New shoes

Here is a better look at Rigley's shoes and brace. Donovan picked out the flag pattern.

Rigley is done with casts!

Rigley got his last set of casts off today! Here is Marlon, the cast tech, cutting them off and Daddy keeping little hands out of the way. As thankful as I am that Rigley is out of casts, I'll miss Marlon - he rocks!

Here is the new brace. He'll be in this 23 hours a day for the next 3 months and then we'll gradually decrease his time in the brace until he's just wearing it at naps & sleeping at night. He will sleep in it until he's 4. The brace is to prevent relapse; the serial casting did the correction and the brace keeps his feet corrected.

Christmas with Grandma Dixie

Sunday afternoon we went to Grandma Dixie's for lunch. It was so nice to see her & get to spend a little time visiting.


I told you Rigley liked this toy. He fell asleep with it in his mouth on the drive back from Grandma Dixie's.

Christmas with the Skinners

After hanging out at Grandma & Grandpa Nelson's for a bit, we headed up to Grandma Nora's for Christmas with the Skinner family.


A picture of all the kiddos: Brighton, Bo, Jeffrey, Samantha, Dalton, Rigley, and Zachary
Rigley chillin' with Aunt Dava

Grandpa with his three grandsons: Brighton, Bo, & Rigley

Donovan with his dad, sister Dava, and brother Dalton

Christmas at Grandma & Grandpa's

Saturday was the day to celebrate with Donovan's side. We went to his dad & step-mom's and his sister & her family came down as well.

Grandpa giving Brighton a gift.

Rigley really liked this toy.
Aunt Dava, Uncle Dalton, Grandpa, & Brighton watching Bo open his present.

Christmas at Mimi & Papa's

The day after Christmas we had Glynis's family celebration. 3 of the 5 siblings and their families were present.

Lucy loves Rigley and really wants to play with him. She is 5 months older than him, so I'm sure they will be good buds once he gets a little older.

Rigley is the youngest, so he got to open the first present. As you can tell, he was very excited! :)
Brighton was very into opening gifts this year and got way too many from everyone. At least Mimi got him a suitcase to help us haul some of his new toys home!
Gracie's expression was so cute when she opened her Pixos; she was so excited!Everyone getting in on the gift opening.

Opening his first gift wore Rigley out, so this is how he spent the rest of the evening.
I can't believe I didn't get a picture of all the cousins together. This is the closest I came - everyone except Rigley is in this shot (plus Aunt Nicole!).

Rigley's First Christmas

We had a relaxing Christmas morning at home. Brighton started getting more excited the more awake he became! At not quite 5 months, Rigley was really only concerned with when his next bottle would be.
While it was Rigley's first Christmas, I think Brighton got the better end of the deal! I guess that's just what happens when you've already got everything left over from an older brother.

Brighton got his own computer from Santa. You might remember from an earlier post that he likes to try and get on my laptop so he could (in his words) check his email! Hopefully, this will keep him off my computer.


We sold our big swing because Rigley didn't seem to like it. However, he liked swinging at Mimi's house. So, Santa thought it would be good to get him another swing and give it another try.
Brighton with his ladybug and hippo. Up until just a few days before Christmas, whenever someone would ask what he wanted from Santa, the only thing he would say was a ladybug. We have no idea where that came from!

After presents, we had breakfast - french toast, Brighton's favorite. Then, we got everything packed, grabbed the dog, and headed north to celebrate with family.