Christmas in Pictures: Part I

And so begins the Christmas celebrations:

December 23rd, we ALL went to Yogi and BooBoo's.  I wish the following pictures were in some sort of order, but I'm jut gonna do captions.  I really feel like I'm doing good to get these on here period.
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Kelley, Bret, Ira, and Bonnie chilling on Christmas Eve Eve

BooBoo and G

Boo Boo, Aunt Kelley and Griffin going to feed Charra

The Wells Family had an Elf on The Shelf that followed them to Yogi and BooBoo's.  The Elf, I believe Jack is his name, strung toilet paper across the hall and in front of the door so the boys couldn't peek at the Christmas tree in the morning!  Griffin just wanted to tear it all down.  In this picture, everyone is trying to fit under the blanket, as is the Spies family tradition.

Dad is spinning the grandkids around under the blanket to get them dizzy before setting them free to unwrap presents or stockings

There they go!

Griffin still wasn't quite sure what to do.  He's trying to give his present back to Josiah!

He's helping me open his new baby grand piano!

A new pull the flap Little Critter book from BooBoo and Yogi!  Griffin love Little Critter!

Thanks, Yogi and BooBoo for the Lion Scentsy Buddy!

This picture is very important.  This is Griffin's inaugural quarter growing ear harvesting event.  See, Yogi has the magical ability to pull quarters out of little boy's ears.

This year, Yogi got all the grandkids the cutest piggy banks to put all their quarters in.  Griffin's was a pig that looks like a baseball.

Isn't my niece the cutest!!??

Griffin and Bonnie playing together.

And Griffin's actually happy about it!

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve Eve and Christmas Eve with the ENTIRE family at Yogi and BooBoos.  Then we went on to our home to have Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with just the three of us......

the blanket boo boo built

how do ya like that alliteration! (all the b's in the title)

My mom and I went shopping for minky dot and satin fabric to make a replica of a blanket Griffin has grown particularly fond of several months ago.  The blanket he loves, was a gift - a sweet, sweet hand-me-down gift - from his big cousin, Micah.

Micah has a blanket almost exactly like the one he gave away, minus the embroidery.   That blanket is his Softie.  A very, very, very special security-type blanket for him.  It is the sweetest thing that he wanted to give his baby cousin a piece of his protection from this crazy world.

Micah brought this blanket to Lake Granbury Medical Center on October 15th in anticipation of meeting his first cousin on his momma's side...A lot of you who read my blog know the story of Griffin's birth, and know that Griffin was taking a helicopter ride to Cook's and Micah didn't get to give Griffin his present.  So, I took it and gave it to Griffin when I got to go see him the next day.

And, wouldn't you know it?  These boys know what they like.  Griffin fell in love with this blanket.  Of all the blankets a baby gets, Griffin fell in love with the one that nobody makes anymore, so we don't have a back up when it gets pooped on or thrown up on or left somewhere....

SOOOO, BooBoo to the rescue!  My mom and I found the fabric we needed.  I had noticed that Griffin really likes tags and textures, so I picked out several different types of ribbon, and asked her to sew them on like tags (like the Taggies blankets).  She brought the finished product to Griffin at church one Sunday a month or so agao and it was a hit!  He went straight for the grosgrain football taggie and then buried his face in the soft satin just like he does his other blanket.

So far, he doesn't seem to notice the difference.  He just finds the taggies as bonuses when he has that blanket.  Mom is working on another one for his back up.  Thanks, BooBoo, for this special, special gift!!  We love you!