Christmas is Here

We were able to get some of our Christmas decorations up. I put up our tree and a few other decorations. Christian helped some, but I have a feeling he will be more help when we take the tree down. He enjoys taking the ornaments off, much more than he did putting them on.




This picture is of Christian watching a singing ornament. It hangs in the tree and sings "Rockin' around the Christmas tree".


Now this last picture is of something Christian's Daddy would rather he not play with. Funny how little boys aren't supposed to like playing with dolls (but they do).

Thanksgiving

We are home from our Thanksgiving trek to Wichita Falls to see Gammy. We never know what the weather will be like. Last year, I had to face the crowds just looking for some short sleeved shirts and this year we all had to bundle up because it was COLD!!!! We missed out on snow, but we were rained on most of the way home.

We started off the holiday with dinner at Pa and Gran's house with special guest Great Grama Nita. Christian was treated to a tour of the christmas lights too. He was ready for Mom and Dad to leave, but he didn't want to leave the comfort of Gran and Pa's. You really can't blame him. He gets extra special treatment there, but he didn't realize he would be going to see his other great grama and his Memaw and Dodaddy, where the treatment is just as special.

On a side note: He can also now call out to all his granparents. First he could say "Pa", granted that one syllable is pretty easy. Then there was "Memaw", which is shouted gleefully through out the Pagosa Springs Grocery Store. Then came "Gan" aka Gran, he is really close on this one, but you know exactly who he is talking about. And finally this weekend "Dodaddy" was prefected, he has been really close in the past, but this weekend he nailed it.

He loved playing with his cousins. We loved seeing everyone too. We were sad to see Texas lose, but Christian did his part by wearing is Texas Orange on Friday. Saturday was time with Santa at the mall. Abby was very interesting in sharing her list with Santa, but Emmy and Christian weren't as interested.

So much to be Thankful for this year. Family is at the top of the list. Special great-Gramas are up there too. Friends, health and happiness are right behind.

Drop off update

Today was PJ and Movie day at school, so Christian wore is BIG TRUCK pajamas to school today and they are planning to watch a movie this morning.

Here is a drop off update from Chris for today.

Christian did not initially want to go to school. But, after a few minutes of me packing the car and talking about school.. (And turning off the lights in the house) he decide to grab a few toys for the road. Two trucks and a ball. He couldn't carry them all (but he tried to .. several times he tried) and I asked if he needed help. He brought me his ball and went back for the two trucks. Then we were ready to get into the "Big Truck".. So he said "Big Truck"... then "Big Car".. When I placed him in his car seat I told him that I was buckling him up and he said "Buckle?" Then he said "Jungle Book" several times. Every time he said "Jungle Book" I said "Buckle up".. this went on for several iterations. Then we were off to school. Upon arriving to school I forgot to get his lunch and things out of the trunk before getting him out of his car seat. He was very confused about his lunch not being on the ground for him to pick up. This was funny. He then proceeded back to the back seat of the car to look for his lunch. I think he thought "Maybe it is on the floorboard".. "no not there".. The he started looking under the car for it and was confused by it not being where it usually was.. On the ground next to the car... I told him it was in the trunk and he looked confused. Then I opened the trunk and he saw it and immediately started laughing. Then we were off to school.. He said "Ride" as we passed by the "Angel Buggie". As I left him he said "bye" and waved.. Seemed to be in good spirits.

Love,
Chris


I think this shows how much Christian is talking these days. It just takes saying something once for him to repeat it.

The games we play

Christian and I have a little game we play when we are driving home from daycare. It reminds me of the game we used to play with my niece Stacy (Aunt Sassy to Christian). We would ask Stacy what sounds the animals made and she would repeat them. I think he favorite was "What does the horse say?", her answer "Na-Na!"...just like her nickname. Christian and I play this game now and he really seems to like it. Christian's horse is more like a whinny that a horse would make. I throw in a few different sounds to stir things up a bit. We will see if you can make out the last sound. I will show the answer at the very bottom of this post if you need help translating.












The very last one is "What does Lightin' say?" and the answer is "I am speed".

Dinner and a Movie

Today was a day of firsts for Christian and more evidence that he is becoming a big boy. Today he and I had the day off for Veteran's day. We took the free time to go see a movie, Bee Movie. He loves movies at home.....we all know how much he loves CARS. So I thought I would give a theatre movie a try. He did really well. We bought our kids pack, small drink and small popcorn. I had packed extra snacks for him. I snapped a couple of pictures with my cell phone. He loved the popcorn and sat quietly watching the movie.

He continued to do really well, until about 1 hour into to the movie. At that point he didn't want to sit still anymore and I really couldn't let him run around the crowded theatre, so I need to see Bee Movie again to see how it ends. But all in all, I think it was a success.

Earlier in the day I took the time to pick up some clutter and we can now see and use our dining room table again. Chris thought it would be a good time to start having family dinners in the dining room. So Christian was a big boy and sat at the table and we all had dinner as a family. We normally have dinner as a family, but we are usually at our small bistro table in the kitchen and Christian is in a high chair.

Here he is sitting down eating like a big boy.



Here he is on the edge, ready to bolt

Slipping out....

And now his is off to find Katy. Shouting "Kitty, where are you?" as he runs off.

Veterans Day 2007

We all dressed in our Red, White and Blue and went downtown to the Veterans Day Parade. Christian really enjoyed the marching band, cool cars, motorcycles, military vehicles, airplane flyover and firetrucks.

It was a wonderful tribute to our veterans and we were happy to have been there to watch.

In the blink of an eye***UPDATED***

I know I'm not the first parent to feel this. That time if flying and our baby boy is growing up so fast.

Last night I went out to dinner for a friend's birthday. While I was out Aunt Sassy stopped by and gave both of my boys haircuts. Pictured above is the little boy I woke up to this morning.

I woke up to a full fledged car racing, monster truck loving, Lightin' watching, rough and tumble little boy! Oh I know, he has been on the path to this. Talking up a storm, quick to repeat what we say. Learning new words everyday. Putting them together in sentences so it is easier to understand his wants and needs. Most of his wants include "Lightin'" and "Jungle Book" and "Big Trucks". His needs include the need to tell us "It's hot" when we give him something warm to eat and his need to tell us "I got it".

Most of his sentence start with a jumble of words that are hard to understand and end with someone's truck. That includes, Aunt Sassy Truck, Uncle JJ's Truck, Daddy's Truck, Gran's Truck, Pa's Truck, or Mommie's Truck.

We are just loving the memories and enjoying watching him grow. We hope you are enjoying the ride too.

I tease Chris all the time about not posting on this blog even though he really wanted to be able to post here in the future. Well he sends me updates on Christian most mornings. He recounts the daily drop off. Here is my update for today (Nov. 7th) and even more evidence that our little boy is growing up.

"Christian no longer tries to take ANYTHING out of the car! He had a waffle and a cup of milk and as soon as I stopped the car he tossed them onto the floor! WOW! Then he grabbed his lunch and took off towards school. After putting his lunch up he insisted that his trucks be made available to him, and then proceeded to start playing. I told him good bye and that it was time for me to go to work. He let go of my hand and started to play with his trucks. I got a very quick and small good bye from him, but he was more interested in the trucks."