A December to Remember

December was another very busy month. I got all the Christmas shopping done as soon as I could because I don't like shopping during the holidays, people act too crazy for me. Nathan and I still went to our storytimes and got to meet some new friends there. We also went to a christmas party for our mommies group and had lots of fun playing with other peoples toys, :). Mostly we just stayed around the house, Nathan would run around playing while I decorated, since all the doors we either closed or blocked by baby gates Nathan had free roam of the house. We also ended up putting the playpen around the tree so he would not try to climb it or pull it down on himself. His favorite thing to do was pull himself up on the cat tree and bother the cats.

During this time he also got two more teeth in for a total of six, four on the top, two on the bottom. He started saying mama to basically everything and sometimes he would say it to me, lol. I also got him used to drinking out of the sippy cups, so we would not have to worry about bottles too much longer.
playing with daddy's barn made by Nathan's great great grandfather
Mike actually got to have off Christmas eve and Christmas day so we decide to spend both days doing our own little family thing. On Christmas eve I made a great big dinner and we had a huge feast.

After that we got a fire going and listened to some christmas music while reading or playing with Nathan. Then it was time for presents! Since we had an early morning breakfast thing the next day we went ahead and opened all of our presents from everybody. Mike and I both got a lot of great gifts, but Nathan got the motherload. He got tons of gifts from everybody.


After opening presents we read 'Twas the night before Christmas and then set out cookies and milk for Santa Clause. Then off to bed for the little boy and some alone time for mom and dad.


Nathan's stocking that I made.

The next morning Nathan was up early and wide awake. We took him out to see what Santa had brought everyone. And then we all got dressed and headed over to our friends the Lewis's house for breakfast, where Nathan ate like a pig. Then we opened some more presents at their house then came back to our apartment where my parents came over to see us and give us our presents. The rest of the day was spent playing with new toys and resting.

The reminder of the week was very lazy because I ended up getting sick and my mom and dad took Nathan for a couple of days to go see his great grandparents, so I got to get plenty of sleep .

Fall back to November

November was a month that seemed to literally fly by. We did not do too much during this month but it still passed by very quickly.
First my birthday was on the 11th and mike fixed chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. This was the first time Nathan had ever had chocolate chip pancakes. Needless to say he enjoyed them throughly.

We went to a couple of play dates with the new mommies group that I had joined. A couple were to the park where we got to play before it got to cold. Nathan enjoyed swinging on the swings. Nathan and I spent most of our days going to storytimes at the library and bookstore, playing at home, and wandering around the mall or random store when it was to cold outside and too boring in the house, lol.

The day before Thanksgiving we had dinner at our apartment with my mom & dad, sister, and a couple of friends. It was my first time cooking a turkey and I sorta cheated by buying on that had already been cleaned and everything, all I had to do was season it, glaze it, and put it in the oven. Everything turned out very well and we had lots of leftovers. That night we went to the Opryland Hotel and look at all the lights which Nathan really enjoyed. We also watched the dancing water fountains that they have there. We got our family Christmas picture taken there as well.

The Next day we traveled down to AL to visit my side of the family for the day. We got to see my grandparents Charleston, Aunt, & Uncles and all my cousins. We also got to see my Mimi and another set of cousins and an Aunt. We had a really good time and everyone enjoyed seeing how big Nathan had gotten.