Grady's First Christmas

We had such a fun Christmas in Tucson with the family.  Grady perfected the art of stuffing his face - a fine Christmas tradition!

After Christmas Dinner - sweet potatoes - Grady's stomach was so huge Uncle Gavin took to calling him "The Tank." 

Everyone else's dinner was also delicious, and we got to see not only Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Cliff, and Uncle Gav, but also Great Aunt Dawn and Great Uncle Peter.  I had met them both before, but this was the first time we had the pleasure of really getting to know them.  Here's a shot of Grady with his Great Aunt and his daddy.

I realized a bit belatedly that we didn't actually let Grady open any of his presents this Christmas.  (Oops!)  Here is my attempt at a staged present opening, but Grady quickly became distracted by the cat (aka "tat!").

He sure loves kitties!  (The feeling is not mutual.)

Luckily, there was one forgotten present that Grady got to legitimately open later that day.  He was pretty interested in the wrapping.

Once Grandpa showed Grady how to open it, he was equally thrilled to eat the ornament underneath!

Besides opening presents and eating (and eating the presents), we also went to the desert museum.  The museum is awesome.  It's mainly outside, and we got to see prairie dogs, humming birds, cacti, and Grady got to see a BIG cat - a puma!  Here's a weird picture of the two of us at the museum.

Grady also had fun playing piano with Grandpa.

Riding on Daddy's shoulders -

Practicing moving forward - he was particularly smitten with a gold circle hiding some outlets.  (This video is from about a week ago, but his moves haven't evolved too much.)

And just hanging out with the family!

Grady's social nature really shone through this trip - he barely made a whimper the entire time, and was full of smiles - even way past his bedtime - for everyone.   It was a great trip and a great Christmas!