Everett's First Christmas

Today we celebrated Christmas! We're leaving for New Zealand on Sunday and my dad will be out of town starting Wednesday, so we decided that this morning would be the only time for my immediate family to open gifts "together" until after January when we return from our trip.  My brother, his fiance, my parents, and the three of us all skyped this morning to celebrate Everett's first Christmas! 

Last Christmas I was experiencing terrible morning sickness and Everett was just 7 weeks old in the womb! My mom bought him these Christmas pajamas last year (before we even knew we were having a boy).  They fit perfectly!  Here are some pictures of E's first Christmas: 

 You can even see the sun rising in the background of this picture.  We had to open gifts before school so it was an early morning! 

 Check out all of Everett's Christmas gifts! There was one for Tom and I, but the rest were all big E's!  And they were all shipped from America! Incredible.

 I'm not sure who was more excited about his first gift, Everett or Tom?  

Thanks Aunt Jina, Uncle Greg, Carl, and PJ!

 I think Everett will love this.  We're pretty excited to see this thing in action.  Thanks Uncle Honk, Aunt Annette, Emma, and Claire. 

 This was the one gift from Tom and I under the tree.  Green Toys are made in America (we actually found them here in Korea!) and are made from recycled products like old milk jugs.  They're super cool!

Puzzle! 

 Don't worry...we pulled E's mouth off of these immediately and gave the blocks a good wash. 

 Everett also got some great clothes and books from Uncle James and Aunt Jennifer but I think in all the excitement we forgot to take a picture!  Granny and Gramps also got Everett a loud (thanks mom and dad) train with animals and some cute clothes.  Check out this handsome coat from Granny and Gramps!!!  The pictures didn't turn out the best, so we'll get some better ones in the future, but the coat is so cute!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!  

Yummy!

The doctor took one look at Everett at his four month old check up and said, "I think he's ready for solid food."  She didn't even hesitate! I was hoping to wait a little while longer before we started solids, but E has been showing signs of being ready to go for it for a few weeks, so with the doctor's green light we decided it was time.

We started with a classic choice: rice cereal.  It was recommended to us to make it really runny in the beginning and we'll thicken up the cereal as he gets better at learning how to eat.

Here are a few pictures of the event.  Even Granny got to witness some of the first food action!

It's so exciting to watch our little man learn new things.

this is how we roll

Everett rolled over yesterday for the first time! We finally caught it on camera today! Way to go buddy!

there's two of them!

Poor guy...getting teeth is rough. 

somebody is teething....

It's official....

Everett is teething. 

We've been suspecting this for a while because he's become a drool factory and constantly puts everything in his mouth (or is trying to at least).  Then today we saw it...

We saw a little tooth starting to form.  It hasn't broken through the gums yet, but you can see it's getting pretty close! (Since I'm nursing him I'm not sure how excited I am about this new milestone.) 

(sorry in advance...this is one of those videos you may have to be a grandparent to enjoy)