Happy Day

Alex's first car
Originally uploaded by Raspberry World.

What a nice Christmas. Alex slept until 7:30, which was a big improvement over the last several days. I think he was feeling a lot better. Then we all got up and went downstairs. The lights on the Christmas tree were on and the room looked so pretty, with the stockings all stuffed and waiting, and the presents from our family and Santa under the tree.

The first thing Alex noticed was his new ride-on toy. He crawled right to it with a big smile on his face. He knew it was for him! He played with it a lot today. He also got a lot of other fun toys appropriate for his age, and enjoyed all of them. He played his drum, rolled his cars, bounced his ball, and made calls on his new chatter phone. He was not really into unwrapping the presents, but he enjoyed watching me open them for him. He also loved his new plate and bowl. What a big boy!

We spent the day here at home, with my mom and Ziggy. We talked to our family on the phone and it was great to hear about everyone's Christmas. I roasted a turkey breast and we had it for dinner, then we settled down to watch The Sound of Music. Marty gave me this DVD last Christmas, and we never got a chance to watch it before the old DVD player died. Then we didn't have a TV for a long time, so we never got around to watching it until a year after he gave it to me. It was so great! I haven't watched it all the way through in years! It looked awesome on our new TV.

So, that was Alex's first Christmas. He seemed to have a good day, and I am happy. It was a special time.