More Christmas

Christmas Eve was celebrated with my side of the family. O got many great gifts and had a great night with everyone. He is starting to figure of the present thing, but loses interest half-way through the opening.Mom got Texas Roadhouse gift cards and a free hat comes with... Owen has been playing with the hat today as well. Zoe was so nice to push O around on his new toy. He hasn't figured out how to scoot himself, but loves the music and lights!This morning O woke up to 2 pacis in his crib... what better way to celebrate Christmas. Santa must have left him an extra one.Santa also left O some Mega Blocks!!! He loves digging in the bin. It makes a loud noise!Smiling at daddy. He has become so interactive. He fake coughs or laughs. He knows when to whine. He talks like he is having a conversation. He is growing up!Today was Christmas at Great-Gparent Yanecek's. O didn't last very long... it has been a busy few days, but was happy while we were there. The babies got a rocking chair from the great-gparents. Owen looks to Channy for what to do or how to react most of the time. I love it! I'm so happy he has her to grow up with.When Papa is around, O does not stray too far from his side. He missed most of lunch because he saw him fixing his own plate and was not happy until he could get down and find Papa.

Merry Christmas all! Christmas is over... moving on to O's birthday tomorrow!

Holiday Greetings

Haircut

First, a picture of Owen using a fork. He insisted on using spoons and forks now if he sees them or if anyone around him is using them. He doesn't really get the scoop up thing on his own, but he is getting better. Recently I have been told much more frequently that O really needs a hair cut. I really don't see a problem here. We are going for the "Bieber" look and he is totally pulling it off. Then, last night at bath time, I noticed that his hair touched his eye balls and his sideburns were OUT OF CONTROL!My lil man probably could have had a ponytail.So today daddy and mommy took O to get his very first haircut. He was skeptical of the whole thing from the beginning. But, being the calm kid that he is, he sat back and just people-watched most of the time. She used the clippers and he thought the vibration on his head was hilariousI wish I could have shown you pictures of the total amount of hair falling from his head. It was A LOT. Margie gave him a candy cane towards the end because he was getting impatient. I would not have guessed peppermint would be his thing, but I guess "food" is his thing. This is a bad picture, but this is his my souvenir.
Note: this little "pile" is nothing compared to the actual amount that came off his head. I guess everyone else was right... it was needed!

Let Christmas Begin

Today O got to enjoy his new sled! Thanks Zoe! Daddy took Owen over to Nana and Papa Becker's for our first Christmas of the season.Its a good thing we live so close... just a couple back yards away.Owen opened presents for the first time today. He wasn't sure what to do at first, but figured it out and did a great job. Playing Peek-a-boo.Nana and Papa B had this child-size santa hat and O wore it most of the night. Channy got a new ride-on toy and the babies took turns riding and pushing each other.

I think its called walking

Owen is taking 15+ steps at a time now. He really still likes to crawl because it is faster, but he walks around everything. He lets go and turns to walk to the next thing to grab onto. He does not stand up independently (without pulling up on something), but his balance is getting very good.

In other news: O is cutting his 8th tooth! He was very short-tempered with a runny nose the past couple weeks, but we are happy to report that he is back to our even-tempered lil man.

I have finished up shopping for him for his Christmas/Birthday Festivas and have it all wrapped as well. Christmas starts this weekend and I cannot believe we are under 2 weeks until my baby turns 1!

Steps

He did it! O took his first step for Keith Friday night and today he took multiple steps. I was able to capture a few.

He still isn't very interested in "walking". Crawling is just so much faster.

Dear Santa

Dear Santa,
This year I would like a laptop, tv remote, cell phone, or camera.
Put mommy on the naughty list. She says I can't have them.