Christmas

I cringe a little when people say that this is Kad's first Christmas. I know its well meaning, but this is actually Kad's second Christmas. He did have a life and a history that did not include us, and I always want to honor and respect that. But, this is Kad's first Christmas with us, and we were so blessed to get to fly back to Indiana for two weeks to celebrate with our family!

We had a great time visiting, laughing, eating (a lot!)and making memories with our sweet little boy. Oh...he did get spoiled rotten with gifts too!

Here are a few of our favorite Christmas pictures:

In the airport...ready to fly!

First Elliott Family Christmas Breakfast:

The best gift under the tree:

His first 4-wheeler from Grandpa and Meme:

Kad LOVED the Elmo hat he got from his great Aunt Rossi & Uncle Richard:

I couldn't get a good picture, but my parents got Kad some monster feet slippers that he REFUSED to take off. Seriously...he wore them everywhere!

We couldn't have asked for a better first Chrismas with our Little Monster Man, and we're looking forward to many more to come!

First Haircut

Since we're back in Indiana for Christmas, we decided it was time for Kad's first haircut. His very talented Aunt Meg volunteered to help tame Kad's crazy curls, and we were so grateful! We were nervous that our squirmy little boy would make this a traumatic expereince for all of us, but he did SO GOOD!

He sat on Mike's lap, and he was eating up all the attention he was getting from everyone else in the salon. He smiled and giggled and before we knew it, our curly haired baby looked like a stylish little toddler!

In the chair:

Being such a brave boy:

Loving his new look: