Family time
An early "Christmas present" from the thrift store. A $5 find!
Christopher and I had a wonderful date night to the 23rd squadron Christmas party.
Christopher won 2nd place in the tacky tie contest. A sweet bowtie tied by Christopher himself!
Zebulun wanting to open his Christmas presents early...
and getting stuck under the bookshelf.
Making Christmas cookies as a family! Love these memories!
Daddy and Zeb watching them cook.
We went to an ugly sweater Christmas party with our OCF (Officer Christian Fellowship) family.
We sang Christmas carols.
Zeb played with Aniah.
Zebulun gets his first kiss under mistletoe from Julie.
Zebulun watching "Night at the Museum"
My sweet cute little penguin!
Julie and I made Christmas goodies!
Caramel corn
and these little chocolate pretzel goodness!
Zeb wanted to taste test for us ;)
But daddy did. We burnt out first batch of caramel corn :(
Cutie Patootie!
He's started riding in his stroller facing forward, without his car seat!
We made little Christmas gifts for our neighbors, so Zeb rode his sled to their houses to drop them off.
He got a new ball from our neighbors, Christin and David.
Christopher did a phenomenal job decorating the house with lights! Merry Christmas! Jesus is the light of the world.
:)
Christmas Eve
We spent Christmas Eve day at a senior living facility handing out candy canes with the message of Jesus Christ attached and singing the residents Christmas carols. Zebulun was our little Elf and our friend, Henry was Santa. These 2 boys were a big hit! My hearts desire is to see Zeb not only grow up knowing the true meaning of Christmas but living it out.
He got to open one present that night.
Veggie Tales "The Toy that Saved Christmas"
We spent Christmas Eve at the Dockendorf's house playing games until Zebulun got sick and we had to end the evening early. Our poor little man had a stomach bug for his first Christmas. :(
Christmas DAY!!!
Zebulun spent most of the day just lying around not feeling well. Only getting pedialyte and a little oatmeal cereal.
We started the morning reading about the birth of Jesus. Happy Birthday Jesus!
He got a rocking chair!
A tool set and phone from mom and dad.
....and stackable bowls!
Christopher got an office chair.
I got pocket sweaters and a scarf from Gram and PawPaw
And gloves with an e-tip from Christopher.
Money from Granny!
I got a pot from Christopher!
Chris was more excited about the bubble wrap than anything else.
I got him the 23rd bomb squadron patch made out of metal.
Bath toys from MawMaw & PawPaw Auer
A steering wheel from PawPaw and Gram. That is the best smile we got all day!
oooooh! A motorcycle from MawMaw and PawPaw
An elephant from Uncle Bradley, Bek, and Jadon.
How he spent a lot of the day, :( But I do love my snuggles!
Right before bed he finally got a little burst of energy to smile and play with his new toys for a few minutes.
Zebulun's Christmas gift to us was....he started to crawl! He officially started crawling on Christmas Eve. He is all over the place these days!
The next couple of days following Christmas were up and down. He would have good moments and then times when he would still be throwing up. But we could almost always get him to smile.
A little fresh air, ahhh! It was 35 degrees, 2 days after Christmas, so more sledding! :)
Shopping at the BX
Bathtime, playing with his new basketballs
We got gifts from MawMaw Lenox! Minot mail is sooo slow, but its ok. Means we get to open more presents! Zeb reading one of his books and Christopher reading the instructions on how to play farkle. (fun game!)
He loves playing with balls!
We finally got an appt with the doctor the Monday after Christmas. He had already stopped throwing up by Saturday night, but I just wanted a weight check and to make sure we didn't need to change his diet. :)
These boots were made for walking!
He spends hours playing with all his toys, well cause pretty much that's all there is to do when its -20 outside.
We call this his "grandpa smile" cause he squints his eyes and has no teeth. His whole face lights up!
Uncle Justin, Aunt Kathryn, Jesse, and Abigail sent Zebulun this awesome aviator hat and, of course dad was jealous!
He likes to make himself rock in his chair but we have to sit right in front of him or he'll nose dive right out.
Daddy and Zeb putting his motorcycle together.
Safety first. Gotta wear a helmet.
Go, Zeb, Go!
