We had a nice Christmas this year. Mara and John came to visit and made a nice meal on Christmas eve and we had the Blickenstaffs over. I put on a puppet show for the boys and they had a good time. Bryson was happy to have new toys on Christmas morning, but didn't seem to surprised or excited about opening presents (we actually opened them for him). I think he'll get into it more next year, he's still a little young. We made the back room into a playroom and it turned out great, the boys love it! It's nice not to have toys all over the house. We went to the Blickenstaff's for new years and played the Wii fit, it was fun and I actually stayed up past midnight. However, Bryson had a hard time getting back to sleep after we got home and was up until 2:00 am.
Kyle is doing great! He's grabbing for anything in reach and puts it all in his mouth. I'm thinking he may get his first tooth soon. He eats solid foods three times a day and seems to be enjoying it. He has just started to commando crawl. He will pull himself forward two or three times to get a toy. I suppose it won't be long before he's really mobile. He can get on hands and knees and rock, but he doesn't crawl. He's a very happy little guy and is always smiling. He loves to laugh at Bryson and the two of them can sit and laugh at each other for quite a while. (See dropshot video)
Bryson is talking more, his favorite phrase is "doing there?" (What are you doing there?-I must say this alot). He loves music and likes to sing along now. He loved playing in the snow (we actually got some just before new years). We made a "Frosty" snowman, but he was melted by the next day. {He enjoyed watching Frosty the Snowman over the holidays). He is quite a daredevil and went down the big slides at the park before I could get there to catch him and he wants to climb ladders and stand on all the coffee tables and furniture,(I think he's contemplating how to jump off.) Scott and Terri gave us a book of our trip to Mexico for christmas and Bryson calls it his Gramma and Grampa book. He 'reads' it all the time.
