Wow. What a month. I don’t even know where to begin.
This month was very busy, as we geared up to celebrate your third Christmas. There was tons of snow on the ground, but we weren’t able to take you out to play in it. This month was extremely cold, one of the coldest Decembers I remember. We spent a lot of time in the house, because it just hurt to go outside.
Those times that we did venture out, you LOVED seeing all of the snow. Many of the neighborhood kids built snowmen. It never failed, every time we drove around you’d exclaim, “Look! I see Snowman!” I can’t wait until we can build our own snowman. We just need the weather to cooperate!
One of the days that we were snowed in, Daddy and I built you your first fort - or as you like to call it, "Dark." We pulled out all of the blankets we could find and turned the family room into a play house. We used your tent too. Watching you crawl in, out and around it was hilarious. You played for a while, and then went upstairs for a nap. We took it all down while you were sleeping. You came downstairs and asked "Where Dark?? I go Dark!?" We had to build a much smaller fort off the back of the couch, which you played in for a few weeks. It was so much fun.
It seems like this month, you’ve really started talking A LOT more. Full sentences. Conversations. Repeating everything that we say. Your vocabulary grows every day. It’s so much fun watching you learn.
You still love reading books. Every night, we have a few books that have to be read. Your current favorite is "No, David." You LOVE to read along with the book, in fact, I am pretty sure you could recite it from memory if we just flipped through the pages. It's incredibly cute how you react to each picture, especially the one where "Dabid" is picking his nose...
We put up the Christmas tree last month, but it wasn’t fully decorated until this month. You enjoyed showing us all of the ornaments, naming them, trying to pull them off of the tree. Each morning, we would wake up and turn it on. You were very insistent that it had to be on while we were home. I guess you love the ambiance just as much as I do!
Because of the weather, we took you to see Santa Claus pretty late this year. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, we read a lot of books about Santa, and watched a lot of Santa Claus shows. You definitely recognized Santa whenever you’d see him. While we were standing in line, we tried to explain to you about what Santa Claus does. We asked you what you wanted him to bring you for Christmas, and you said “Cars and a choo-choo-Thomas (what you call a train).” You were doing so well, until it was your turn to sit on Santa’s lap. I hadn’t even let go of you before you started screaming. They snapped a few photos, and in each one your face was redder than the last. Hopefully next year will go better. I am sure Santa understood, though. He definitely made sure you got what you asked for.
This year, we spent our first ever Christmas Morning in our own home. Because of that, Daddy and I decided to wait to put all of the gifts under the tree. Since you helped me unwrap my birthday gifts just a few weeks ago, I knew you’d be curious about what was in all of those boxes under the tree. So, on Christmas Eve, Daddy and I pulled them all out. The next morning, we let you discover all of the gifts on your own. It was so much fun to watch you open presents, stopping between each gift to play. That is exactly what Christmas is all about.
The day after Christmas, we packed up the car and headed to Kansas City. It was an eight hour drive, but you handled it so well. It was definitely hard to be stuck in the car for that long, but you stayed entertained by reading books, drawing and playing with the iPod. You were definitely glad to get out when we got to Aunt Kelly’s house.
We spent a few days in KC, making the rounds, visiting all of mommy’s family that lives there. We saw almost every one that we needed to see. There’s just never enough time. I should have been better about taking pictures, because we don’t have many of you playing with everyone. I promise to make sure that never happens again.
We made our way to Abilene to see Daddy’s side of the family. Your Mama Jo, Papa Po, Aunt Andra, Cousin Kasey, Aunt Stacia and Uncle Tyler were all there. We had a lot of fun celebrating Christmas again with them. We ate lots of yummy food (as always) and even managed to sneak some outside play time the first day we were there.
It seems that you unwrapped presents almost every day while we were away. You are extremely spoiled. You still ask if we can open presents. We’ve been home for a week and we’re still trying to find a place for all of the new toys. I think we've had enough presents to last you a while.
I am sad that we don’t have an excuse to see everyone again soon. It’s so wonderful seeing you interact with your family that I sometimes feel like you miss out being so far away from them all. One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to keep you in touch with your family. I guess we’ll just need to schedule some Skype dates until we are able to see them in person again.
I love you, little man. I can’t wait to see what 2011 brings us!
Mommy
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