Merry, merry... almost ready

We have been really busy!

I started a new job several weeks ago. Kevin LOVES his new school! In fact, it's difficult for me to get him to leave at night. We are so happy he has adjusted so well, again.

Christmas is almost here, we are gearing up for a busy weekend of celebrating with family and friends, then we are headed to Chicago next week. Let's hope the weather cooperates. It's going to be ugly tomorrow morning!

Careful, the Christmas tree is HOT

Some of you already know this, but lucky for us, Kevin is extra cautious when we tell him something is hot. He knows not to touch the oven, it's hot. A few other things around our house are also "hot" such as Nate's fancy TV, the china cabinet, etc. This "hot" trick also works well when we are at other people's homes.


During Kevin's nap today we setup the Christmas tree. We don't have it blocked off or anything, we are just hoping he learns not to touch it. I brought Kevin downstairs after nap time, we were very excited to show him the lighted tree. With no prompting from us, he walked upto the tree, stuck out his hand and said "hot"! Yes, Kevin, that tree is hot, no touching. We'll see how long this works....

The big sleepover

Last night we babysat for Brenda's kids. We had such a fun night. I love that her kids make Kevin so tired! We transformed our sofa into a boat & jumped "overboard" into a sea of pillows. Garrison entertained Kevin for most of the night - horray!

Once Kevin was in bed the rest of us had a movie marathon. Such fun, we hope to do it again sometime.

"Wheels on the Bus" is driving us nuts

You remember back in junior high or high school when you fell in love with a song and played it over. and. over. and over. again? (Think NKOTB... catch my drift?)...

Well, Kevin LOVES "The Wheels on the Bus". We play it all the time. So much so, that sometimes he won't eat his dinner unless the song is playing.

This photo was taken just before dinner last week:

Thanksgiving roadtrip

We celebrated a wonderful Thanksgiving in Chicago with much to be thankful for this year. It was our first trip back since our move in September. Kevin was great in the car:

Kevin LOVES his new Elmo pajamas:

Grandmom & Grandpop took Kevin for a Breakfast with Santa. We had no idea how he would react to Santa. He loved Santa from afar. Upclose, Santa is kind of scary. Kevin, I have to agree with you.

There was some nasty weather for our drive home today, but we were so glad not to be stuck in an airport.

Help us pick a paint color, please.

We're making progress with the new house, but have not picked a color yet. You can see some samples in the background. We hope to get the painting done this winter.

Sound effects

Someday he won't speak with such an adorable lisp. There are his favorite sayings:

"Heesey" = horsey
(*** side note*** Kevin's stuffed blue "heesey" is a total part of our family. He goes EVERYWHERE with us. We have BL&D with horsey, he comes to the store. Everywhere Kevin goes, horsey is there. About a month ago horsey escaped in the frozen foods aisle of the grocery store, I had to call the store manager when we got home and go back for him! Thankgoodness he was safe! Kevin gets very upset when horsey is missing for a few hours while he takes a spin in the washer & dryer. I told him the horsey needs a bath too. Kevin found horsey in the dryer and was very, very upset!)

"Wa Wa" = water
"fock" = fork
"fock" = sock
"shuz" = shoes
"baf" = bath
"mote" = remote
"babies" = photos of himself on the computer screen
"melmo" = Elmo
"teef" = teeth
"carttt" = truck
"towa" = leggo tower he builds each night with Nate
"mic" = milk
"tukie" = cookie

If you would have asked us a year ago to decode baby language, there would have been no way we could do it. This proves, on the job training is the best kind.