Christmas Eve 2008

We spent Christmas Eve with Garrett's family in Oklahoma City. It was nice to have Don out of the hospital. Seeing Max must have made him feel a little better. As tradition goes, Mary brought out her beautiful china that Garrett hates washing by hand--but does so for his mom even though he wears a pout the whole time! Everyone enjoyed playing with Max.

Below is a picture of Max with his dad, Gramps, and Grandma.

Mary always decks the halls with teddy bears during the holidays. You'll find them climbing ladders up the Christmas tree or the fireplace mantle. We weren't surprised to find one under the tree for Max. We were delusional if we thought he'd cuddle it. Nope. Our little guy conjured some combination of WWF and Mike Tyson. He gnawed on its ear and wrestled it. He's all boy.Below Max unwrapped his first present. Well, I unwrapped it, but he played with it.


What did he get? His first car! Grandma shows him how to work it.
He loved it so much that he played with it in the car on the way to Tahlequah. Max truly became a backseat driver! Still, he's too young to drive because he fell asleep with one hand on the gear shift and the other on a button that kept restarting it.