A pretty awesome kid!

Well I figured it was time for an update on what Christopher has been up to and in into lately.  He is ALL BOY that is for sure! 

• He loves LOVES any and all modes of transportation be it motorcycles, trains, helicopters, rescue vehicles and school bus (his personal favorite).  
• He loves to read his books and we will often find an array of them in his bed in the morning or after nap.  He doesn't realize we can hear him stomp over to his bookshelf to get a little reading material.  
• His drawing and coloring obsession has slowed somewhat, but every now and then he will create a masterpiece.  It is usually on the kids menu when we go out to eat.  

• Woobie and Angie are still a big deal to him, although we have begun to leave them in his room until it is time to go to bed.  

• He loves Super Why, Sid the Science Kid, Chuggington, and Special Agent OSO.  He flip flops back and forth with Mickey Mouse and Sesame Street. But I do have to say his all time favorite show..... wait for it..... Wheel of Fortune?  Yep you read right!  We have a nightly ritual of finishing up dinner, and cleaning up dishes and then sitting down and watching WOF!  He will sit throught the entire show and knows that when they hit bankrupt or lose a turn that it is a bad thing, and he usually say "ohhhh nooooo"  and he jumps up and down screaming if they win the prize puzzle at the end.  He is just too funny!
• For all of you who know him, he has just recently started talking a lot.  But he is really starting to pick up funny words and phrases.  He loves to ask if we are sleepy when we yawn, he asks "you ok?" if we cough or bump into something.  Every bug is a bumble bee, and he is quick to let us know when something is "not nice".
• Dancing has become top priority in this house.  If there is music playing with a somewhat "grooveable" beat, you better believe this boy will be busting a move in the kitchen. And if you are lucky, he will ask you to dance too!
• And this boy loves to eat!  Sure he goes through his picky stages as any kid would, but when he likes something....

He likes it!!!

At his last visit he was 36 lbs. and 37 inches tall!  He is a good sleeper, a good eater, I would say all in all... A pretty awesome kid!

It's time!

Well it is that time of year again!  Christmas is my absolute favorite time of year.  I love covering up with Christmas blankets on the couch, while watching cheesy holiday movies on TV that I have seen a million times over.  And drinking hot chocolate while wrapping presents with ELF playing in the background.  I even like putting lights on the tree.  But one of my all time favorite things to do, and I have done it since I was a little kid... I like to go downstairs very early in the morning and plug in the tree lights and just sit.  I settle down right in front of the tree and look at all of the decorations and lights and glitter.  I actually decided to update my blog while sitting there just a few minutes ago! And while yes this year is a little different, well, a LOT different.  The lowest the temp. has gotten here is 72 and I have yet to drink hot chocolate because of said temperature and due to the fact that I am 24 million months pregnant (or so it seems).  And I have chosen sleep a few more mornings that I normally do instead of sitting in front of the tree,   I am still trying to enjoy some of the things I love doing around this time.  I have been making quite a few holiday snacks and gifts this year.   Nothing real fancy but fun! 

The Christmas tree! :)

 Christopher looking at the tree with ornaments on it for the first time this year.  Soon after this picture he was told "don't touch the ornaments" for the first of probably a zillion times this year.

He loves to kiss the really pretty ornaments.  

Talking with Grammie and Pops on skype!  

And now the yummy treats!  I would show you some of the crafts I have been making, but they are Christmas gifts, and I don't want to spoil the surprise. 

 Our newest favorite treat (thanks Sue) Rollos, pretzels, and M&Ms or as we call em.. RPMs. So simple to make but oh-so-yummy!!!

And spicey Texas Trash!  It has been a big hit this year. 

Well so far that about wraps it up!  Hahah  WRAPS it up.  Okay come on people you know that was kinda funny!  The craziness is about to begin here so I can not guarantee that updates will come quickly, but I do promise to do my best.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

Christopher decided to mail himself to the grandparents for Christmas!  After a little while he kinda figured out who to close himself up in the box. I LOVE when he waves towards the end!!!

So Thanksgiving was a SUCCESS!!!  Our great friends Jenna, Jeremy and Courtney come to visit for a Hawaiian Thanksgiving.  And we had so much fun!  So needless to say this section will be a little picture heavy.

           Christopher showing everyone our awesome view!

           BEACH TIME!

           Daddy burying Christopher in the sand,

           Jenna soaking up the sun

           I guess snorkeling really took it out of them.

