Christmas Extravaganza: Part 2

Sorry for the delay in postings about Christmas in NY - Truman's been doing so many cute things lately and I've been trying to keep up with blogging about the present day stuff, too. Anywho, because Christmas day was so packed with events already, we decided to have "Christmas morning" at Grandma Bernard's on December 26th. We had a wonderfully relaxed morning hanging out until Uncle Steve woke-up and then taking our time opening and enjoying our gifts. This year most of the gifts that we gave were Truman-focused (surprise, surprise!), and Grandma B and Uncle Steve enjoyed their framed pictures of our little man. Grandma B also enjoyed the photo album we put together for her (if you look closely you can see her crying) and Truman had fun with his new toy train!










The next day, December 27th, we enjoyed a Christmas celebration at Grandad Bigsby and Nadine's. It was the first time Shea's older brothers (and their families) were able to meet Truman, so it was an exciting day! At some points Truman started to get a tiny bit overwhelmed, but he was able to calm himself down by looking out the window at the pretty snow - he loved watching it! Truman also had his first dental exam from Grandad Bigsby - it wasn't Truman's favorite experience but he made it through and everything looks great!







The final "official" holiday party came on December 29th, when Truman was able to meet some of Grandpa Steve's family, including Great-Grammy Simmons, Great-Aunt Karen, Great-Uncle Rich, Great-Aunt Debbie, and some more cousins. Once again, it was just so great to have Truman meet everyone. Honestly, I think the theme of this trip was how overwhelmed Shea and I were by the amount of love given to our little boy!







Finally, here is a random assortment of other pictures we like that we took while in NY. It was such a great trip and we feel so lucky that everything went as smoothly as it did. When we started the adoption process in 2009 we weren't sure if we would be matched with a child by Christmas, let alone have him home with us for good - how lucky are we??