Davey's First Christmas

What a wonderful time we all had with our family and friends this Christmas! We had nonstop gatherings from Saturday through Christmas night. Davey has such a great disposition, that he loved to be on the go. Of course, his nap schedule is a little messed up now from all the trips in the car...but the babysitter can deal with that next week! I was a technology Christmas for all of us. Four Wiis were given...to both of Josh's sister's families, Shannon's kids, and JOSH! (I was totally anti-video games before playing this over Thanksgiving and HAD to get one!) My Dad got an iPod...so did Kaleb, a neice and nephew on Josh's side, and JOSH! (Funny story how he ended up with both...I gave up hope of ever finding a Wii before Christmas, so I bought the vidoe iPod nano....and then my mom found a Wii the very next day!) And I got a PDA so I can be super organized in the new year.

Davey of course did not know any different...he did a great job of helping up pick up all the wrapping paper. Whatever he paused at while crawling across the floor was something he couldn't have! He got more stuff than he will ever know...but that is the fun of it, isn't it?? He got lots of clothes since he is ready for the next size, lots of toys with annoying sounds and songs, and an awesome wagon to ride in. I think his favorite thing was that he got to spend a lot of time with Grandpa Jan. That is his favorite person outside of me and Josh...and even then it is a close call! My dad is the only person (besides me) that can make Davey cry when he leaves. Dad just says that it is about time a grandkid likes him better than my mom! :)

The last picture is of Davey's latest accomplishment...pulling up! He stood on his own two feet with the help of the dinosaur today for the first time! Luckily the camera was close. Walking will be here before you know it! Josh and I are actually looking forward to taking down the tree and Christmas decorations a little early this year so we can really child-proof the house. It is almost impossible to do this time of the year!

3 More Days of School!

I can't wait for Christmas Break to finally arrive. Somehow I have a ton of shopping left to do and no gifts wrapped....but as long as I survive the next three days, I don't care! The family get-togethers start next weekend and don't stop until Christmas. It will be great to see everyone. The pic above is me piled up with Davey and his cousins Eliza and Rachael.

Saturday morning we got our first snow....and freezing rain...Davey couldn't take his big eyes off of the window...wondering what all that white stuff was outside. Since it all turned to rain by the afternoon, we did not play in it. We will have to wait for the next snow. The last time it snowed here was the day we took him home from the hospital. How things change!

Davey is crawling around like a mad man. Christmas is the worst time to have a mobile child that has not completely figured out what the word "NO" means! He loves the lights on the tree...tries to get them everytime...we have electric candles in each window...he wants to hold them... He is also become an expert with his tongue! He sticks it out to a little point when he laughs now! He eats many solid food now. Pretty much anything on our plate in tiny pieces. He gets better at feeding himself each day. He would love to get his hands on the cat, Alba, but she is too fast! He squeals whenever she gets close.

Though he has been jumping like a Tigger from about 2 months old, I finally found a Johnny Jump Up for him. It says I can use it until he is 24 lbs, so I have a while longer with it. We should have bought it sooner...he LOVES it! I had a video...but it is having issues uploading...

The new challenge is to get Davey to smile for my camera. He has a great smile, but my camera has some sort of stutter flash that always makes him squint or blink. So about 80% of the pictures taken have him looking stupid in them! And of course, most of those have his two fingers in his mouth! Also up there are a couple from Sears this month...I have to leave it to the professionals!