December 25, 2009
James’ First Christmas Card
How many of you send out picture cards for Christmas? This was something that Stacy and I started to do after we got married, and now it was James’ turn to take part in this tradition. Unfortunately, James ended up in the hospital shortly after Thanksgiving with respiratory issues so we weren’t able to take pictures of him by our Christmas tree like we wanted to. We ended up doing something a little bit different. Not wanting James to miss being on his first Christmas card, I went out, bought some garland and a Santa hat, and we tried to do a photo shoot in the hospital.
First we tried to pose him with the garland and Santa hat. This was probably the best of several pictures we took with the hat and garland:
Then we tried a couple of pics with the Santa hat and a mask to remind everyone to stay healthy. (This was during the H1N1 flu pandemic).
Then we tried posing James covered in the garland (with oxygen):
And another one without oxygen:
And then finally, we got a picture that Stacy and I both agreed was the best one for James’ first Christmas card:
Yep. That’s the one. Just James in his Santa hat. Simple.
James’ First Christmas
Because James came home from the hospital two weeks before Christmas, we decided to stay home for Christmas. We didn’t want to risk James getting sick again. Normally we would spend Christmas Eve at my mom’s with my side of the family and Christmas Day with Stacy’s side of the family. This year my Mom, sister and James’ cousin Sarah came over on Christmas Eve and Stacy’s parents came over on Christmas Day.
And we managed to get a pic of James by our Christmas tree:
