Christmas

(I'll come back and post pictures when I get them loaded.)

We had a wonderful Christmas. On Thursday, Landon had a 9 month well-baby. He checked out perfectly. He's in the 75th percentile for his height, and the 40th for his weight. LOL. He's almost 20 pounds now.

After the appointment, we left for Midland. We got to Jane and Dad's early, early Friday morning, and crashed in the living room. Landon did great on the 9 hour drive. Baby Eistein is the greatest DVDs ever! After watching it three times, he was out.

We stayed at Jane and Dad's Friday night also. It was nice to sit and relax finally. Landon had a great time watching their little Jack Russell and their new puppy, a Golden Retriever. He thought they were just great.

On Saturday we got up and headed on to Muleshoe to see my friends and family. We had lunch planned at Leal's and suprisingly, a lot of old friends showed up. It was great fun. Crystal and Chad came with their two girls, Keetha and Troy and Baby Avery, Tiffany, Bryan F. and his wife, Jana and her kids, my mom and Tiff's mom. We had a table full.

Then we went back to Mom's and did the traditionally holiday cookies. I don't know how I got stuck with this, but everyone thinks I'm the one who's supposed to roll out the dough. Abby, my 4 year old niece, wanted to help this year, or really, she just wanted to play in the flour. The kids had a great time cutting out cookie shapes.

Then Alex, my 7 year old nephew, played Santa Claus for us. He dressed up in my mother's red coat, wore Emma's, 10 year old neice, high heel boots, and put a Santa hat on. He put a plastic walmart back around both ears, for his beard. It was too funny.

We then headed on to Portales, to stay the night with my Grandmother. It was late by the time we got in, so we just visited for a little while and headed to bed. The next morning, Bryan made eggs and bacon for us all while we got ready for church.

After church, we headed to Granny's house (my dad's mom) for Christmas. We had lunch, then did presents and love stockings (for the kids.) Landon had a GREAT time. He got a ride on truck, a hammer and tool set, stuffed animals, everything a boy could want. He loved playing with everything. And really liked the girls dresses! Landon had a great time with my Uncle Ronny. Ronny walked him all over the house. Granny got a digital camera and was having a great time taking pictures.


Then back to church on Sunday night, then on to Grandma's for the Calton Christmas. Again, Landon had so much fun with all the presents (i.e. wrapping paper.) He got a English/Spanish musical table, some clothes, a cow that moos (he's still scared of it), magnets, a baby doll, a truck, lots of great things. We left the usual games in their boxes and played old fashion cherades. It was hilarious. Even the kids joined in. Landon among all the presents:


We finally got to sleep, late in the night. Santa found us all the way up in New Mexico! Landon got the dinasour/ball thingy, some rubber duckies, a bunch of dodge balls, some pajamas. He was mostly thrilled with the beads off the Christmas tree. (If Santa had only know. LOL)




We spent Christmas day at my aunt Sharon's house. Jill and family came over with their four wheelers. Bryan and Trevor had a great time on those, until a wheel came off one of them (no emergencies, thankfully.) We played the kids Guitar Hero, ate lots of great food, watched TV, and just visisted with everyone.

We took our time getting around on Tuesday, stopped at the furniture store to visit (and pick out some great stuff.) Then headed back to Midland. We decided to stay the night, so we got up Wednesday and drove the rest of the way home.

Time for laundry and repacking so we could leave for Tally.