Here Come the Cummings: Cooper's First Christmas

We had such a fun first Christmas with Cooper! It is so nice that Justin has a break from school so we were able to spend a lot more time together and do some fun things for Christmas. It is also our first Christmas in our new house, which makes it special as well. We have a tradition of going to look at Christmas lights every year and this year we went to Prestonwood which is pretty close to our house. We bundled Cooper up (except that it was 80 degrees outside that night) and were on our way. Prestonwood did not disappoint and it was fun to see all the streets and themes. There was even a boy standing on his driveway playing Christmas music on his trumpet. It was so cute. Cooper also didn't disappoint as he slept almost the entire time! He started to get fussy when we were on our way home, as it was about time to feed him again so he was hungry. When that boy gets hungry, watch out....there is no calming him down. Thankfully we made it home quickly and I was able to feed him. Overall, it was a success and we enjoyed it!

On Sunday, we drove to Austin to spend Christmas with Justin's family. I was worried about the drive as this was the first time to take Cooper somewhere longer than 30 minutes away. As I predicted he slept the first hour of the trip, but then became super fussy, so we had to stop to feed him. Since it takes me 40 minutes still to nurse, that adds extra time to the drive. After that, I ended up sitting in the back seat so I could give him a paci when he got fussy again, which helped a lot. He took another short nap and before we knew it, we were there. We first stopped at my good friend Abbie's house to see her and her daughter. I'm bummed that I forgot to take some pictures with Abbie! I haven't seen her since our wedding so it was so nice to visit, even if it was short. We then went to his mom's new house which was beautiful house over looking the golf course. That first night, Cooper slept 9 hours straight which was a record for him! Unfortunately, he hasn't slept that long since. It must have been the drive that threw him off. Anyway, we had a wonderful Christmas Eve seeing all Justin's aunts and cousins. Cooper did so good and it was great for everyone to meet him, including his 2nd cousin, Cora.

She kept reaching out to him and wanting to touch him, and Cooper would just stare at her, it was so cute. Justin and I were also able to go play tennis together while Justin's mom watched Cooper. It was so fun to play again as we haven't played together since before I was pregnant.

Our first family Christmas together

Isn't he so handsome??

Christmas Morning!

He was smiling so big!

The day after Christmas we left Austin and drove to Kingwood to have a late Christmas with my family. Cooper got a lot of great things for Christmas, along with Mommy and Daddy.

All the guys got Texans shirts...too bad they aren't very good right now!

Our new Aggie hats

It was so fun to see my nephew, Peyton interact with Cooper. Cooper would smile EVERY time Peyton would talk to him, and Peyton would get SO excited with Cooper would smile at him. It was adorable. So Peyton continually tried to make Cooper laugh and smile and succeeded almost every time. It was so sweet! I tried to get it on video, but of course every time I was taking a video, Cooper wouldn't smile. It seems to always work that way.