Explosion of words!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We made the long trip to Duluth to surprise everyone for Christmas Eve. It was a great visit. I haven't been back for a Christmas is 5 years so it was good to be home. We also got a chance to spend some time with Ryan's family which was great. The word got out that Adam had been very good this year because he was pretty spoiled will all sorts of toys, books, puzzles, and clothes. Unfortunately, Adam also got another ear infection and was pretty run down with a cough and high fever. He is just now getting back to his old self. Adam has also started talking up a storm. It is still mostly babble but you can actually pick out a few words here and there. Here is a list of some of his favorite words. Notice how mama and dada are not on the list. He can say them but never actually uses them.

AAAUP = up

blaablaablaa = banana

kees = kiss

bye = goodbye

hi-eee = hello

apoo = apple

papa = Grandpa/Papa

pips = please

tatd = cat

bubble = bubbles

book = book

ada = Adam

bebe = baby

a dun = all done

be poo = big poop

jaff = giraffe

papi = dog

color = crayons

brrrrr (with arm in the air) = elephant

hos =horse

duck = duck

no = I don't want to

I am probably missing a few words. I has been a lot of fun getting him to say all sorts of new things. Here are pictures from our Christmas visit to Duluth. Have a great New Year!

Adam dressed and ready for Santa

Opening presents at Granny and Papa's

Christmas Eve dinner

Christmas day at Dale and Patti's

Katie teaching Adam some new tricks

All tired out from the busy holiday!

Deck the halls!

Things are starting to slow down a little now. I am done with school until after the holidays so that is nice. I finally had time to catch up on laundry, and really clean the house. The new job is going well. I am still asking a lot of questions, but it is getting easier every day.

We have had some unpleasant weather here as of late. There is lots of snow on the ground for Adam to play in, but unfortunately it has been way too cold.

With a little extra time on my hands, have gotten to spend more time with my boys. We finally decorated our tree last weekend. Adam was such a big helper as can been seen with the pictures and video below.

Everyone have a very safe and very MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Quick update

Here is just a quick little post to show you all some of the new tricks that Adam is up to. I will post more later when I am finally done with homework!

Happy Belated

Happy belated Thanksgiving, and happy belated birthday to my brother (my old 30 year old brother). We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Joel and Erika's again this year. It has kind of become our little tradition now. My parents made it up for the weekend to get their Adam fix in and to babysit for us as Ryan and I both had to work last weekend.

These past couple weeks has been about keeping my head above water. I started my new job last week, the school work keeps coming in, and Adam is running everywhere and getting into everything. I still must admit he is the best part of my day. No matter how stressful work and school are he can always get me to smile. Tonight I was feeling very run down from the week, so I was being lazy, sitting around watching TV and Adam just toddled on up to me (without even a book), sat on my lap and nuzzled in. The stress of my week was gone right there. I must also give credit where credit is due. Ryan has been, as always, super dad and super husband, taking care of Adam while I am at class or doing homework. He also spoils me by cooking and cleaning.

Anyway, today we actually got a fair amount of snow here in Fargo. When I got home from work I was very excited to get Adam all bundled up in his new boots and snow pants and see what he thought of the snow. He wasn't quite sure about it at first. He was a little unsteady in his boots and he couldn't walk very well with all of the extra bulk. We got him outside and he had a big smile, he then took about 5 steps and then face planted it right into the snow. Of course he couldn't get back onto his feet very well, and I sure the cold of the snow shocked him so down come the tears. We did get him to cheer up for just enough time to get a picture an a short video, but his time playing in the snow did not last very long.