We had our 1st measureable snowfall yesterday/last night. About 6-8 inches in the St. Louis area. Brenden had an old skateboard that he took the wheels off and tried to snowboard!! (Came in yesterday asking for duct tape..... to tape his feet to the board!) We took Brian out this morning to see if he liked it, but I think he's not so sure. He had a hard time walking and could not get up on his own, which made Mr. Independent cranky. He did like sliding down the incline in our backyard on Brenden's board though.
Brian will be 17 months on the 21st and goes a mile a minute. He's learned lots of new words like "Oxie" (Roxie our dog), "mo" (more), "mi" (milk..which is his favorite drink. He's put a cow on his Christmas list to help us out with the milk supply!), "cwack" (crackers) and "Kashy" (Aunt Kathy). Of course he LOVES to yell "Daddddddyyyy", but doesn't say "Mama" much. He knows how to say "uh oh" too..... and LOVES to say it when he does something he shouldn't. Like tossing stuff (his cars, newspaper, etc) over the railing to the basement. (That's just a bit of what he does when he says "uh oh" :-) )
He also did not like his 1st visit to Santa. Daddy and Papa took him to a breakfast with Santa while the rest of us were at Elena's baby shower. He REFUSED to sit on Santa's lap and cried. He LOVES the Hallowee monsters, but HATES the guy in the red suit. We had gone to dinner at a local bbq place after my MRI and he wouldn't walk in the door because they had a pig figure dressed in a Santa suit!! We tried walking him out after dinner and he RAN the other way!!
Have a great week!! And if we don't see you all before (or talk to you) have a wonderful Christmas!
