Merry Pseudo Christmas!

I say "pseudo" because it's not truly Christmas to us until we are with the big families...just didn't feel like Christmas this year yet, but give it a week and it's on!  Eben did a pretty good job opening his presents this year (although he did better as a 5 month old!) and really enjoyed playing with his toys afterward, of course:

 Christmas Eve

His first set of Matchbox cars from Gma and Gpa Jordet...which he just loves.

(About half of these gifts are from Gma and Gpa Jordet - the bought them while they were visiting here in October)

 Christmas Morning

 This is Eben's new disgusted face...we see it a lot lately, haha.  (I don't think he was actually disgusted about anything here though)

 I think he likes his new monkey...too cute.

Give it back!

 He sees a stuffed animal, and do you see that little smile on his face?

 It's a "Wocket"

He fell in love with this while shopping in Kohls - and there's a matching book.

 Eben's version of a hug when he feels lazy.

 And his biggest gift from Gma and Gpa Jordet - a trike!  Eben had no idea what it was and liked walking on the box instead.  We will show him the awesomeness of the trike in the spring...unless we feel motivated to let him ride it around in our basement before then. (We FINALLY organized our basement by the way...on Christmas night...because I found Dane a used treadmill from a friend and we needed to make room for it!  He claims he's gonna use it, but we'll see, haha.)

Two blog posts in one day...I am good.  We took Eben to meet Santa Claus today at a farm called Three Cedars Farm.  Such a cute place, all decked out in Christmas decor, and much cheaper to take pics with Santa ($10 - donated to charity too) than any mall has to offer.  There is also a gift shop and cider, hot chocolate, and donuts at the farm.  There were some outdoor things too, but it was too cold to enjoy them. 

Eben patiently waited in the long line to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus and we were so impressed with him not getting upset, especially considering the family that went before him had two sobbing children on the laps...so funny.  Eben sat on Santa, got handed a candy cane, and was just expressionless the whole time...also wondering what the heck is in his hand.

 Waiting patiently...

 Some decor we walked by while waiting.

 Meeting Rudolph for the first time.

 This was in the upstairs of a barn and they just have the whole thing decked out.

 Eben, meet Mr. and Mrs. Claus.

 What is this thing?

  Hangin' with my new pals...

Sledding

We took Eben outside to enjoy the snow for the first time.  I got him an infant sled (up to 2 years) to start with cause it has a strap and a high back.  Well, he's a bit too big for it and it is SO exhausting pulling him around in it...oh well, baby #2 will use it plenty next winter!  Dane did most of the pulling and Eben seemed to love it.

 Boy winter boots are terrible.  They are so clunky and awkward.  Eben walks like a new walker in them.  So, needless to say, he didn't spend much time on his feet outside because he kept falling and wasn't a fan.

 His first official word (other than Momma and Dadda) is "Up".  He says it a lot appropriately, so that's fun.  He doesn't have much interest in talking, but it's getting better. Now keep working on it, Eben!

 Fun time with Dad after spending time in the cold.

He thinks it's so funny to drive cars on us.