For Christmas this year we went back to Kansas to see my family.  I was nervous for weeks before the trip since this would be the first time flying with both kids.  This was Kyan's first flight experience and Taedon's first time having is own seat.  Taedon had a small (large) panic attack on the first flight but after about 15 minutes, he calmed down and went to sleep.  I think being in a big seat without his car seat scared him.  Hindsight, we should have taken his car seat on instead of checking it for the seat belt security and the seat being his size.  Kyan, however, did perfect on the flights.  He is such a calm kid most of the time, I should have known he would do alright.

We were there for a week and had a great time hanging out with everyone.  The boys had their cousin, Rylan, to play with.  She is exactly in the middle of their ages so we had an 11 month old, an 18 month old and a 2 1/2 year old.  It was chaotic fun!  Surprisingly having both boys sleep in the same room went smoothly.  

About two days before we left to come home, I started to get sick. I got a little better before our trip home but it wasn't a fun adventure.  Everyone else followed suit once we got home and it took about two weeks for us all to get better.  Needless to say, that overshadowed our fun and we are glad it is all over.

Since Kyan was born in January, it was hard for me to remember that this was his first Christmas.  He loved opening gifts and it was fun to see him experience it all for the first time.

It snowed shortly after we arrived. My mom had told me it was supposed to so we had brought along Taedon's snow boots and pants.  He had a great time playing in the snow.  It hadn't snowed at home yet so this was the first of the season.

Kyan opening gifts.  He loved it!

I had told Taedon that grandpa had a tractor and he talked about it for weeks before our trip.  He loved it but was scared when it was turned on because of how loud it was so he didn't go for a ride.  He enjoyed sitting on it and standing in the front bucket though.

Cousins.  This was the best picture we could get.  At least they are all in the picture.

Santa came!  He was guarding his new treasures.

Kyan either is very happy or very upset.  No middle for him.  He was teething also which has been very unpleasant for him.

Christmas breakfast.  He eats anything and everything.

He turned 11 mos on Christmas Eve.  He's eating his baby's first Christmas ornament.

Just like the tractor, he would only go near it when it was turned off.  He enjoyed watching everyone else take a turn though, including dad.  It was fun to watch the city boy play out in the country.

Cuddling with cousin Rylan.  They had so much fun together.  

We had a great Christmas this year and it was great to see all of my family and have them meet Kyan.