You survived your first Christmas!!

Dear Ransom,

You survived your first Christmas...outside the womb. Last Christmas you were technically on this earth, but you were giving me ALL KINDS of grief ( I quite literally survived on bread alone) and so I feel like you did a MUCH BETTER job this Christmas of bringing your Mommy joy.

For one thing, you did an AWESOME JOB driving the many many hours to Texas. It took us 14 hrs to get there, and 12 hrs to get back ( we still can't figure out why this is!) . And you were really a wonderful baby who only cried at the end ( and, well, I can't blame you-I kinda wanted to cry too!)

*side note* The only thing that would make you stop crying wants you started was this incredibly lame mobile app that I have on my phone. Its basically just revolving animals on a mobile that just go around and around and around. But you watched that thing for a good thirty minutes. Crazy.

You took awesome naps the whole time we were in Texas. Most of the time you were taking TWO HOUR NAPS. And you didn't give me any trouble going down for your naps even though you were sleeping in all sorts of different places.

You also did pretty well sleeping at night too. Not as awesome as your naps, but I really can't complain. You ARE a baby, afterall, and babies need their pacifiers and when those come out-well, all bets are...apparently. off.

*side note* At Spicy and Papa's house there are a LOT of mirrors. This was OK by you since the "baby in the mirror" is most definitely your best friend. No matter how sleepy or cranky you are, you can still muster a smile for the baby in the mirror.

You met all sorts of people and you were nice to all of them. This was important since there were a LOT of people that wanted to meet you, Ransom. And I was worried they would be disappointed by a crying baby. But even the time that you had been fast asleep and you woke up to find about six people with their faces thisfar from yours...you were still pretty chill about it. Nice.

This Christmas you met SO MANY family members for the first time, and you got to spend a lot of quality time with Nana and Spicy and Papa...and even your Aunt Anna and Uncle Ryan and Uncle Josh. It was truly a joy to see them enjoying time with you and it makes me happy to  know that we only have FUN to look forward to future Christmases.