Chinny, Chin and Chin

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

A very Chinny Christmas

One of the great things about Christmas (or any occasion) for a new family is that you get to start your own family traditions, sometimes building upon ones that you grew up with and sometimes completely new ones from scratch. Unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to really start any new traditions, unless you count working like crazy in your basement on Christmas Eve or taking two trillion pictures as Christmas traditions. The good news is that the playroom is almost done and Brady really enjoyed Christmas.

We found out that Brady is allergic to some key staples of the holidays - eggs, wheat, and milk - so we took particular care to keep him from touching any of the holiday treats. I think we may have set a record high for the number of times we washed our hands. At one point in time, I think I was standing at the sink, quickly shoving cookies in my mouth, and washing my hands all at the same time because I had to go change Brady. We're hoping he grows out of the allergies. The doctor said the best thing to do is for us to keep him away from these things and that give him his best chance at outgrowing it. Kind of the opposite thinking to your immune system where the body's immune system adapts to germs, but the doctor's all said the same thing. So no goodies for Brady!

Since Christmas is somewhat of a chaotic event in suburban America (which I found you really don't realize fully until you have child of your own), I'm going to break the pictures into two postings. This set is at our house and the next set will be at my parents' house, where the larger family gathers to exchange gifts.


It all started with a light Christmas Eve photo shoot



It didn't take long for Brady to get the concept of Christmas presents
But Mom caught him red handed under the tree. Notice the "I didn't do anything" look.
Time for bed then....


Christmas morning!


Brady got lots of great books

'I Spy' is a great tasting book too


Red hat, red cheeks, red shirt - too bad he wasn't wearing a Red-Skins shirt too! Get it? Washington Redskins? No? Joe is laughing at least....

Let me help you open this Dad
A new fleece for Dad
Hey, I'm on Mom's mug!

What is this??


Mom got a mirror for her dressing table! A beautiful item that she was eyeing from Elements Import.
Who's that?

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas!! I am glad to hear you guys finally found out the cause to Brady's allegy. Don't worry I used to be allergic to chicken and I grew out of it..... so just give it time & patience.

All the best for 2007!

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