Christening

Today was Austin's christening. We went to the early service in the chapel and Bernie Lieving and Jim Harnish performed the baptism. Austin did great! He didn't cry at all and he looked so cute! He wore the christening gown that Aunt Betty made for me. Will and I both wore it for our christenings so it was nice to be able to pass it down to Austin. Uncle Jim, Aunt Lyndall, Sarah, Jay and Sarah (Jay's wife) were all able to drive down for the day. Aunt Mary and Uncle Jack also came. After church we went back to my parent's house for lunch. It was nice to have a chance to visit with everyone.

Christmas Afternoon

Our flight arrived in Tampa around 4pm and Will picked us up. After changing clothes we went for a walk and then came home and had some leftovers for dinner. Michael and I were starving since we had only had a protein bar for lunch in the airport. We all gathered in the family room to have our second Christmas of the day!

Christmas Morning

We spent Christmas morning in Birmingham. We woke up really early to make sure we had everything packed for our trip to Tampa. After a quick breakfast of egg casserole and monkey bread we opened presents with Austin. I think he enjoyed the noise of us unwrapping presents more than what he actually got for Christmas. Next year will be more fun when he can open his own presents!

A little later Grandma and Grandpa Beaty came over to open presents and visit before taking us to the airport to fly to Tampa.

Pictures with Santa

My Mom and I took Austin to get Austin's picture taken with Santa in downtown Homewood. He did great! Luckily there was no line to wait in and Austin seemed to like Santa.