Charlie's first Christmas

It was our first Christmas with little Charlie (he missed it by two days last year) and it was so fun.  Jared and I were way more excited about it than Charlie.  It's so fun to have a little one during the holidays!  He sat on Santa's lap at the ward party and was totally content.  He wanted to pull Santa's beard.

He wasn't that interested in presents.  The other grandkids enjoyed opening Charlie's presents for him.

He did enjoy the traditional grandma waffles for breakfast.  Oh, and I had a lot of fun making the pajama pants he's wearing.  I made a matching pair for his birth mom and brother.

Toby (Charlie's birth brother) came over for a visit a few days before Christmas. Charlie loves him and watches everything he does. I forgot to get a picture with Ralynn.

Jared had fun with his boy...

...and he always enjoys torturing the other kids.

We took a trip with my family to Arizona the day after Christmas.  It was a long drive, but it was so nice to be outside and not freeze to death!  

We even went to the zoo!

Charlie had fun, but wasn't super interested until we saw the giraffes at the very end.  They have a platform that you can go up on and buy food and feed the giraffes.  They come right up with their long tongues and eat the food right out of kids' hands (it's super gross)!  Charlie thought it was hilarious and laughed his head off everytime someone fed them. My phone was almost dead, so I didn't get a good video, but it was sooo cute and funny!

Charlie did pretty good on the long drive and got lots of work done on the laptop that Grandma and Grandpa Rowland gave him for Christmas!

We made some fun memories with our sweet little boy!