Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas. Santa came to see the kids and Ashton was so surprised to see that Santa had stopped at our home. He had a great time opening all is gifts...so much at many of them were not opened until the day after Christmas. It was so much fun to see Christmas though Ashton. I can't wait until these next few years!

Here are our photos of Christmas.

Christmas Eve. See Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop in the background on the computer? We were skyping while Ashton was opening their gifts.

Christmas Morning



There are several gifts missing during this photo session. Ashton recieved so many gifts along with tons of gift cards.

Christmas dinner at our friend, Mary Kate's home

A few weeks with Mommy

Since I was on maternity leave and Tutu was taking some time off, I got to spend two weeks with both boys! Boy were we busy! I am not much on staying home and combine that with a two year old running circles around me while I have Christian attached to me (literally), I had to come up with some fun, creative things for us to do.

We had a play date with a few of my friends (Lori, her daughter, Brook and Melissa and her son, Adrian). We met at the park so the kids could burn some energy and then we headed to Chili's for lunch. The kids had a blast and I just love the conversations with these fun ladies.

A few times we went to meet with Adam to have lunch and for me to get Ashton to sleep. He falls asleep so easily in car rides as opposed to being at home. Made my life, much easier!

We had a picnic one day.

Ashton had fun tormenting me by messing up the house more times than I dare to count. Why did I think I could clean the house with a toddler running behind me pulling out what I put back!?

We went shopping more times than I dare to count (nor to look at my credit card statement).

We watched too much t.v. and ate too much junk food!

We had a craft day with Riis and her mommy, Kristin.

I got a taste of being a stay at home mom with two kids and boy was it harder than I thought it would be. I have to give stay at home mom's more credit. I'd have to say that it was just as hard as being a full time working mommy. I am thinking though I may want to be one:)

Here are some photos of our fun days! Ashton just LOVES Christan. Ashton always holds Christian's hand while we are in the car. So sweet!

Ashton Fun Facts

I have been meaning to put together a list of things Ashton says or does for quite some time now. He has been working with this speech therapist and she has given me some great tips to get Ashton mouth moving! In case I didn't mention this before, it seems his facial muscles are quite weak, thus the issues we are running into with him speaking. We have all sorts of fun games to play and yummy foods to eat that will help strength them.

Let's hope I can remember it all...I may have to come back and edit this list quite often.

Words that I find quite cute:

~Dump Truck (dup gur)- He has a really hard time with the 'tr' of words. If he says, "gur" to you and you don't get it, watch out..he is so mad that you don't know what he is saying.
~my bubba and my baby - his nicknames for Christian
~oh mommy, oh mommy -- uses this when he sees something he wants (i.e. a dump truck toy at the store).
~BYE, BYE - he says this sooo loud to anyone that we are leaving. It is so funny and sweet.


Funny stuff and not so funny:
~wipes my kisses away (sad face). He got this from me. Adam loves to kiss me after he is all sweaty and I always (kidding) say, "eww" and wipe away his kiss - Ashton now does this:(
~runs away from me and I can't stand it. I know it's normal toddler behaviour but I am going to have a heart attack one of these days. I love how he always turns around and smiles and laughs while he is running.
~ says, "no mommy" while waiving his finger back and forth at me
~ "Bubba eat" - he knows that when Christan starts to cry, it's time for him to eat. Funny how quickly kids catch on to these types of things.
~Holds Christians hand in the car whenever he does start to cry. I love to look in the rear view to see this.

Picture time with Santa!

Let's just say Ashton did much better this year when he met Santa and Christian could have cared less. Ashton was a bit hesitant at first but knew that if he wanted a new truck from Christmas that he would need to tell Santa! Ashton still had the arms out wanting me to take him away from the white bearded man, but it was nothing like last year.

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**yes, they are wearing matching shirts**

Honolulu City Lights

We joined the Britt Family for an evening of Christmas lights at the Honolulu City Hall. They just introduce the new Mr. and Mrs. Claus (local style).

Christian - 2 Months

Wow, I can't beleive Christian is two months already! Where has the time gone?

Christian is such a laid back little man.



Chrisitan is now:
~ 'talking' to you. He loves to have a converstation back and forth.
~ he likes to watch you walk across the room
~ he is only waking about twice a night (we are bed sharing) to nurse and goes right back to sleep.
~ Hates his car seat like his big brother did at this age
~ He has the most beautiful toothless smile
~ He is now in 6 month clothes and size 2 diaper
~ loves to chill in his swing

Here are Christian's stats:

Weight:
Birth Weight: 7 lbs 15.9 oz
2 days: 7 lbs 9.4 oz (43.55%)
18 days: 9 lbs 1.9 oz (52.45%)
9 weeks: 13lb 4.7oz (83.31%)

Height:
Birth Height: 19.69" (50.17%)
2 days: 19.69" (50.17%)
18 days: 22.25" (90.20%)
9 weeks: 24.25" (89.23%)

HC:
Birth HC: 13.19" (13.39%)
2 days: 13.19" (13.39%)
18 days: 14.49" (36.55%)
9 weeks: 16.26" (80.03)