Christmas Morning

Santa Claus was great this year. I got lots of fun goodies to be creative with. Plus I'm going to get to be a big boy and use the new potty he brought me. I got fun paint and bubbles for bath time and then crayons and markers and play-doh. Look at my spread!

There was so much that I didn't know what to play with first.

Mommy let me get some of the play-doh out and squesh it on the coffee table. Shhh just don't tell Uncle Brandon since it's his table.

Then I got to color and use what ever color I wanted! Best of all they were all mine and I didn't have to share the crayons with anybody else like at daycare.

After breakfast we got dressed and took one of my presents from mommy and daddy outside to play. Daddy showed me how to put the ball on the tee and then we lined up.

And swing! Wow look at it go!

I got the ball guys.

Then Grandma got the bat, oh no look out with that thing!

Ok who's up next?

After a little baseball I got my reliable old truck out and drove around for a bit.

And my favorite thing to do is swing!

Grandma had lots of leaves in her yard so we did what any kid loves to do and we played in the leaves. Plus when do I get free reign to throw things?

I got a little upset at one point 'cause daddy scared me, but grandma was there to give me a big hug.

After playing outside all day I was really tired so I took a nap and when I woke up I got to sit in my favorite spot. On my gramps' lap, we watched tv together until it was time to go home.

We spent all day at Gramps and Grandma's house and then drove home. It was lots of fun but boy was it tiring. I was happy to go home and sleep in my bed. Mommy said I needed to get my sleep because in the morning we were driving to Houston for a 2nd Christmas!

Christmas Eve

Its a bit late but better than never. Mommy's been really busy lately, I guess its something about me running around like a crazy man now that keeps her worn out. But I just can't help it. So here's a recap of the greatest Christmas ever!

Mommy and Gramps and Grandma have a tradition where they open up their presents from each other on Christmas Eve, I think I really like this tradition. This way I don't have to wait as long. Mommy says this tradition started even before she was a baby, this way the families all got to share special days without the chaos of driving to each house. Anyways so this year we went to Gramps' house and did Christmas Eve with them. It was lots of fun and I got tons of toys.

I got a really cool puzzle with safari animals, hurry up gramps I want to play with it. Did you know that a lion goes "roaaar!"

Next Grandma helped me open up my See'N Say Farmer. I wasn't sure what it was at first.

But then Aunt Julie (well technically not my Aunt yet but I'm hoping) showed me how it works. You point the arrow at an animal and then pull the lever down and it makes a noise.
It's so much fun.

I also got a present from my great grandpa, I've only seen him once when I was 3 months old so I don't remember much about him but boy he must know me well.

I wasn't sure what it was at first.
But after we got the paper off I knew just what to do. I grabbed my new dump truck and started pushing it all around.

I had to be patient while others opened their presents. Mommy and daddy were really happy, they got a new camera! So now they won't miss any of my crazy toddler shots. Just wait, I'm thinking up what I can get into next.

I decided climbing on the fireplace might be fun while I waited.

And then last of all came my final present. I was excited, it was a big box! What could it be?

Uh-uh could it be? Really Elmo in this box! I got an Elmo Live!

I had such a great Christmas eve that I didn't want to go to bed. I really racked up lots of toys and of course clothes but who really cares about those. Uncle Brandon got me a sandbox and I just couldn't wait 'til Christmas morning to go outside and play in it. I could only wait to see what Santa Claus brought me.

Turkey Time

It was my first turkey day that I actually got to participate in. Last year mommy and daddy only let me eat some sweet potato baby food. But this year I got to eat anything I wanted! And oh boy did I want lots of those yummy mashed potatoes!

Mommy sure did make a great looking feast. Can you believe I was only 4 lbs bigger than the turkey? That's crazy!

Mommy made turkey, MASHED POTATOES, sweet potatoes, creamed spinach, cranberry chutney, side salads and then grandma brought dressing, deviled eggs and brussel sprouts. But all I cared about were the mashed potatoes!

Thank you mommy for making such a yummy meal for all of us. And I've very thankful to have my mommy, daddy, gramps, grandma, papaw, grandma and all of my uncles and friends at daycare!

Halloween 08

So mommy's camera wasn't working and Grandma's camera was fritzing out too so I don't know if we have any pictures from Halloween so we'll just save this spot for a later update.

Sink Suds

Grandma still insists on washing me in the kitchen sink. I'm sorry to say grandma I don't think I'll be fitting in the sink much longer but it was fun while it lasted!

Hey mom are you gonna help?

Hehehe, come just a little bit closer and I can get you with this bucket!

What me? splash water all over the place and on you mommy? never? See how could someone as adorable as me be a mischief maker?

Up, Up, Up and Away!

September and it was starting to get cool in the mornings finally! So bright and early, before the sun had even gotten up, mommy, gramps, grandma, uncle Brandon and Julie all met up at the local Balloon Festival. Mommy was pretty excited, and I guess so was grandma 'cause she brought tons of yummy snacks too! We got a really good and up close spot to watch all the balloons fill with air and then lift off. There were so many balloons! I couldn't believe my eyes. All different shapes and sizes. Some of them were even characters!

Like this pirate! "Ahoy mate, there she blows, oh wait there I blow" ;)

Can you believe there was a tree? Look at how big it is, there are birds on it and everything! Mommy said that since there was non wind, some of the big balloons like the tree, would stay tied to the ground since there wasn't enough air to get them off the ground. That was kind of disappointing but at least that meant I got a really good look at them all morning long.

Can you see the daisy?

A few of the regular balloons got some air but most of them came down pretty quickly.

While we were watching all the balloons fill up with air, and boy are they noisy, a very nice man saw grandma, mommy and I standing by the fence and asked if we wanted to come see the balloon close up. We were very excited. I got to touch on blowing up, I was a little preoccupied to take any pictures those. Geesh mom do you have to take a picture of everything?


We had a great morning seeing all the balloons and people. But I sure was tired and ready to take a nap when we got home. I can't wait for next year's festival!

Long Time Gone

I have to apologize for my mommy she's been really bad about getting any fun pictures for me to update the world about. Don't get me wrong, it's not that we haven't been having fun but instead mommy keeps getting mad at her camera because she says that I'm a very active little boy now and her camera just moves too slow. So she always misses every shot. I'm sorry mommy, I can't help it. I think you should just ask Santa for a new camera for Christmas so that we can take lots of pictures and I of course can keep up the blog for all my fans! So on to the recap of all our fun the past few months....