Baby In A Box

Stacks upon stacks upon stacks of new toys for Christmas, and what does John Patrick like to play with?

The box, of course.

Happy Holidays!

Cheerio-head wishes everyone out there a very Merry Christmas!

Abo and Aba found this great Radio Flyer car – Critter enjoyed driving back and forth between Toyland and the living room. We’ve promised him more open driving space at the park when the weather gets a little warmer.

Daddy conducts a hard-hitting interview with John Patrick – courtesy of Elmo’s microphone.

“No pictures, no comment!”

Silly Daddy – always goofing around.

Ladies and gentlemen: please welcome the future President-Elect!

Here is one of the better pictures we took for the holidays. Unfortunately, John Patrick wasn’t smiling for this one.

And, as per Murphy’s Law, the one picture we took where all three of us are smiling was out of focus.

Critter jumped right in to his new train/play tent.

Daddy jumped right in too.

“No girls allowed!”

Although this is actually John Patrick’s second Christmas, he was really too young to enjoy it last year. Here’s what Santa left for him for his first toddler Christmas.

Christmas morning – here is Momma getting him ready for the surprise from Santa.

As we predicted, he was a little confused at first.

But, it didn’t take him very long to understand what was going on.

After enjoying our Christmas at home, we headed off to Grandma and Grandpa’s for the yearly family gathering. Critter was his usual social self.

Here he is being the sharing-type, giving Daddy some of his dinner.

After his meal, Momma helped him open his presents.

And the winner this year for the noisiest gift goes to Uncle Paul. Drums – I’m sure the neighbors will love it.

As usual, Uncle Paul and John Patrick got lots of time to goof around.

Critter also managed to join in the fun on Papa’s lap with Peanut.

Here’s the happy couple enjoying the lovely day.

Uncle Paul learns the hard way that John Patrick will poke you in the eye if you’re not careful.

Of course, Critter made sure to spend time with Kelli. He’s such a lady-killer!

Here’s the whole Gilmartin clan. From left to right: Travis, Lori, Papa, Grandma, Kelli, Paul, Casey, Tim and – of course – John Patrick.

That’s all for now. Look for more pictures in the New Year. Happy holidays everyone!