My 1st Christmas |
My sweet little boy, it is so hard to believe that one year ago you were born! This has been the most amazing year my little boy. This month your personality has been such a joy. You are so sweet and still very happy. You are starting to have conversations with us. We don’t know what you are saying yet, but you definitely have something to say! We had such a good time relaxing with family over the holiday break. We got to sleep in and snuggle in the morning. We also went on several walks in sunny cold weather. I thought that you would fall asleep on our walks, but you are usually too busy looking at everything to sleep.
We spent
Christmas in Eugene and North Bend. I love seeing you interact with our family.
All of the kids, especially James, are so sweet with you! I wish we got to see
them more often.
Unfortunately
you are not happy when you wake up anymore. You always used to wake up with a
smile. Now, pretty much every time you wake up you are crying. It is very sad, and
I hope you get out of this stage quickly.
Getting ready to read |
You are
starting to talk more. The other day you sat down with a book and read it out loud
to me. It was so sweet. When we are driving home you sometimes yell at me to
make sure I know you are still there. You are repeating words that we say and sometimes
saying things, I think. Daycare seems to think you are talking, but I still don’t
think you are using any words consistently. However, you are understanding a
lot. You are consistently waving goodbye. Shawna taught you to say Yay and
raise your hands above your head. It is so cute!
Right now
you love being chased! On Monday I chased you into the dining room and thought I
had trapped you. I asked you where you were going to go, you looked at me and dropped
to the ground and headed under the table, laughing of course! Such a problem
solver! You still like climbing the stairs, but this month I have taught you
how to crawl down the stairs. I am so happy that you have learned how to do
this.
My first drum lesson |
This month
you got you eighth tooth. I think you are getting some more, because the drool
has started again. Your hair is getting quite long. It curls up over the back
of your t-shirts. I love it. You’ll probably have to get a haircut pretty soon,
but I am going to put that off as long as I can.
Thursday was
your birthday, but we didn’t really do anything special, well besides a mega
trip to Costco in preparation of your party. We had a wonderful party on
Saturday. So many friends and family came to celebrate you! Your grandpa and I
made a piƱata for you. Abu made Grandma’s apple cake and she and Ryan decorated
some very special cakes and cupcakes for you. We had a delicious lunch of enchiladas,
rice, beans and salad. After many of our friends left, the family stayed around
relaxing and playing games. It was a great party and a fabulous weekend! You
are a special boy and our friends and family definitely showed you lots of love
this weekend. We are very lucky!
Makin' Music |
Likes: being
chased, grabbing Frida’s legs, climbing on everything, getting my credit card
out of my wallet(which I can’t find at this moment), and dance parties
Dislikes:
Getting your diaper changed, waking up, getting your nails cut