My First Christmas Gift: A Dyson Hairdryer and More!

This year, I received some amazing gifts from my loved ones, and I'm excited to share them with you. First up, my mom got me a new Dyson hairdryer that I've been wanting for a while now. I've had the same blow-dryer for 10 years, which isn't an exaggeration - it's actually true! So, when I told my mom that I needed a new one, she surprised me with this fantastic gift. Not only is it high-tech and efficient, but it also comes with an emergency button that can send a signal to whoever I program it for in case of an emergency. The alarm on this thing is called Athena, and I'm absolutely loving it.

But that's not all - my brother also got me some amazing gifts. First, he gave me a bunch of T-shirts, which are my favorite type of clothing. He even went the extra mile to get me some völuspá handles, which I know sound fancy but trust me, they're amazing. And if that wasn't enough, he got me some incredible candles with a scent that smells like heaven. I'm not kidding when I say that these candles are my new favorite thing - I could use them all day!

My brother also made me the most heartwarming gift ever - a photo album filled with old pictures of me from my entire childhood up until my teenage years. I had no idea he had gone through boxes and boxes of old stuff to find these treasures, and it's clear that he put a lot of thought and love into creating this special gift for me. Seeing all these pictures brought back so many memories, and I have to admit, I got a little teary-eyed when I saw how much Carter looked like me as a kid.

And if all those gifts weren't enough, my brother also gave me a spa day - which is literally my favorite thing ever! I love getting massages and relaxing in a peaceful environment, and it's clear that he knew just what to do to make me happy. He even got me a gift certificate for a popcorn of the Month Club, which sounds like a dream come true.

Carter's Christmas Haul

When it comes to Carter's gifts, I'm not going to lie - he got some pretty amazing stuff this year! First up, there's his adorable popping bubbles dinosaur toy that I just know he'll love. He also got a few cute outfits from Carter's, including a long sleeve with bear ears that is literally the cutest thing ever. And if that wasn't enough, he got a scooter that seems to be right up his alley - I can already tell he's going to spend hours playing with it!

But what really caught my eye was the tiny mitzi doll from Fraggle Rock that Carter received. It's so sweet and adorable, and I know it's going to become one of his favorite toys. He also got a car that opens and closes the door, complete with buttons and different shapes - I'm not even kidding when I say that he loves pressing all those buttons! And the best part? The car came with little balls that can be placed on top of it in different sizes - Carter is going to have so much fun with this thing!

Other gifts from Carter's haul include some amazing books, including "peekaboo animals" and a custom book made just for him called "Good Night Little Carter". He also got a Yeti doll with one that repeats back what I say when he talks, which is literally the cutest thing ever. And if all those gifts weren't enough, there's also a bubble machine with bubbles that seems to be Carter's new favorite toy. It comes with a little fox and a tiny pair of shoes - it's just too adorable for words!

Carter's Lunch

When it comes to food, I'm not exactly sure what to expect when it comes to feeding my baby boy. But this year, we decided to try giving him some shrimp cut up into small pieces as part of his lunch. And let me tell you - he took one bite and then just stared at us like "what is going on?". It was adorable! I think we might have to stick with something a bit more familiar for now, but it's nice to know that Carter is open to trying new things.

Traveling with Baby Carter

As many of you know, this will be our first big trip ever - a six-hour drive to visit family. We're not exactly seasoned travelers when it comes to traveling with a baby, so we're going to need all the advice and tips we can get! If any of you have traveled with your little ones before, please leave us some words of wisdom in the comments below - we could really use them!

The aftermath of Christmas...

As for me now that I've wrapped up this video about my gifts from Christmas, I just wanted to show off the state of our house. Carter has been playing like a maniac and having so much fun with all his new toys, but in return, he's left us with a pile of wrapping paper and boxes galore. It's clear that we need some serious tidying up - anyone have any tips on how to get rid of baby messes quickly?

