Ashley’s First Christmas

Christmas 2010 was the best Christmas I remember in a long time. Ashley was just over 10 months old and even though he didn’t know what the day was about, towards the end of the day he got the hang of opening pressies and posing for photos. To start the day we got up at 6am (so we could eat breakfast before church). While waiting for Ashley’s meds to work we opened a few pressies, one from Auntie Beth (a cute book with a real light up lantern) and a giraffe and ball musical sit down/stand up toy from me for Ashley and a mini hair straightener from Ashley to me (thanks Auntie Beth for getting this pressie).

Since it was forecast to be another stinker of a day Mum, Ashley and I made our way to church early in the morning to beat the heat. We sat up the back on the wall so that Ashley’s pram wouldn’t be in the way. Ashley was well behaved. Of course he wanted to chat and didn’t want to sit still but that was to be expected. Mum and I took turns in standing outside the door with him and he was fine.

After mass we went back to Mum and Dad’s so that we could open more pressies. Ashley got a walker and a story telling Winnie the Pooh from Mum and Dad as well as rolling animals, animal balls, blow up ball and clanking keys. After all the mornings excitement Ashley had some lunch and went for a sleep. I went home to have a little snooze too.

After Fee finished work she came around to Mum and Dad’s for dinner and she brought over Ashley’s pressie from Koshy and herself. Koshy wasn’t here (he went home to spend Christmas with his family) so Auntie Fee got the job of putting together the 3-in-1 bike. Ashley waited patiently and was thrilled with the results! Mum will now take him outside under the patio when the weather is cool and he likes to be pushed around with his feet up on the handle bars.

While Mum was finishing off cooking on the BBQ I filled Ashley’s final Christmas pressie…a 2 piece Thomas the Tank shell from Auntie Namu. One half of the shell is at our place and the other at Mum and Dad’s. After filling it with cool water and throwing in the bath toys I put Ashley in the water to cool off and have a bit of a splash. As usual he had a ball and was too busy playing to pose for photos, so this is the best we could get.