I loved watching Barret engage with us as he opened his presents and carefully handed someone the wrapping paper. I loved watching him grab at the presents under the tree or from our hands and look at it with wonder and trying to figure out just what in the world we were doing. I loved his excitement for the day, even though he really had no clue what the day really was and that it was special not because of the presents, but because it was Christmas and we were all together, relaxing and enjoying each others presence. I LOVED IT!Needless to say, with an early riser on our hands all of this was done by 8:30am so we skyped Grandma Boehm and Uncle Jason to wish them a Merry Christmas! Barret thinks skyping is the weirdest thing, I'm sure. People talking to him that he knows, and knows they love him, but he can't touch them. And then there is the computer mouse that he so intently plays with and pushes the buttons, making the screen pop in and out and hitting the mute button, making our video disappear, and making all sorts of weird screens pop up. We just go with it....
after a looonnngg chat with the Boehms and a phone call with the Gaffney's Daddy decided we should go up and hang out in Bradford for the day. So we quickly packed ourselves up, got Barret in the car and headed up to see the Boehm's. It was a surprise for all of us and was thoroughly enjoyed. 
Barret napped on the way up while Mama and Daddy enjoyed the Christmas music and the beautiful landscapes covered in snow. When we arrived at Grandma and Grandpa's we grabbed all of our things and knocked on the door. Uncle Jason opened it with a very confused face. Grandma was excited and everyone was happy :) On this visit Barret found Scooters water bowl and was very insistent that everything needed to be dipped in the water, making for very wet hands and feet. The day consisted of games, food, comfort, and an excursion in the snow. We made quite the original snowman in the front yard for Barret, that I might say looked just like Frosty! He had the summer sausage eyes, a celery nose, and M&M mouth, he was truly a sight to see.
As we fended off Scooter to make the face last more than just a few minutes, we watched as Barret sat and enjoyed his first icicle. The boy likes everything! When Uncle Jason took the icicle to make an arm for our snowman Barret was so upset he cried... What can I say, not only do we have a summer water baby, but we have a winter snow boy too :)
We came inside to warm up and take a nap, which for Barret, was a nice and short 45 minutes....NOT long enough for anyone!!! But he was happy as could be and more talkative than ever. We got ready for dinner and then Grandpa got home from work, where we surprised him as well :)
All in all, it was the greatest First Christmas ever. Relaxing and with nothing to worry about!
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!
Here are a few pictures from our Christmas eve too!
We had a relaxing day filled with playing in the snow, having Italian beef for dinner, and heading to church. We finished the day off with opening up our PJ's from Grandma and Grandpa Gaffney and heading to bed. 
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