Merry Christmas!

Benjamin was added to our family ornament tree on my Grandmother's banister.

Family picture at Memmaw's house.

Riding on the Jimmie Johnson Sit and Ride that Grandma and Granddad Schubert gave him. I LOVE this present and I can't wait to decorate it!

Checking out the presents for the first time.

Meeting Santa Clause for the first time! We went to Yankee Candle and Benjamin saw him before I did and started kicking and screeching. He was so excited to see him.

Merry Christmas everyone! We had such a wonderful day with family. We spent the night at my parents house for Christmas Eve. As a tradition everyone got new pajamas and we wrapped presents. Benjamin loved taking the ornaments off the tree and ringing the bell.

On Christmas day Benjamin loved playing with his toys. After we opened presents we had Oyster Stew and visited Benjamin's Great-Grandmothers (Mammaw and Memmaw) and finally made it home in the evening. Of course with all of the festivities Benjamin didn't get a nap so he went to bed early.

Also, as of today, Benjamin is 9 months old! It is going by so fast! He is all over the place... crawling and cruising everywhere. He can stand by himself for a few seconds now so it's scary to think that he might be walking soon. Benjamin still doesn't have any teeth so he is drooling everywhere and occasionally gets fussy. He LOVES to eat and usually eats what I make for dinner... therefore he visits me in the kitchen quite a bit. Recently he has been playing with magnets on the refrigerator so now he takes them off and tries to put them on all kinds of different surfaces to see if they "stick". Grandma Schubert got him the Leap Frog Farm where you match the animals for Christmas so tonight he was busy taking the animals in and out of the farm. It was fun watching him explore with them.

We are SO blessed this Christmas and grateful for what the Lord has provided for us! We can't wait to see what He has in store for us in 2010! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!