Bonfire and Santa Claus!

We took Joel to the bonfire in the woods last weekend. He LOVED it! He loves being outside. He was really good all evening, and just sat staring at all the people and watching the fire. He dozed off for a little while, and was in a really good mood when he woke up. He has also gone Christmas shopping twice now, with mixed results. During the first trip he was really mellow and was pleasant and smiley all day. Yesterday he had a rougher time. He cried a lot on the way home and was generally pretty uncomfortable. I think it is because he is getting teeth again and he has a diaper rash that we were treating. He was still good for most of the day and was very cooperative about being loaded and unloaded out of the van. He got to sit up in the cart seats some, so he enjoyed that! He also got to see Santa yesterday for the first time! We were at the Bass Pro Shop and didn't know that Santa was there. Fortunately Joel had worn his Santa shirt in honor of the shopping day, so he was ready! He was a lot more reserved with Santa than I thought he would be. He didn't cry, but you could tell by the look on his face he wasn't quite sure if he wanted to cooperate. He is so adorable! Aunt Lisa took pictures with my camera that turned out better than the free one they took. Joel crashed HARD last night and slept for almost 11 hours. He also went right down for his nap this morning. I used Orajel on his teeth and he seems less bothered by them today. We'll see what happens when he wakes up! Enjoy the pictures...