Christmas Time!

Christmas was SO much fun! Anthony had a blast unwrapping his presents (and ours too!). Daddy didn't want to miss a moment of the day, so he opted to forego sleeping before his shift. That allowed us to spend the entire day together! Grandma, Auntie, Aaron & Kevin stopped by to bring Anthony some presents; thanks guys! We had another awesome dinner at Aunt Michelle's on Christmas Eve. Thanks for having us over, Aunt Michelle! I don't know how Anthony stayed awake on the ride home, he was wiped out! He had some milk, a little cuddle time and then off to bed! That boy is such a trooper! Thank you to GG, Gramma, Grandpa, Uncle Chris, Uncle Jon & Aunt Abbey for all the wonderful gifts you sent! We miss you guys and wish we could have spent Christmas with you!

Aside from the Christmas-hoorah, Anthony is trying so hard to gain his indepence... he wants to do everything himself! He doesn't want a handful of Cheerios, has has to hold the bag and feed himself. He takes the napkin from me and wipes his own mouth. He takes the toothbrush from me and brushes his own teeth, etc. I mean, really? Already? 16 months old and he doesn't need us anymore? lol

Inspecting the Christmas Tree

I forgot to post these pictures yesterday... Anthony woke up on this morning to find the tree decorated. We think it's so cute how he stood there with his hands behind his back and inspected the tree.

Nov 30 - Dec 20 2009

So, we are gearing up for Christmas! We have the tree up and decorated. I think we have all of Anthony's gifts. However, every time one of us goes to a store for something, we come back with more gifts for him! Daddy made some candy cane cookies and Anthony just LOVES them! He will take my cookie from me if I have one for myself and he stuffs the whole thing in his mouth so I can't get it back! Anthony has his first cold now! But, he's taking it like a champ; it doesn't seem to bother him much. He's still a hearty eater and is really starting to want to feed himself more and more. We've caught on to the fact that Anthony is very aware of who's at home with him. He seems to know what he can get away with or get to do with each person he's with; he's quite clever!

Nov 18 - 27 (Thanksgiving)

We spent Thanksgiving over Aunt Michelle's and had a fabulous dinner with her and Jen. Anthony was too busy to be bothered with eating. But, he did enjoy playing with his food and stabbing his bread with a fork. Anthony is changing so fast; it's just amazing! He is constantly searching around for new things to discover and figure out. He has started saying "all done" and knows & uses sign language for milk, more and pacifier. He likes to lay down on a pillow and pretend to snore and take a nap and he rolls his cars around while making engine noises for them. He is a very healthy eater; we are amazed by how much he will eat sometimes! His favorite things to eat now are blackberries and zucchini; he grabs them off his plate and can't seem to shovel them in fast enough!