In conclusion, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who made this Christmas so special for me and Carter. From my new Dyson hairdryer to all the amazing gifts from my brother, I'm so grateful to have such loving family members who make every day feel like a holiday!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello guys and welcome back to the weekly vlog this is a very exciting day probably the best day of the year because it's Christmas Eve I personally prefer Christmas Eve to Christmas because you still have the anticipation the excitement and we are having a little get-together we are doing a white elephant gift exchange and we're having a little feast Brian got his favorite crab cakes shipped in from Maryland so he is so excited but most of all it is Carter's first Christmas and I just remember this time last year I was huge I was nine and a half months pregnant so now it's just crazy that a year later I have the most beautiful wonderful baby boy in the entire world this is my Christmas Eve outfit of the day I don't even remember where this dress is from I think it's from boohoo calm and then some cute earrings that's it just keeping it simple one thing I need to do before going downstairs is wrap my white elephant Christmas gift and it's gonna be a little bit of a challenge I'm giving in the back buddy I have no idea how I'm gonna wrap this a if she is I mean come on if you're on a white elephant gift exchange would you not pick this look at Carter's everyone over our little feast lobster chicken shrimp just look at those crab cake Damien has the best winning ugly Christmas sweater is that dealing with an elf that's an elf getting dealt with by Santa oh my god well they've already been through it that is all where did you get that I think this is from tipsy elves oh they were on your team over there yeah Merry Christmas sir hi Merry Christmas Carter's first Christmas cloudy bloopers Christmas oh this is new thing what music do you like further all right so this is one of Ryan's gifts I got him it is a Nike jacket and it's I like it because it's a hoodie but it looks nicer than a normal hoodie and I got this idea from Alexander Garza's gift guide for him I saw and I was like yes I'm taking it all right so we just had a Christmas round one or at our house with my mom stepdad and brother now we're heading over to my dad's house for Christmas round two we are having dinner we're doing gifts and we are playing games over there so she'd be fun and Carter has a little outfit change my very first Christmas look how cute the Snowman I like this oh look at these guys question here's the aftermath of our gift opening Carter mostly loves the wrapping and the bags and the boxes is that it by how's your Christmas going so far okay so this is a picture of my dad when he was a kid how much does that look like Carter I feel like this is exactly what Carter's gonna look like so here is our Christmas meal we have tri-tip potatoes spinach carrots and a biscuit dad are you in charge of the biscuits the best biscuit you're the biscuit man I mean do a little Christmas gift all just going to show a couple of my favorite things I thought I was up watching these the first is the big gift that I got and so excited for this I would have never bought this for myself the dyson hairdryer and my mom got this for me because I was telling her that I've had the same blow-dryer for 10 years that's not an exaggeration 10 years so it was time I got a new one so I got this thing which is an emergency button and my mom wanted me to have this cuz I'm always out walking with Carter and not with him by myself so this is something from anywhere I can press this button and it will send an emergency signal to whoever I program at for and there's also an alarm on here it's called Athena so I love having this so my brother got me a whole bunch of T's which is my favorite thing he got me these völuspá handles and these are my favorite candles they smell amazing but he basically won Christmas and he had me crying because he made me a photo album and he got all of these old pictures of me I had literally never seen I don't know where he found them he went through boxes and boxes of old stuff I've got photos of me from my entire childhood up until my teenage years and it is crazy I'm gonna show you some of these because I look so similar to Carter and yes this made me cry because it so sweet all right so here are some photos of me as a child you can tell me if you think I look like Carter I have the same here all right I feel like we are twins and then Ryan got me a spa day which he knows is my favorite gift I just love getting a nice massage I got him a popcorn of the Month Club this thing which is a grill alert so you can put these little prongs in your food on the grill and it will send you an alert when it's done which you will love because he's the grill master let me know in the comments what is your favorite gift that you got this year for Christmas all