           Waiting for the luau to start.

           The biggest pancakes I have ever seen... I barely made a dent.

 Not only is his face COVERED in PB&J, but check out the kid behind him trying to swipe his Christopher's beloved school bus.  When Christopher realized, the look on his face roughly translated to "PUNK you better drop it!"

            I think everyone enjoyed the show!

           I think Christopher enjoyed the fire dancer the best!

           But who doesn't like a little hop shaking? 

            And what holiday wouldn't be complete without dancing in the kitchen?

          Little Cutie!

All in all it was a great visit!  We hung out, went sight seeing, acted like tourists, ate and laughed A LOT!  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

It's begining to feel a little like Christmas!

I got a new camera this weekend! It replaced my old one that got smashed in the move this past month. So I have kind of been putting off on picture taking opportunities are relying on friends with cameras to help document a few of the past months events. The past few weeks have really brought out a craftiness in me that I am even surprised by. So I figure I might as well why not roll with it. I will not have any free time once Henry gets here.

Because of dietary concerns with Christopher, he hasn't had a lot of whole milk in his life. That being said, he has never had milk in his cereal. That is, until this week! I think he reallly like it at first because it was something completely new. But once those Cheerios got soggy... FORGET IT.

I made salt dough ornaments for Christopher to decorate. I figure they will go nicely on the Aunts and Uncles Christmas trees. And honestly who doesn't love home made gifts from kids?! He had so much fun painting them at first, but about half way through he got very serious in his holiday task. I love watching the sheer concentration on his face.

We have also been enjoying the slightly cooler weather with longer play times out back.  Christopher loves to play in the "flowers" weeds that have tiny white blossoms.  He also loves standing high on the wall and running as fast as he can across the yard. 

                                                 And of course being a HAM!

While we were playing out back it occurred to me that I haven't been able to show my friends and family back home the infamous "paint tree" in our back yard.  We call it the paint tree because it looks like it is oozing paint.  I noticed it the while stuck in traffic the last time we lived in Hawaii.  And as it turns out, it is in the back yard of our new house!  So ladies and gentlemen, I present the paint tree!

Baby update!

And let me start off by saying... YES I am aware that my blog is already decorated for the holidays. But lets be honest, with two sets of visitors, a dog and a baby coming within the next month when am I going to be able to update this thing? So this is fair warning that if you check back in March and there are still Christmas trees up, politely ignore them! So with that lets get to the good stuff!

This last doctors appointment went very well! Henry is measuring right on track as is his mama! The Dr. has been really fun in joining in on all of the fun little things we have been doing as far as guesses. Originally she guessed girl, WRONG. Now she has joined in our little poll! As with Christopher, we sent out an email asking for guesses on birth date, time, weight and length. It has been very interesting seeing what everyone thinks! It is also really fun to add to the baby book afterward! As promised, here is the latest picture! 33 weeks and counting!

Henry's nursery is almost finished. We just have a few pictures to hang and little things to clear out that have been stored there since we moved in last month. But I thought I would give a little sneak peak!!

How is this for a post card?!

Just the other day I was cleaning Christopher up from breakfast and happened to look out the front window and spotted an amazing site! I had to share!

So my next question is... When are you coming to visit?

Some days you gotta dance... even if you are a skeleton.

This post is a little late, but well worth it I can assure you! This was officialy our second Halloween together as a family. It is hard to believe that last year Christopher and I were dressed up as the Tortoise and the Hare and excited beyond believe that Matt would be home in a few short days! So we had to make it special! Our new friends here in Hawaii had a little Halloween bash and we all had so much fun! Our costume idea came from my being pregnant really... I had gotten my shirt early so it was decided that we would all be a skeleton family! And I do have to say, we turned out really cute! Take a look!

The skeleton family

The Dancing Family! Minus Ella... she was dancing!

The Super Hero Family!

And they Danced!

And danced...

He was rather sad every time the song ended, but bounced back quickly!

Allison, I mean Marilyn was a huge hit!

Lisa was a hit too! At least the carrots on her plate were. I love both of their expressions!























He even helped with the decorations!

David and Anna being, well, David and Anna!

Me and Henry!

One of the few pictures of Matt and I together!

The HAM!

The boy!

Doritos were discovered right away!


My favorite pictures of the entire night! He kept saying very slowly.."Peek..A..Boo"

Needless to say we had a wonderful time! We really are so lucky to have great friends here!