Malachi's first Christmas

Malachi's first Christmas was great. Everyone showered him with love and toys, toys, and more toys. We started off the week of Christmas picking up Grandma Jodie from the airport. It had been almost four months since Jodie had last seen Malachi and she couldn't wait to see how much her grandson had grown.

Jodie definitely spoiled me while she was out her. She took care of Malachi the whole week she was here. I didn't feel as bad for leaving him to make dinner, do laundry, clean house, or even just shower because he had Jodie to provide him with all the attention he wanted. Malachi's favorite thing to do with Grandma was cuddling and Grandma enjoyed it very much.

Malachi enjoyed helping Mom open all his gifts. Of course we had to pause and let Malachi play and touch everything before moving on to the next present.

We spent Christmas day at my mom's house in Denver. My mom finally got her picture of the three generations. In the picture are my Grandma, Mom, little brother Devin with his girls; Lily (sitting by me) and Nikki (on Devin's lap), Andi (the girls mom), Malachi, and me. It was fun trying to take a picture and getting all three kids to look at the same time.

One of Malachi's favorite new toys is the play station Uncle Mike got him for Christmas. Instead of the walkers most of us grew up with they now make a "play station". It's a lot like the walker on top, but has a saucer on the bottom. Malachi can sit or stand if he wants. His feet don't touch the bottom yet, but if he leans to one side or the other he can get a foot flat on the bottom. It is fun to watch him in it. He gets so excited about the toys he bounces and jumps towards the toy he wants. It was a great buy on the Uncle's part.

Over the last week Malachi has learned to roll over on to his belly, so now he rolls back and forth. He is also starting to sit on his own, he loses his balance and falls over after about a minute or two. He is also teething and drooling all over the place too.

We thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas seeing family and friends, hope everyone else has too. Love you all and have a Happy New Year!!