Final Christmas Pics (I think)!

Here are the remainder of the pics that I wanted to post from all the Christmas festivities. It was such an amazing Christmas- just as exciting as it was when I was little.

Finalizing the decorations.

Ethan making sure that everything is up to his standards.

This made me just as nervous as him opening wrapping paper and putting it in his mouth.

Um. NO!. We don't eat those!
He loved his stocking a bit too much. He loves jingle bells.
I realized I take way too many pics when I found 120+ from just this moment in time sitting in my file waiting to be labeled- yikes!

The little elf on Christmas morning- coming down the stairs to open presents.

Just the way my sisters and I used to do it- minus the fighting on who gets to go first, and getting in trouble for peeking downstairs ;) Oh, good times.

Ethan's 8th month photo.

This was as good as I could get.

This was his attitude pretty much the whole time ;)

"(Yawn) Can we go play now?"

A cute pic of him in his Christmas outfit.

He loved the sparkly on the stairway banister's garland.

Since everyone keeps asking what he got for Christmas- here it all is.

The perfect amount of gifts for the little guy. We love all the new wood Melissa & Doug toys he got! I don't think this kid needs any more toys for at least 2 years. Thanks everyone!!

Very funny for a second, but as mentioned earlier, the headband antlers don't quite cut it for little boys ;)
"Mommy, can you see me?!?"
I loooove this pic!
Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. Happy 2010!!!

Side note: I can't believe it is already 'next year'. No more 2009: the year of Ethan- how sad!

What an incredible year: the birth of our precious son, no more career for me, B's stellar promotion, all the obnoxious home repairs we had to do, and all of our sweet friends' and families' support. And, yes, the decorations were down as of the 31st. We celebrated the day together with a delicious dinner of king crab legs, squash, and potatoes. CHEERS!