'A Baby Changes Everything'

Preston is a little confused that we are making a tree
.....IN THE HOUSE...

Mommy and Papa are showing Preston where to place the branches.
Preston has to take a break from tree decorating to
take one of his many 'social calls'....
Preston got a little tangled up with the lights...
Preston all lit up.....................
Preston LOVES to share his apple with Papa.
Papa having another bite.
It was soooo hard to not touch everything pretty.
In the kitchen, we had homemade doughnuts started.
Mommy and grandma got a little messy with their treats.
Four generations...Shirley Lott, Del Lott, Kylie Lott Crump and Preston Crump.
While mommy placed the tree skirt around the bottom, Preston
decided it was the perfect place to get a better view and reach
the pretty tree ornaments.
Deciding what it feels like to walk in Papa's shoes.
Preston watches while Papa ties his shoes.
Then Papa puts on Preston's shoes...with his pajama's.


Last year was a different kind of Christmas for me...and it has it's place in my heart and in my memory.
But this year is going to be different...and it's already started with last night.
Mike and Kylie invited us over to help them put up their Christmas tree. Preston was asleep when we got there, but I wasn't going to have any of that, so after about 30 minutes waiting for him to wake up, I snuck into his room and decided to have him wake up to his Papa being there. After his initial 'who's waking me out of my really nice dreams' look, he smiled and his first words out of his mouth were 'Papa????' I took him out to his grandpa and the rest of the night??? You can see it all in the pictures above.
We played Christmas music, put up and decorated the tree, made homemade doughnuts and watched in awe as Preston absorbed the whole experience. He was so adorable...kept saying 'tree' as we put it together...and then 'light' and 'ball' as the ornaments were placed. He watched 'Papa's' every move and tried to copy everything he saw done. It was obvious he could tell it was a night to be remembered.
So this year, Christmas will be experienced through the eyes of our grandson.
'A Baby Changes Everything' is the title of a Christmas song sung by Faith Hill.
This year, when I hear this beautiful song on the radio, I will remember this first night of Christmas when I was witness to my sweet grandson Preston enjoying the first memories of Christmas 2011.