We had a blast, and Kyler was loved by all.
After our visit to Longmont, we headed back home so that Santa could come to our house. "Ma in her kerchief and Pa in his cap we all settled in for our long winter's nap." Santa was extremely generous to all of us!
"The first gift of Christmas!"
Kyler really enjoyed opening his presents, but I think he liked the paper more than what was inside!
After a quick glance at gifts from Santa, we got back in the car headed towards Longmont once again. This time we were going to my brother Brian's house for brunch in celebration of Christmas with my immediate family. There was plenty of good food, great company, and gifts for all. Kyler was spoiled with enough toys to last a lifetime!
Our tradition (since Josh and I have been married) has been to celebrate Christmas brunch with my family and then get into the car and drive over the mountains to have Christmas dinner with Josh's family. Unfortunately the weather was not conducive to travel on Christmas day, so we waited it out until Monday, December 29.
Monday was a big day for Kyler. We got up early in the morning, finished packing a few last minute things, and went to our 9:30 appointment with Dr. Brackett (the orthopedic doctor). She took off his cast! He really didn't like the cast saw; he screamed the ENTIRE time she had the saw on. Once the cast was off, Kyler started to move his leg immediately. I'm sure he was thinking, "Oh boy this feels great!" She x-rayed it again and, "It looks great!" Whal-lah! Two short weeks in a cast and all is great! Once we were finished at the doctor's office, we went home to pick up the dog, and we were off to Austin, Colorado! (Where is Austin, Colorado? You ask. Yeah, I didn't know Colorado had an Austin either. Austin is on the Western Slope of our state about an hour south east of Grand Junction, between Delta and Cederedge.) After 6 hours in the car we were all ready to get there and Grandma and Grandpa Urich were very excited to have us!
We spent the rest of the week "laying low" on the farm. Kyler got his first farmer outfit from Grandma and Grandpa Urich.
All he needs now is a hat and some boots! For New Year's Eve we went over to Montrose to visit some friends of ours - Billy, Mariah and their three boys: Aiden, Luke and Brekin. Aiden and Luke are our Godchildren, so we try and meet up with them whenever we can. Josh and I stopped by Target on our way over and picked up some party favors. We had hats, horns, streamers, poppers and even sparkling cider. We even counted down...to 8:00 (so that the boys didn't have to be up past their bedtime). I'll post pictures when I get them from Mariah (no pressure Mariah). On New Year's day we had a great big feast prepared by Rita (Josh's mom), and then in the afternoon Kyler was able to meet his great-grandma and great-aunt. We had a fabulous time relaxing with the family on the farm! We got home late Friday evening and have had a restful weekend before it's "back to the grind" on Monday!
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