And to all a good night

Well Christmas has come and gone once again, and Ridley had a wonderful first Christmas. Due to some successful preparations on the evening of December 23 (diaper bag packing, present wrapping, etc), we managed to leave the house slightly earlier than we hoped on Christmas Eve morning - perhaps the first time that has happened since we had Ridley! 

After a quick run to Punch Pizza to grab Josh's iPod, we headed over the river and through the woods (literally) to Josh's grandmother's house. We spent a fun day there with Josh's aunts, uncles, and cousins. Cousins Brett and Steph brought their new dog, Carter, who is only three and a half pounds! She's really cute! As usual, Josh and several of his cousins went sledding and had a blast going off the jumps they built. Ridley and I stayed inside where it was warm. 

We left Grandma Holland's in the late afternoon to head back to Stillwater to celebrate with my dad, Diane, Char and Robin. Ridley took a nice nap while Auntie Char was holding him, and he got an "Achmed the Dead Terrorist*" t-shirt from Grandpa Jeff. It won't fit him until he's a little older, but it's going to be adorable!

After such a long day, Ridley slept pretty well, but he was still so tired from all the people and activity that he started off Christmas Day overly tired and a little bit cranky. 

But after taking a very long nap at Josh's parent's house Christmas morning, he was much happier:

Ridley spent the majority of Christmas Day being held by Josh or I, which seemed to make him happy after being passed around so much Christmas Eve. But he also spent some time with his Grandma Heidi and Grandpa Jeff (picture below) and a few other relatives. 

We spent the evening at my aunt and uncle's house, where Ridley got to meet some new dogs: my uncle's basset hound and my cousin's two bulldogs (one english bulldog and one american bulldog - two of the sweetest, most adorable dogs ever.) 

The day after Christmas was pretty quiet. The three of us met cousins Caitie and Inez at Como Conservatory in the morning, then we ran a quick errand to Target before heading home. Josh tried out the Indiana Jones game we got for the Wii - it looks pretty sweet and I'm excited to try it (and probably fail miserably. Video games are not Vickie's strong suit). 

Ridley took several long naps and spent some time "playing" with some of the toys he got for Christmas. Right now "playing" means "staring at and maybe touching if mom puts it in my hand." Below is a picture of him with his glow-worm, which Josh and I are excited about because they were really popular when we were kids too! He likes the glow-worm because it plays music. 

Yep, Ridley had a pretty great first Christmas, so far. But he's not done celebrating yet! My mom and her husband are coming in to town in a few days, so we'll get a chance to celebrate with them and other members of my mom's family too! 

*For those not familiar with Achmed the Dead Terrorist, check out www.jeffdunham.com

As a general rule, I don't like stand up comedy. I also don't like puppets. But this guy is hilarious.