Allen's 1st Christmas

Allen's first Christmas lasted well over a week. It was full of family, food, and fun! He was ready with lots of cute Christmas outfits. Here's one that is a hat from Aunt Diana and an outfit from Uncle Luis and Aunt Deana (it has Rudolf on the booty):

Allen got to meet Santa for the first time! The house at the end of our street had great lights to music and Santa came to pass out candy canes and visit with children. It was a perfect opportunity to get a cute pic with Santa:

Allen got to join in a fun Inman tradition of making and decorating Christmas cookies. Gigi, Alyssa, and Kayla helped out. :)



We went over to Gigi and Grandad's on the 23rd to make a few last minute treats like Special K cookies and butterscoth pretzels. Mom had already made food for several meals and all the best desserts and munchies. Normally we spend the night there, but this year we took Allen home and came back the next morning for our famous Christmas brunch. It is my favorite meal of the whole year! Sausage egg casserole, hashbrown casserole, baked cinnamon apples, homemade bread, and more - yum! We have lots of cute pictures with the Inman family opening gifts. We had a great time celebrating with everyone and were thankful to be able to share time and gifts with them. Here's one family pic. (I'll put others on Facebook.)






That night the plan was to head to the Baez family Christmas celebration, but it started snowing in the afternoon and continued all night. Reports of road closings and accidents kept us at home. It was beautiful and a special white Christmas for Allen's 1st, but it did affect our plans. We went to Christian's parents' house on Christmas day. Unfortunately, Christian's grandmother was admitted to the hospital and wasn't looking good. (More on this later.) There wasn't much Christmas celebrating with this news. Allen and I went back to Mom and Dad's that evening for Christmas dinner; Christian stayed with his family awaiting news. The following day (26th) we enjoyed time at Pop and Judy's. We got to visit with both Lane families and the Gillises. I don't know how, but we missed taking pictures this day. The following week we got special time with cousins! Ian and Timothy came over and hung out one day. Another day we got to spend with Maria, Sue, and Ellis. I think Maria wins the award for getting the most smiles and laughs out of Allen. They had a great time together! This takes us up to New Year's 2010. Allen and I spent special time together. Here he is:
Hope everyone had a special Christmas and a blessed start to 2010!