Merry Christmas

Today is my first Christmas and I think it was a pretty good Christmas.  I got to open presents this morning with my sisters.  I really wasn't too interested in the opening of the presents, but I did like what was inside.  I got this really cool car that drives itself and has a little driver that when I shake it the car will come to me.  I also got a race car with a driver named Riley and a van.  Those cars talk to me too.  I like to push the little cars around while I crawl around the house.

We also went over to Gram's House to visit with everyone and to open more presents.  I got some new clothes and some more toys.  The best part was playing with my sisters and my cousin Landon.  Tyler was also there.  We ate brunch and then hung out there all day.  Everyone still likes to hold me and to take pictures of me.  Mommy says that Christmas is all about being with family and spending time together and that presents are just a bonus.  I think that the girls really like the presents part the best and one day I think I will too.  I mean don't get me wrong I love my family, but toys are so much fun.

Sign Language

I have started to watch some really great videos and they are just for me, but it seems that the girls really like to watch them too.  They are called Baby Einsteins.  They show me all kinds of animals, and puppets and they play all kinds of songs.  They really hold my attention.  One of the videos shows me all about animals.  It has all kinds of animal: farm animals, jungle animals, animals at my house, and even more.  One of the videos is teaching me sign language so that I can talk to everyone without even having to say a word.  I like to have my voice heard though so I still use it a lot.  The sign that I use now is “more”.  I like it because it is so much like clapping.  In fact Daddy says that I look like I am clapping, but I can see a real difference between my clapping and me trying to tell them I want more puffs.   

9 Months

I am nine months today.  I am still getting around everywhere, but no walking yet.  I love eating!  It is probably my favorite time of the day.  Mommy thinks that I am pretty clean eater.  She says she doesn't have to clean me up very much, but she still annoys me by wiping my face off.  I hate when she and Daddy do that.

I still really like watching my Baby Einstein videos.  I like the puppets.  Riley really liked watching the puppets when she was little like me too.  Mommy thinks that I am starting to look a lot like Riley.  At first she said that I looked a lot like Luci, but now she thinks I a moving towards looking like Riley.  Either way I don't think that it is nice to compare me to a girl.  I am a boy and I look like a boy.

I love crawling over to the play kitchen and getting in all that food.  The girls really have to be careful and keep all their small toys picked up because I put anything and everything in my mouth.  They are usually pretty good about it.  My favorite kitchen toy is the Melissa & Doug pizza.  I love to play with all of the toppings.

I am looking forward to Christmas and ripping open some presents.  I wonder what Santa will bring me.

Clap Clap Clap!

I started clapping today.  Everyone was so excited.  They love that I can put my two hands together and make some noise.  I have to admit I love it too!  That is why I love to do it all the time. It all started when I went to see the girls in The Nutcracker.  They did such a good job that I had to put my hands together like everyone else for them.  Now the girls want me to do it all the time.  I think that it is fun to see everyone's reaction to me.  Clapping it is just something I do now.