Baby's 1st Christmas

such a camera hog!!

filling the coffee table with presents from the aunts and grandmamma

McLean family shot

testing out the new puppy dog hat from aunt Noel

there were a few gifts from mom and dad

he always enjoys a good book

overwhelmed by all the gifts that kept coming and coming

with his great aunt Sandy

with his great aunt Carolyn (Charlie) and Uncle James

testing out the new wagon

There are literally hundreds of pictures documenting Turner's first Christmas, and you know me, I had a hard time just picking out a few to upload. But here's a random sampling from Christmas Eve with the Shewmakes, to Christmas morning with mom and dad, to Christmas day with the McLeans.

Bathtime before

Arthur took this picture of Turner in the bathtub days before Christmas, so we'll have to call this the "before" shot. Arthur and I bulked up Turner's supply of bath time play things for Christmas, so he'll need to take an "after" shot now for you to see the new toys. We tried to get him new towels since he's pretty much outgrown most of his infant towels. Our order placed through Sears had to be refunded because they lied and really were out of stock of the $5 bargains. His bear hooded towel is the perfect size for him right now, but most of the ones we've found like it are outside of our price range for towels. I found instructions on how to make hooded towels yourself but I guess I'd need to learn how to sew! :) Let me know if you have suggestions on what to do during the in between stage--too big for infant towels but not ready for grown up ones! I'm sure Arthur will be getting some pictures up from Christmas on here real soon! Turner got plenty of great gifts from friends and family and is loving them all!

Santa Claus meets Turner

Turner was sick with a high fever the night of the Downtown Stroll, so we were pretty disappointed we couldn't get a photo of him with the Santa we had at the photography studio that night. But we happened to find out that Santa would be at the D'Andrea's house Wednesday night, so we loaded Turner up and headed on over.

Turner wasn't too sure about Santa to begin with, but he warmed up after a few minutes.

Rudolph sighting---at 120 Second Ave

Tried to get some pics of Turner in his Christmas pajamas with his very own reindeer tree. It's hard to keep him still these days for photos. About 2oo shots are blurred or of his backside and about 3 of them turned out well enough to use. He'll be embarrassed one day that I put antlers on his head and painted his nose red, but I thought it was hilarious and took advantage of being able to get away with it while he's still too young to protest! :)

more christmas/fall

Turner's first Thanksgiving

Hubby here. We've got a lot of Turner pics from the studio and in the yard for fall yet to put up, but I thought I'd post some pics from Turner's first Thanksgiving with Bridgett's family and mine before we get to Christmas.


With my mother "grandmother" and his Aunt Lynn.

With Bridgett's mother "Nanna".
Stop: Bottle Time.
PawPaw Warren.