Discovering Pops and MoMo's Christmas Cheer...

Nolan visited Pops and MoMo and loved seeing their Christmas decorations. They have a cool Santa that plays music and goes up and down a ladder carrying Christmas lights. Nolan watched that Santa with the happiest face for a long time. He went back to check him out every now and then to be sure he was still there.
Nolan loves Pops and MoMo's tree!
He loves their decorations, too.

MoMo has lots of soft ornaments, and Nolan had the best time taking them out and putting them in the snowman container.

Nolan had so much fun seeing lots of Christmas cheer at Pops and MoMo's house!

Breakfast With Santa

Nolan went to Breakfast With Santa at St. Catherine's on Sunday morning after Mass. He loved the breakfast and tasted his first doughnut (with red and green sprinkles). Then, he visited Santa.
He tried to get down from Santa's lap.
Mommy snapped a few photos before that happened.

Nolan took a good look at Santa and decided he might like him next year.

We'll see how Nolan does when he sees Santa again at family parties. Santa is such a good sport!

A Visit From Old St. Nick

St. Nick visited our house and left treats for Nolan, Mommy and Daddy. Nolan tasted his new book from St. Nick...
and then he decided to read it!

Our Little Helper Part II

Nolan 's other job is dust mopping the floors before Mommy washes them. He really loves this job, too!

Nolan is a great cleaner. His little body covers a big territory. He gets in and out of small areas like under his high chair and the kitchen table easily. He is a super helper and has fun with it, too!

Christmas Card Bloopers

These pictures will not be part of our Christmas card!

Mommy took lots of pictures. These were the only ones that we tried with Nolan sitting. Needless to say, he did not care to sit. He loves his walking independence and protested when Mommy tried to have him sit near the tree. Out of many, many pictures, Nolan cried for these sitting pictures only. He is a man on the move!

Our Little Helper

Nolan loves to help close the dishwasher. It is one of his favorite jobs!

He is such a great helper!

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas...

We decorated our home on December 1st. Nolan had so much fun helping with the tree!
He helped Daddy test the lights.

Mommy and Daddy taught Nolan to be gentle with the tree.

Nolan has a look of pure joy when he sees the tree!

He is a good listener and is so gentle.

He likes the other decorations, too.

This snowman mom and baby play music and rock. Nolan loves watching and listening.

Nolan excitedly anticipated more decorations.

Then, he walked over to see the other musical snowmen.

Christmastime is so much fun!

Nolan LOVES the tree and gasps with excitement when he goes downstairs to see it for the first time every morning.

He is so sweet and gentle.

He loves his Christmas jingle bell bear, too.

Throughout the day, Nolan walks over to the tree and sits down to just look at the ornaments and lights. He makes Christmas so special for our family, and it is so much fun to see him enjoying the Christmas cheer!