We had such a nice time being home for Christmas this year. It was one of the first times when we felt we had enough time to see everyone and were actually ready and excited to come home. In all our years living in Chicago our holiday was so rushed. Too many people to see, too little time, too much time spent traveling. We loved being able to relax and just enjoy our families this holiday.
Miles really enjoyed opening gifts. The best part is that he was truly thrilled with what was inside each present and he immediately took to playing with his new toys. Our families treated Miles with some pretty cool toys. He is a lucky guy.
At church on Christmas Eve, Miles spent most of the time talking to a little girl sitting behind us. He could have been the official greeter of the service, because I'm pretty sure he said "HI" to everyone. Luckily the church was filled with beautiful lights to point at and joyful Christmas songs dispersed throughout the service to keep his attention. If that didn't hold his attention we had just enough toys and cheerios.
The highlight of our holiday vacation was that Miles started walking. He took his first steps in November and decided crawling was faster. He didn't bother much with trying to walk after that, and got a little grumpy when we would try to encourage him. Who knows, maybe it was the excitement at the Nagel farm, or maybe it was seeing all his big cousins run around, but Miles went for it. Turning his small steps into many steps and walking back and forth between Mom and Dad getting a hug each time, and also cheers and applause from his cousins, aunt and uncle, and Grandma and Grandpa. Maybe he was just waiting for a big enough audience to try out his new moves.
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