In My Life: Christmas 2009

We spent Christmas this year at my Gramme’s house in Cheyenne, OK. The fact that we got there safely was a miracle in itself! On the 23rd we left Austin and stopped in OKC to see a friend of ours from college. We had debated staying the night as his house and driving the extra 3 or so hours the next day (since we had been on the road for over 5) but there had been some reports of a storm coming in, and we were feeling OK, so we hit the road instead. Good thing we did! Come Christmas Eve, tons of snow had fallen and all the highways in OKC were completely shut down.

That evening, Riley put on a show. He had been thinking about crawling for a couple weeks, rocking back and forth, but never got quite enough momentum to propel himself forward. Apparently, all he was lacking was an audience! That night, in front of all my family, Riley crawled for the first time! We had a great time in Oklahoma, receiving many thoughtful gifts, and enjoying seeing Gramme cherish her great grandson.

For New Year’s Eve we went to an Indian buffet and Riley ate his first table food at a restaurant- carrots out of jasmine rice.

Caleb had to work on New Year’s Day, but once he was off, we headed to Groves to do Christmas with the Coles. Riley got a ton of fabulous new toys, including an awesome Radio Flyer Wagon and a swing on Grandie and Papaw’s back porch! One of my favorite gifts was a deep freezer (yes, buying in bulk has hit a new level) and a bunch of homemade frozen dinners for us to assemble/ cook on busy nights- yay!

Riley at the City of Lakeway's Breakfast With Santa- he loved Mrs. Claus' shawl.

I think we put too much pressure on Riley for a good photo with Santa because it was only moments after we put him on Santa's lap that the waterworks began.