**Chad's First Christmas**

Warning: this entry has lots of pictures, so prepare yourself for the cuteness.

OK, the first one isn't that cute.  It's one of the (many) failures we got while trying to take a Christmas card picture.

 

Guess he didn't like my singing...

Christmas Eve: We had lobster, Chad had Similac, and then he hung his stocking by the staircase with care.

(His Babci made it) 

Chad was so excited for Christmas that he broke out of his swaddle.
  

 A "Merry Christmas, Mommy" card found it's way into his crib, but I think he had some help with that.

He opened his presents (OK, we opened them for him) and is now well-prepared for Spring Training.

Go Sox!

Thanks, Colleen!

According to Amazon, this seahorse was supposed to be the hottest Christmas present for the 6 months and under demographic.  You can see how excited Chad was to receive it.

He's fallen asleep at bedtime listening to the seahorse sounds/music twice so far.  We win!

After celebrating Christmas with his families via Skype, he took a four-hour nap.  At first the second string cat settled into his guard cat duties, but the nap lasted so long even the cat got bored and took off.  We need to explain to Chad that if he can sleep for a four-hour stretch during the day, he should be able to do it at night too.

Out like a light.  This made for a very active night in the nursery.

His neck is finally strong enough for him to ride in the sling, so yay for us having two free hands.

(Steph- Note the Seuss friends on his bookshelf.  They're waiting for their I Love Monkeys friend.  Is he in the mail yet?)

I think he looks like Andy in this one.

Today he got to visit his soon-to-be daycare again. He'll go for a half day on Monday so we can practice, and then Tuesday he starts full-time.  (Except he'll get a day off on Thursday for a doctor's appointment and lots of shots.  Hooray for vaccinations!)

 

Tomorrow is Andy's last day off of work, so in honor of the end of paternity leave, here is a picture of them: