December

We took Caelan to the Great Wolf Lodge to see Santa..... and we could not believe who we ran into- Barbara and Eric! They were there for Eric's work Christmas party. They came over to see Caelan- the first time Barbara has seen him since NICU, the first time she has held him since birth. Barbara looked great and we were thrilled to see them.

Here are several other pictures from the lodge.

Caelan visited with Santa for several minutes- he whispered into Santa's ear what he wanted for Christmas.Santa has authored a couple of books and wrote a very special message to Caelan inside his copy.

All of the kids at the lodge come out in their pj's each night for story time; Santa joined them in his own jammies and night hat to read his book to them.

Christmas Eve at Home.....

Caelan's special "1st Christmas" pj's

We were really late in the month getting the tree up, so we decided to only put on a few special ornaments. Matt and I have 3 glass balls in 'our' colors... yellow with his name, red with OJ (love), and green with my name. There is also a silver one with my mom's name on it. We ordered one for Caelan as well.So I helped him hang his ornaments on the treeMy very special friend Sharon gave him a pair of blue porcelain (?) shoes with his name, birth date and weight and length.He really enjoyed looking at all his presentsMatt read Caelan one of his books he got for Christmas- "Click, Clack, Moo" from Aunt MM and Uncle Jay; he also got a new Curious George book from Aunt Sally and Uncle Jason, and some gifts from my Aunt Vanna and Uncle Bill, Pop and Shelle.

Caelan rolled over for the FIRST time- under the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve!! How special is that!!

Christmas at Grandma & Grandpa's with Pat, Lee and the kids... (a few days before Christmas)

Decorating traditional Christmas cookiesCaelan watched from his swing
Erin and Samuel- opening gifts

Caelan didn't make it to opening gifts- poor little guy sacked out in Aunt Lee's arms

No worries though.... we saved his gifts to open when he woke up.... Grandpa and Matt helped him open his first present!Wrapping paper tastes good!

What Santa brought Caelan...

It's a Rainforest Jumperoo!

The seat turns all the way around, with several toys and rattles, etc all the way around.... and best of all.... he can JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!!!

He LOVES it!!

What's really cute though.... is when he just wears himself out in it and just all of a sudden.....

he just ZONKS OUT!!

One second he is jumping so hard and then literally within a second he is out cold!

It is soooo cute.... he still has his hands on the toys!