! Santa also shared with Grant that all Momma wants for Christmas is a full night's sleep, SSSHHHHHH!

Give Thanks

Grant's first Thanksgiving was amazing! We were so lucky to have all of our family drive from North Carolina and Illinois to spend the holiday with us. All the women spent the majority of the day in the kitchen preparing our feast while the men of course watched football. My Dad mentioned that Thanksgiving was his favorite holiday and now I truely understand why (see photo below.) The food was fabulous, the company was great and we all have so much to be thankful for! What a great day it was.

Ron's parents with Grant

Grant is thankful for his Grandmama

My Dad is thankful for a full belly and good sleep

I was thankful for this amazing food and the
best tasting cranberry sauce I've ever had!


Thankful for family

Thankful for turkey, YUM

Thankful for Pecan Pie and Stuffing

Thankful for dessert. (Enough Said.)

Grant's thankful for dessert too!

And most of all, I'm thankful for my precious, sweet, loving, adorable baby boy!