Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones! Our little Reed family loves the Christmas season and it has been so much more fun with Ronan being older this year. I'm already so excited for the next few years when Christmas is magical for the little ones. But for this year, we will relish the simple joys Ronan finds in the Christmas tree, ribbons, boxes and tissue paper.

We hope you all have a blessed Christmas with your family.  We look forward to the time we will get to spend with ours and will miss those we cannot be with this year. Those in other cities, states and even one family member on another continent this year. We are blessed by each of you in our lives and thankful to be celebrating the true reason for this season - Jesus Christ! The best gift we have been given.

Much love,

Patrick, Nikki and Ronan

We decided to go digital this year. I must say, it does save a lot of time and money, but there is nothing like receiving a nice Christmas card in the mail. I love the cards we have received this year and we look forward to returning to print next year :)

La-Z-Baby

Ronan has discovered a new use for his carseat - jungle gym and baby recliner. This provided at least 30 minutes of focused playtime (score!) and even a little R&R. This little guy is pretty active, so that kind of playtime may be worth bringing the whole unit in once in a while! :)

Telling me another story

Checking out every button and funtion

A little post-nap reclining. All he needs now is the remote!

Seriously, he never sits still for this long

Trouble

We may need to change Ronan's name to Trouble. He has certainly found plenty of it lately. Sometimes I really don't blame him. A Christmas tree full of bright lights, shiny balls and silver ribbon...he really can't help himself. And the cat's water is so much fun to play in. I'm glad he likes water and all, but seriously. At least my floor gets mopped more (in that spot at least!). His latest adventures now involve climbing.  He can get up on the couch (a former safe spot for our things), the footstool, anything resembling steps. Which is how he ended up on top of the hope chest with a great view out our front window. We had left a box next to the front door and it was just the boost he needed to get up :)  I snapped a few photos because it was cute, but now we're working on what is ok to climb on, sitting on your bottom, not touching the Christmas tree or the cat's water, stopping when asked, etc. I don't mind these things. Oh we have our days, but I love watching our 13 month old explore his world.