Cullan's First Christmas

Christmas morning was wonderful. We are all wearing our Christmas Eve presents from Grandpat and Nene. Cullan got an adorable onsie with his name on it and Chris and I are wearing Shirts that were made with Michael's Marine Unit name on them. Chris was so thrilled that he was able to talk to Michael for a bit on Christmas day (Michael is currently deployed in Iraq and is a Helicopter Pilot with the Purple Foxes). Cullan received many wonderful gifts from all of his family and some friends. We had such a fun first Christmas opening all of his gifts. I got Cullan a warm winter Suite that reminds me of Ralphe's Brother in the movie a Christmas Story. I also got a beautiful necklace with Cullan's birthstone in it. Chris and I have had such a blessed year and I am so thankful for my beautiful healthy son, loving husband, wonderful friends and family that I just don't have anything else to wish for this year :)

Christmas Eve

My mom came to spend Cullan's first Christmas with us! it was wonderful having her here. She stayed with him Wednesday all day while I worked. Christmas Eve we cooked for Krista and Bobs party and then went to the 4pm Mass. Krista and Bob put on a great Party and Cullan did well considering he was up past his bedtime. He would get fussy and i would rock him, then when i tried to put him down his eyes would be wide awake and he would smile at me, ready to join the party again! P.S. These pictures uploaded backwards in the chain of events.

Cullan's Christmas Party

Friday I took Cullan to his Christmas party! Santa came to visit the Kids and I enjoyed spending a few hours playing with him and the kids. I got to see what some of his day with Lisa is like :) My poor baby has a bad cold again. He is not feeling well at all and has a goopy eye. We are watching him closley. I finally just now got him to go down for a nap, only 2 and a half hours later than usual.

Big Eyes and Chubby Cheeks

Cullan can lean against the back of the couch and hold himself up all by himself. he sits up to about halfway up and then falls back down. He cant get all the way up yet. He is holding his head and body up well now. He gets stronger everyday. He no longer sleeps through the night so today Chris and I started him on Rice Cereal and are crossing our fingers this works. He wakes up hungry every night so we think he is ready for the cereal. we spoon fed him some and then put the rest in his bottle and will do the same tonight at bedtime. Saturday we bundled him up and went out Christmas shopping. We got all of our shopping done early, which never happens for me. My new camera flashes orange then takes he picture and every time Cullan's Eyes get huge.. so funny! He has big eyes as it is. Cullan is such a happy baby most of the time and his little cheeks have gotten so chubby!

Cullan Laughing

We finally did it!! I was bouncing Cullan and he was laughing away! Chris caught him on video laughing and yelling... too cute.

Birthday Part 2

My Mom got me a really nice new Camera for my Birthday. All these pictures are taken with my Sony Cybershot. Hopefully we can see a difference in picture quality. Today we got at least 2 plus inches of snow and at 6:30pm it is still falling. We took pictures with Cullan and his very first snow, but took them early on in the morning so the ground is now snow covered white. We watched football all day and Cullan is ready for the UT game tonight.

Opening Presents

Cullan helped me open presents :) He had his first true laugh on Thursday night. We were playing and he was just laughing at me. It was amazing and so cute. My birthday was nice, chris sent me flowers and cooked me dinner. Cullan had a bad tummy ache last night and had a pretty bad night. He was very upset but he seems better today. Not 100% yet but better. We are crossing our fingers tonight is better.

Early Birthday Present

The court just called me and the case Settled!! Woo Hoo!! So now i get to spend my Birthday off as planned with my baby. I am on Vacation next week and Will continue posting pictures as I always do.

Jury Duty

I may fall behind on posting pictures the next few weeks. I will try to get a few more pictures up this weekend. I had Jury duty yesterday and after telling them I have a 3 month old in daycare and do not have daycare for him on Friday's, they still proceeded to select me as a Juror in a Possibly 3 week long Civil Trial. Trial begins Friday and will go everyday until it is done. I am going to miss my Friday's with my baby and now will be paying for an additional day in daycare during this trial. Makes no sense to me but it is what it is, so I will do my best to keep posting once a week during this time.