Christmas Extravaganza 2008

Opening presents Christmas morning.

Playing with Paw in Winchester.

Barrett had a great time playing with all his Averette cousins this year.

Here, Kirsten is helping him slide.

Pile on! Playing with Uncle "Heaf" and Aunt "Yeh Yeh".

Barrett loves his great grandmother!

Here, he is showing "Granmutter" how to put the packages/shapes in the mail box.

Our Christmas Holidays were packed with excitement this year. We visited "Ghee" and "GheeDaddy" (an ever evolving name for Grandaddy), Grandmother, Maw and Paw and the Winchester Tipps Crew, Nana and Pop, both my brothers' families, and Uncle "Heaf" and Aunt Andrea (a.k.a. "Yeh Yeh"). Barrett loved all the festivities and had a great time with his family.

As far as Christmas goes...Barrett likes nativity sets and knows baby Jesus, Mary, and all the animals. He was excited about the tree this year and I think he only broke 2 ornaments. Christmas lights are always supposed to be on. He likes stockings or "boots". Ho Ho (Santa Claus) was a big hit. He absolutely LOVED opening his gifts as well as everyone else's gifts; however, we could have saved a bunch of money by just letting him open wrapped boxes, because the opening was the part he enjoyed most! He has just now started playing with his toys. It was so much fun to watch his excitement this year.