{"id":2002,"date":"2009-01-20T19:53:45","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T23:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2009-01-20T19:53:45","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T23:53:45","slug":"henrys-first-christmas-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/20\/henrys-first-christmas-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry&#8217;s First Christmas at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We celebrated Christmas again after we got home from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/?p=1872\">Granma&#8217;s<\/a>. It was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/?p=1842\">a beautiful tree<\/a> full of presents! So much for restraining ourselves this year. <\/p>\n<p>We started with Henry&#8217;s stocking, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/?cat=172\">Granma<\/a> made for him. Isn&#8217;t it cute? It was filled with a few of his toys and some clementines. He was not enthusiastic. Perhaps next year.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1891\" title=\"Opening stocking\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7014-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Opening stocking\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7014-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7014-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we got into the serious business of opening presents. Luckily, we had help.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1893\" title=\"Helpfully opening things\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7026-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Helpfully opening things\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7026-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7026-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A fun gift from the T&#8217;s, this puppy handpuppet was promptly given the name of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falkor#Falkor_the_luckdragon\">Falkor<\/a>.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1892\" title=\"Hello. My name is Falcor.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7022-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Hello. My name is Falcor.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7022-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7022-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monica&#8217;s gift to us included these handmade gift tags featuring our very likeness!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1894\" title=\"Handmade gift tags\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7031-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Handmade gift tags\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7031-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7031-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And his gift from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/?p=1283\">his cousins<\/a> was this little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taggies.com\/home_us.html\">Taggie blanket<\/a>, a perfect gift for my little tag-chewer.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1897\" title=\"Loves his Taggie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7048-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Loves his Taggie\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7048-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7048-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Henry was helpful, all the while, creating chaos and destruction.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1896\" title=\"Typhoon of destruction\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7038-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon of destruction\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7038-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7038-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So we eventually put him in his crate so we could finish opening all the presents.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1895\" title=\"Crate - Stick\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7040-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Crate - Stick\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7040-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7040-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The end result? A huge mess and some tired cats!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1898\" title=\"Disaster Area\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7050-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Disaster Area\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7050-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_7050-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We celebrated Christmas again after we got home from Granma&#8217;s. It was a beautiful tree full of presents! So much for restraining ourselves this year. We started with Henry&#8217;s stocking, which Granma made for him. Isn&#8217;t it cute? It was filled with a few of his toys and some clementines. He was not enthusiastic. 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