Christmas in Missouri

There's lots of blog-catching-up to do from December. But, we'll start with Christmas. Our kiddos are the definition of TROOPERS since we made the trek to Missouri (12 hours) all in ONE day, there and back. Tucker does so great in the car, mostly thankful to CARS, Curious George, and other animated characters, but it was Hadley we were worried about. At such a busy, active age, I thought she'd be frustrated to be in her seat for so long. But, she did incredibly well. With stops every now and then and the DVD to distract her as well, she survived with hardly any fussing at all. If we're being honest, I think I struggle to be in the car that long more than anyone :)

The kids had a lot of fun at Grandpa and Grandma's, especially with new toys-- or toys that are new to them anyway. Tucker's favorite things is the basement (such a novelty since we don't have those around here)-- all his toys are down there and he spends hours everyday hanging out with his best buddy, Grandpa, down there.

Hadley was practicing her walking there... still not doing it on her own, though.

We saw a lot of family...

Great-Grandma Seabaugh

{Tucker is enlightening her here about all the names of diggers}

Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma Fiehler

We went to a Christmas Eve service...which was pretty impressive on the kids' part since it was their bedtime :)

Grandpa

Missouri...

Tucker's having fun at Grandpa and Grandma's house! Thanks to his older cousins that have outgrown "baby toys", he has been given lots of new and exciting things to play with! He has his very own slide...a grocery cart...and of course, lots of non-toys around the house that he's quickly getting his hands on! He's enjoying lots of love from family of course...I don't think he minds all this attention at all...

He is officially walking A LOT! Last night he was walking halfway across the room with no help and you can just tell he's finally interested! Better late than never!

He's meeting lots of new people and doing great warming up even though it takes him a little time... almost every relative Brad has lives here in Cape, so there's lots of people to see! Today, we'll get to see some of Brad's friends so he'll meet some more new playmates!

Great Grandma Seabaugh!

Grandpa and Tucker!

Discovered that Grandma has a tupperware drawer too!

We went to a light show a few nights ago... It's one of those houses they have set up all the lights to music on the radio--it was quite a show and Tucker was very excited when he got to sit in the front seat with daddy and Grandpa to watch!

The cutest thing he's doing right now is "looking" for balls when they go under the couch... he lays down on the couch (see picture below) to look underneath it since that's what we do :)

Fisher Price turtle that was Grandma's toy when she was little!

Practicing the walking with Great Aunt Diane!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all had a great day! We woke up to snow flurries, which was such a treat (not enough to stick though)! Tucker had lots of presents to open and is now a proud owner of his own CAT dump truck, an Elmo remote control, a Little People nativity scene, and many other things! He's still just as fascinated with the tissue paper as much as anything else, but he really got into opening gifts much more than I would have ever imagined!

Christmas Eve we had a fun night with the big Fiehler clan... There are 3 other kids--Nathan, Noah, and Emma, and it didn't take long for them to welcome Tucker into their group... He got tons of attention and that helped him stay up way past his bed time! Yesterday we also got to have some time with the Seabaugh side and lots of extended family last night too!

Merry Christmas... Thank you Lord for sending Jesus to be born for us!

Great Grandma Fiehler

Crazy Christmas morning hair

Big Cousin Emma

Uncle Andy and all the blocks he gave Tucker!

I love my popcorn popper!

Great Grandma feeding me cake...

Road Trip!

Tucker is such a trooper! We left yesterday around 10am and ended up in Missouri around 11pm... besides a few cries here and there, he really wasn't been fussy at all! The DVD player is KEY (thanks Rays!) and I think Tucker is loving Elmo more and more by the minute :) He didn't sleep much during the day so he was fast asleep once it was dark... Here he is snuggling his binkie and cow (thanks Aunt Bethie!) before falling asleep...precious boy! Stay tuned for adventures in Missouri...