First Christmas

It has been very busy around the Hall household, getting ready for Payton's first Christmas. Kyle has been working almost every day, I think he's going to be glad once the craziness of Christmas shopping dies down a little bit. It's a catch 22 though, because we're glad he's working so much. This post is going to include a lot of video, hope everyone is ok with that :) We finally got our tree up, and we had Payton help us put her first ornament on the tree before she went to bed. She loves to stare at it!

What is this you guys??

I think I like it!

Hmmm... I want to explore...

Mom and Dad's greatest gift :)

The finished product!



On Friday Payton and I headed down to Albany for the Hall family Christmas, Kyle came separately once he got off work. We did our Christmas exchange that night, and Payton opened her first Christmas presents. She was funny, she looked pretty bewildered that so much attention was on her, and there was so much for her to look at. She liked ripping the paper, but not as much as the bows; she went straight for those! She got lots and lots of presents, and we still have another Christmas next weekend at my parents :) After that it was her bedtime, so we put her to bed and continued our Christmas in the family room. It was a fun night!

We all just hung around the house on Saturday, and that night at dinner Payton finally said the word that was magic to my ears... MAMA! I was so excited I cried, kind of silly but I feel like I've been waiting to hear it forever. Bryan got video of it, but for some reason it's not uploading so I will try again tomorrow. Payton now says mama, dada, baba. She's eating more and more table foods, tonight she had peas and carrots, and she's also tried little bites of mom's grilled cheese and even a cinnamon roll. She likes to munch on cheerios and graham crackers, and we put just a smidge of juice in her sippy cup this weekend and she loved it. Her teacher Sherry told me that they offered her some peaches the other day, and she ate those up too.

Payton got sent home from Wee Care again on Thursday with a fever. She had a little bit of one the night before, but she seemed fine so I thought it may be teething. When they called to tell me about it, it was about 100 so they were just monitoring it. They called back and said she had to go home because it was 102, and by the time Kyle got there it was almost 104. So I called her doctor's office and they got us right in, one of the reasons I love them! She has her first ear infection :( That's actually pretty amazing, considering she's almost 10 months old! She's on some antibiotics and eardrops, and has had a rough couple nights (which means that Kyle and I have also had a rough couple nights) but hopefully it will get better soon! She's also had a cough, which I think is what is actually bothering her the most because it wakes her up at night. 'Tis the season unfortunately!

So my great plans for our first family Christmas card unfortunately have not happened yet. I wanted to get one of us at the Christmas tree farm, and then when that couldn't happen I just wanted one in front of the tree, but we haven't had very much time together so... I hope everyone loves the idea of a New Year's card! :)

Payton giving a high five!

Payton and I are headed up to my parent's on Christmas Eve, once again Kyle will join us once he's off work. I can't wait, it's going to be fun! We're going to be there the whole weekend, visiting lots of family. I hope everyone has a great Christmas surrounded by their loved ones :)