Christmas 2010

Here's a recap of Christmas 2010...

This was Colton's second Christmas. He was only 2 months old last Christmas. Crazy! Colton came down with croup the week of Christmas. He started taking some steroids and snapped back pretty quick. We were able to enjoy our time with our families but kept Colton at a distance from other kiddos.

We started the celebrating with Christmas Eve at the lake with Brad's mom's side of the family...the Bradfords. We ate yummy Mexican food, opened presents and played the "name game". Colton and I hung out for a while and then headed home for nap time.

Opening presents



With Meme and Great Grandma Bradford



Christmas morning we celebrated at home with our little family. We woke Colton up at 8:30 so we could get the day started...we had places to go. :) We brought him downstairs to see what Santa had brought. Colton got a basketball goal, mega blocks in a wagon, bath toys, dump truck and a stocking full of goodies. He saw the basketball and goal and wanted to "play". He didn't look or play with another thing the entire morning. After he figured out how to "shoot" the ball he was set. He didn't open a single present or his stocking. He had some basketball to play. I made "pigs in a blanket" for breakfast so we took a break to eat a quick breakfast before heading to Meme and Pawpaw's house.

Daddy playing Santa

Christmas loot



He went straight to the basketball goal



Slam Dunk!

Pigs in a blanket

We headed to Meme and Pawpaw's house for more Christmas fun. We ate yummy cinnamon rolls and hot coffee...perfect for a chilly morning. We exchanged gifts but Colton was not real interested in opening the presents. We just wanted to walk around and play...and he was missing his morning nap...so we made the best of it.

Merry Christmas

Eli and Colton

opening presents with mommy

For lunch we went to the Fisher's house for a yummy Christmas lunch (we ate a lot in 2 days! ha!). All of the Fisher kids were there along with grand kids and great grand kids. It was a house full! Yummy food and great fellowship together with family.

Uncle Tim and Colton

We left early that afternoon for Louisiana. Nana and Pop's house was next on the agenda! We had a 4 hour drive ahead of us and a much needed nap for Colton. We made it to Nana and Pop's that evening. A quick dinner of yummy gumbo and off to open more presents. We let the kids open presents first and Colton actually opened a few of his. We visited with my family and enjoyed being in one place for several days without having to travel or house hop.

His new chair

His very own remote control

One (of many) special gifts that Colton got was a "Little People" nativity set. I can't wait until he understands the true meaning of Christmas. We read the Christmas story from his Bible many times during the holiday season. I pray that he learns of Christ's love for him at a young age.



We were on the go a lot during the holidays but we loved every minute of it. We are blessed with great families that love our little boy to pieces!