It is Christmas Time!

We have definitely been preparing for Christmas around our house. Ryland is in love with our Christmas tree and loves looking at all of the ornaments and lights. And he is very interested in all of the presents that are under the tree. We are getting very excited about Christmas morning!

School has been doing some fun things in preparation for Christmas. They have been making "Christmas" crafts and sending them home with Ryland which is really cute. I love getting his art work that he makes at school. Santa visited all of the kids at Goddard on Tuesday 12/21. They said that when Santa walked into Ryland's room all of the kids started screaming! So they were not able to take pictures because all the kids wanted was for Santa to leave the room :) Today they are having a holiday party at school so we sent in snacks for all of the kids. And they all wore their pajamas to school today. I dropped off Ryland at school this morning in his cute little red Christmas pajamas. Tab has been taking him to school lately so I have not experienced the crying when we leave him at school until this morning. I know that it is typical for this age but it still makes me just want to stay at school with him all day. His teachers say that he does stop crying right after we leave which makes me feel better.

We have started the transition from formula to milk and bottles to sippy cups. So far he likes whole milk. We have reduced the # of bottles that he gets each day and have been mixing formula and milk together in them. We are also giving him sippy cups of milk with each of his meals. We are hoping to take away his bottles all together next week while he is out of school.

We also ordered his new car seat. It should be delivered today. He has been doing great in the rear facing infant car seat but I think he is really going to love his new "big boy" car seat that faces forward.

We are going out to Douglasville tomorrow for Christmas Eve service at church and then over to the Garbade's for the annual Christmas Eve party. We cannot wait to see everyone!