Christmas is Here!

 Santa was very good to us yesterday, and Westin had a fun day! He started the day by listening to G-Pops read the 'Night Before Christmas',

then he watched Dada construct his Radio Flyer.

 
(OK, yes, it would have been way cooler to have had this done the night before, but would you willingly hammer while your 13 month old fought going to sleep? Didn't think so...wouldn't be prudent!). We made the rookie mistake of giving him his very own remote control first (I don't know if you knew this, but remote controls actually do control the universe--just ask Westin)-which meant that we had to pry him away from it so that he could appreciate other presents.

   He played on the new rubber mat that Noni sent--oh and the red cheeks,

 

Yes, my poor little monkey was running a low grade temp-those darn teeth! He cut a canine on Christmas Eve and is working on another one and a couple of molars. His current tooth count is 11! One of the unexpected highlights for Westin were the bows. Until yesterday, we didn't have any bows under the tree--and as I suspected they didn't remain there very long. Westin stole them and crawled around with his new treasures-he even took a ride in his Radio Flyer with one in his hand.

 

We had a lovely Christmas dinner. Dalen made smoked salmon with basil oil and hollandaise sauce, wild rice with shitake mushrooms and a salad.

We tried to share some salmon with Westin (who only months ago gobbled it down) and sadly I did not have the camera to record the nasty little face that he made before he spit it out. Finally, we gave in and gave him what he really wanted: bannanas and buttered wonder bread (at least it was whole wheat) and some cheerios. No milk, no juice, just water, thank you very much.

 

When Copper wasn't looking, he even played with the squirel that Charlie and Lola (Aunt Shannon's dogs)  sent to CopperDog.

Oh, we had one tired happy mess of  Monkey last night! 

Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night! War Eagle! (What? That's not at the end of your version of 'The Night Before Christmas'?)