Christmas in November

Earlier this month, the whole Tully clan headed to Tucson for a sort-of early Christmas. My sister, Laura, has a baby due in mid January, so she won't be able to come to Tucson for Christmas. So, we all decided to get together early and have her shower, which our Aunt Diane nicely hosted.

Austin barely left the Tully house. Why should he? Everything he could possibly want was there.

Most of the time, he hung out with Grandpa, who did pretty much everything Austin asked him to do.

They read books.



Grandpa let him use this driving console, as well as sit in his real truck.



And Grandpa let Austin play with his guitar. Austin's great at air guitar, by the way.





Then, Grandpa was wondering why he was tired. Hmm, wonder why....

Austin also had a stream of visitors to the house, including Uncle Bob. Austin had met Bob earlier in the day and he was pretty interested in him. Austin kept calling, "Bob," and bringing him toys.



Austin showed Cousin Megan this apple.



Of course, Austin got to see his aunts. Here he is with Aunt Karen, who he calls Tia.



And here he is with Aunt Laura. He calls her Whoa-wa or Tia. He also saw Uncle D, who he calls D.



Laura was pretty worn out from the pregnancy and rapid growth of her baby boy. (He's already four pounds!) So, she had to rest quite a bit. Austin joined her in bed to read a book.



He was enjoying himself so much that he asked for five more minutes.



Of course, Grandma was there, too.

Austin is always happy to see Daddy.



We'll see most of the family again when we return for Christmas.