Merry Christmas!

I was so excited for Christmas this year! I couldn't wait for Adam to come out in the morning and see his presents.  We didn't get him a ton, but I think he enjoyed opening and checking out the toys he did get. He's still mastering opening presents, and little miss impatient Bailey was happy to help him along when he was taking too long.  I'm not sure how well that's going to go over next year so hopefully his efficiency will pick up, lol. ;)

We had a nice quiet Christmas in Chicago.  It wasn't exactly what I had envisioned, because I hurt my back two days before and was pretty much stuck in bed or on the couch all day. But it was quiet and cozy and Adam certainly enjoyed a full day off with both of us there and lots of attention. 

Oops

My poor, sweet, abandoned blog!  I'm going to do a few "catch up" posts and backdate them to update on what's been going on since my last post in October!! 

To tide you over, here are a few pics of Adam and things he is loving lately:

• Wearing hats
• Giving kisses (especially to Bailey)
• Coloring
• Handing us things
• Choosing his books for nap and bedtime (and by "choosing" I mean he pushes the one out of the way that he doesn't want)
• Redecorating the Christmas Tree
• The neighbor's Christmas lights
• Watching me turn on the tree and mantle lights first thing in the morning
• Dumping things out of containers
• Pulling/pushing things around the apartment
• Opening and closing doors

And he still lets me wear him <3 br="">

My Family Visits

My parents and brother came out to visit this past weekend.  Adam loved having visitors and showing off for them. He especially loved getting scared by Uncle Matt.  He would legit jump when Matt would scare him and then he would run to me and laugh hysterically, then look for where Matt was hiding for the whole process to start again.

My parents stayed at a hotel near the airport so Saturday and Sunday morning we joined them for breakfast.  Adam had fun exploring at the hotel and standing in the window watching the cars. He is also obsessed with turning lights on and off and there was a perfectly placed Adam height lightswitch in their hotel room...probably his fav part :)

We didn't get out to do much while they were here, just enjoyed the company in our cozy apartment. We did attempt to go to the Zoo lights, but after a parking nightmare and a not very content little Bud we just went home. An hour and a half in the car was absolutely not worth seeing some Christmas lights. 

Here are a few pics from the visit!

O Christmas Tree!

We're saving the hassle errrr pure bliss of going to the Christmas tree farm to find the perfect tree for when Adam is a little older and can enjoy this Christmas memory.   So for now Tom went to Home Depot to pick out our tree while Adam and I prepped things at home.

Last year Adam was enthralled by the lights, and the only thing that has changed this year is that he is mobile and able to explore them independently.  He "helped" check all of our lights by dragging them all around the apartment for about 30 minutes.

I was worried about what he would do with the ornaments, so I tried to put soft/non-breakable ones near the bottom of the tree.  He focused in on 2-3 main ornaments that he constantly took off and "tried" to put back on.  Eventually he broadened his horizons and didn't discriminate against any of the other ornaments :P

Every single morning the first thing he does after he wakes up is take one of us by the hand and lead us out to the tree so we can turn on the tree lights.  Then he points at the mantle and waits patiently while we turn on the garland lights on the mantle.  It's going to be a sad day when we have to take down the tree!