right so it's the day after Christmas I don't think you're prepared for where the mess that happened the aftermath my gosh oh the table look at this mess Carter what do you think of it okay so here is Carter's Christmas haul he got this toy which looks so fun popping bubbles dinosaur it's got a few outfits they're all from Carter's this long sleeve we have this cute little hoodie with bear ears we have this long sleeve we have a bib a cute little hat then he got this scooter but she already loves this thing a mitzi doll from Fraggle Rock this car is so cool open and closed the door you can put balls over on this size and shapes order here there's so many different buttons but mostly he likes to open and close the door got these two rattles from Brittani Louise Taylor which was so sweet of her she's a youtuber you guys need to go over and subscribe to her she's the nicest person okay he got a ton of books so we have peekaboo animals I like to squeak this is my favorite book he got good night little Carter it's a custom book made just for him oh and then also the tiger book how perfect is this we have sleepytime rhymes Yeti this came with a Yeti doll this is the book I bought for him The Tortoise and the hare a very important life lesson solar systems first 100 words dr. Seuss and Merry Christmas little one so he's got a ton of books then we have a bubble machine with bubbles and this little fox this little fox doll repeats back what you say little baby Carter you can take your three steps in the vacuum wow there you good you're gonna take a step you're gonna take a step better look at you and your little hat oh my goodness oh so you know he has all the toys in the world this is what he wants to play with your box - protein bars there he goes so here is Carter's lunch we have kidney beans roasted butternut squash steamed broccoli we're gonna try giving him a little bit of shrimp cut up into small pieces and see how he likes that what do you think of that how is your first Christmas was he good did Santa come tie your feet yeah oh you really gives me that dagger who's that oh very good I want you to pop on here and end the vlog thank you so much for watching please give it a thumbs up if you enjoyed seeing Carter's first Christmas and also any moms out there I desperately need your advice we are taking Carter on his very first trip ever I know he's almost a year old but we don't get out much it's going to be a six-hour drive so if you have any traveling with a baby tips leave them in the comments I need any help I can get so thank you so much in advance for that and I will see you guys soon with a new video look out for it on Saturday byehello guys and welcome back to the weekly vlog this is a very exciting day probably the best day of the year because it's Christmas Eve I personally prefer Christmas Eve to Christmas because you still have the anticipation the excitement and we are having a little get-together we are doing a white elephant gift exchange and we're having a little feast Brian got his favorite crab cakes shipped in from Maryland so he is so excited but most of all it is Carter's first Christmas and I just remember this time last year I was huge I was nine and a half months pregnant so now it's just crazy that a year later I have the most beautiful wonderful baby boy in the entire world this is my Christmas Eve outfit of the day I don't even remember where this dress is from I think it's from boohoo calm and then some cute earrings that's it just keeping it simple one thing I need to do before going downstairs is wrap my white elephant Christmas gift and it's gonna be a little bit of a challenge I'm giving in the back buddy I have no idea how I'm gonna wrap this a if she is I mean come on if you're on a white elephant gift exchange would you not pick this look at Carter's everyone over our little feast lobster chicken shrimp just look at those crab cake Damien has the best winning ugly Christmas sweater is that dealing with an elf that's an elf getting dealt with by Santa oh my god well they've already been through it that is all where did you get that I think this is from tipsy elves oh they were on your team over there yeah Merry Christmas sir hi Merry Christmas Carter's first Christmas cloudy bloopers Christmas oh this is new thing what music do you like further all right so this is one of Ryan's gifts I got him it is a Nike jacket and it's I like it because it's a hoodie but it looks nicer than a normal hoodie and I got this idea from Alexander Garza's gift guide for him I saw and I was like yes I'm taking it all right so we just had a Christmas round one or at our house with my mom stepdad and brother now we're heading over to my dad's house for Christmas round two we are having dinner we're doing gifts and we are playing games over there so she'd be fun and Carter has a little outfit change my very first Christmas look how cute the Snowman I like this oh look at these guys question here's the aftermath of our gift opening