Christmas at Gram's

Christmas afternoon we went to my Mom's.


You can't quite see it, but his is saying "Whoa!" He loves this airplane and airport. There were a lot of little pieces though. :-)



A picture of everyone at the table (minus me, since I was taking the photo.)


Cookie! Kevin's favorite treat.

Christmas morning

What the tree looked like when Kevin woke up.

First gift on Christmas morning, a mp3 boombox, filled with songs from the Fresh Beat band (the Fresh Beat Band was the only thing he wanted for Christmas).


ELMO!


Playing with puzzles with Elmo.


Wrestling with his new stuffed puppy dog.


Giving Bailey a Christmas hug.

Christmas at Grandma and Papa's.

All decked out in his new Home Depot gear. Daniel and Phillip also got the same gear and they all had fun running around in it.


Taking a photo of Daniel taking a photo of me with his new camera.



Opening his gifts.

Pee!

Ahhh, every day you crack me up in new ways. And at least once a day you greatly frustrate me. :-)

Tonight you did both at the same time.

Just before bath time, I got you all undressed while Daddy was getting your bath ready. You ran through the house naked. Normally this is pretty funny. But it wasn't funny when I came down the hallway and Daddy came into the kitchen and simultaneously we saw you standing on the sofa pointed towards the cushions.

At the same time we yelled "Kevin you better not be peeing!". Daddy got to you first. And I heard, "Kevin! Why did you pee all over the couch?!" I thought he had to be joking. Nope, he wasn't. With a mischievous grin you smiled at the two of us.

Thankfully you only peed on the cushions, and those I can wash. The arms would have been a whole different story.

Ahh you silly boy.

Bad shopping day.

You really don't like shopping. I really don't like torturing you by taking you shopping but sometimes it is a neccisity.

Today was one of those days. So we went to Hobby Lobby and while I was trying to figure out which items to buy you began to get fussy.

For some reason your shirt was bothering you so you tried taking it off (you like to do that sometimes). All the while crying and screaming bye bye!

Well a lady decided to help me out. It turns out that your crying seemed to be upsetting her, so she walked onto our isle and screamed "Stop" at the two of us. And then she ran off.

I couldn't believe it! This was a grown woman! You did stop, but it really upset me. I immediately got our stuff and headed to the checkout line.

Part of me really wanted to go find her and give her a piece of my mind, but I was to upset and I really didn't want you to see me upset. I felt so bad for you, you really didn't know anything was amiss. But it was so incredibly wrong for her to act like that.

The Zilker tree

Kevin really loves Christmas lights. Anytime we are out he asks to see lights, "more lights, please". So I knew he would love to see the Zilker tree. I think his favorite part though was the bus ride.

This year they are doing a smaller version than past years, and I really liked the layout. But the bus transportation system needs a lot of work. No one really knew where the bus picked up by the downtown parking garages. And we had to wait almost 30 minutes for a bus ride back. But on the way there Kevin had a blast. He sat in his own seat like a big boy. And really liked talking to the homeless man who was sitting right behind us. The man behind us didn't mind either, I think they both enjoyed talking to each other. Although Kevin didn't say much, just "City Bus, Lights!" and at every red light he would say "Ready, Set, Go!" and then would look at me confused when we didn't go. Sometimes he would follow it up with "1,2,3..." or just repeat "Ready, Set, Go!" until we actually went.

When we got there Kevin was all about running around. We stopped and got him some chicken nuggets, Steve a pizza, and two hot apple ciders. And off to check out the lights. Sitting on the bus.

Eating chicken nuggets and checking out the lights.

Finishing off what was left of my now cold apple cider.

Not being a litter bug!

There was a little house set up for the US Post Office and they let kids write letters to Santa. Kevin mainly scribbled on his. But funnily enough when the staff member asked him what he wanted for Christmas he said "Go Go's" meaning the Fresh Beat Band (a tv show on Nickelodeon). He is addicted to them! Every time he has been asked what he wants he always responds with "Go Go's".

We really had a great time and Kevin seemed to enjoy it. We had great weather (a little chilly though) and there weren't a lot of people like there have been in years past. Probably because it was a Tuesday night. I think we will defiantly continue to go in the future.

Christmas program

On Monday, Kevin had his first ever Christmas program at school. The teachers said that the kids would be on stage and sing two christmas songs. I laughed, they seriously thought my son would stand still for TWO songs! Haha. Well the joke was on me. Kevin actually sat still for the two songs, although he popped up as soon as the songs were over. I tried to get some photos, but Kevin was on the opposite side of the stage as I was standing. I should have gotten closer to get better photos, but honestly I couldn't take my eyes off him. He was soo cute. So here are some of the photos. And sorry for the bad quality. He is in the green sweater if you can't find him in the group shots.
Kevin is sitting right in front of the Christmas tree. The first song they "sang" was if you are happy and you know it. So Kevin kept poking his cheeks, like dimples, the entire song. It was pretty cute.

And as soon as Jingle Bells was over Kevin was up on his feet ready to go. I was so impressed that he sat for as long as he did. I think it was a record!

Silly boy!

Kevin and I like to go on walks each morning. The other morning I asked him if he wanted to go for a walk and he ran over and climbed into his stroller. But instead of climbing in the seat he climbed into the storage compartment under the stroller. I thought it was funny and snapped a few shots. He didn't think I was funny when I refused to go on a walk with him in the storage compartment. :-)

Amazing!

Kevin is so amazing the last few weeks. Today I got up to him talking in complete sentences. He just looked at me and said 'mommy look school bus' then 'bye bye school bus I love you'
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Christmas with Santa

Kevin wasn't to sure about this Santa guy. He liked looking at him, but sitting on his knee was another story. Regardless it is a fairly cute photo. :-)

Kevin's 2 year checkup.

Kevin had his 2 year check up today. Developmentally he is right on track. He is weighing about 32 1/2 pounds (90th percentile), his head circumference is in the 73rd percentile (but we already knew he was one smart cookie). :-) And for his height he is 35 1/2 inches. I have also heard that if you take the height of a 2 year old and double it, that is will be their adult height. So if that holds true Kevin will be 5 feet 11 inches.

And to just play around I looked up my measurements when I was a kid. My Mom has always said that my Doctor said I would be lucky if I hit 5 feet tall, (I'm 5' 1 for the record) :-). Well at 2 1/2 years old I was 30 inches tall and weighed 20 pounds. From age 2 to 3 I didn't grow one inch! I didn't get to Kevin's height or weight until I was 4 years old. And at age 4 I was wearing a size 8 shoe, Kevin already wears a 9. So it looks like he isn't going to get my short genes! Yea!