Carter mostly loves the wrapping and the bags and the boxes is that it by how's your Christmas going so far okay so this is a picture of my dad when he was a kid how much does that look like Carter I feel like this is exactly what Carter's gonna look like so here is our Christmas meal we have tri-tip potatoes spinach carrots and a biscuit dad are you in charge of the biscuits the best biscuit you're the biscuit man I mean do a little Christmas gift all just going to show a couple of my favorite things I thought I was up watching these the first is the big gift that I got and so excited for this I would have never bought this for myself the dyson hairdryer and my mom got this for me because I was telling her that I've had the same blow-dryer for 10 years that's not an exaggeration 10 years so it was time I got a new one so I got this thing which is an emergency button and my mom wanted me to have this cuz I'm always out walking with Carter and not with him by myself so this is something from anywhere I can press this button and it will send an emergency signal to whoever I program at for and there's also an alarm on here it's called Athena so I love having this so my brother got me a whole bunch of T's which is my favorite thing he got me these völuspá handles and these are my favorite candles they smell amazing but he basically won Christmas and he had me crying because he made me a photo album and he got all of these old pictures of me I had literally never seen I don't know where he found them he went through boxes and boxes of old stuff I've got photos of me from my entire childhood up until my teenage years and it is crazy I'm gonna show you some of these because I look so similar to Carter and yes this made me cry because it so sweet all right so here are some photos of me as a child you can tell me if you think I look like Carter I have the same here all right I feel like we are twins and then Ryan got me a spa day which he knows is my favorite gift I just love getting a nice massage I got him a popcorn of the Month Club this thing which is a grill alert so you can put these little prongs in your food on the grill and it will send you an alert when it's done which you will love because he's the grill master let me know in the comments what is your favorite gift that you got this year for Christmas all right so it's the day after Christmas I don't think you're prepared for where the mess that happened the aftermath my gosh oh the table look at this mess Carter what do you think of it okay so here is Carter's Christmas haul he got this toy which looks so fun popping bubbles dinosaur it's got a few outfits they're all from Carter's this long sleeve we have this cute little hoodie with bear ears we have this long sleeve we have a bib a cute little hat then he got this scooter but she already loves this thing a mitzi doll from Fraggle Rock this car is so cool open and closed the door you can put balls over on this size and shapes order here there's so many different buttons but mostly he likes to open and close the door got these two rattles from Brittani Louise Taylor which was so sweet of her she's a youtuber you guys need to go over and subscribe to her she's the nicest person okay he got a ton of books so we have peekaboo animals I like to squeak this is my favorite book he got good night little Carter it's a custom book made just for him oh and then also the tiger book how perfect is this we have sleepytime rhymes Yeti this came with a Yeti doll this is the book I bought for him The Tortoise and the hare a very important life lesson solar systems first 100 words dr. Seuss and Merry Christmas little one so he's got a ton of books then we have a bubble machine with bubbles and this little fox this little fox doll repeats back what you say little baby Carter you can take your three steps in the vacuum wow there you good you're gonna take a step you're gonna take a step better look at you and your little hat oh my goodness oh so you know he has all the toys in the world this is what he wants to play with your box - protein bars there he goes so here is Carter's lunch we have kidney beans roasted butternut squash steamed broccoli we're gonna try giving him a little bit of shrimp cut up into small pieces and see how he likes that what do you think of that how is your first Christmas was he good did Santa come tie your feet yeah oh you really gives me that dagger who's that oh very good I want you to pop on here and end the vlog thank you so much for watching please give it a thumbs up if you enjoyed seeing Carter's first Christmas and also any moms out there I desperately need your advice we are taking Carter on his very first trip ever I know he's almost a year old but we don't get out much it's going to be a six-hour drive so if you have any traveling with a baby tips leave them in the comments I need any help I can get so thank you so much in advance for that and I will see you guys soon with a new video look out for it on Saturday bye\n"